Energy Procurement Tech Lead

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Energy Procurement Tech Lead

Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Dunsmuir 17

Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid

Annual salary: $ 127,900.00 - 161,800.00

What you'll do

The Financial Analysis Technical Lead is a senior, experienced commercial management professional with a proven ability to lead/support commercial negotiations and transaction structuring work and the cross-functional development of advanced financial evaluation tools. This work requires strategic thinking and influential leadership to support complex business decisions across the company. The Commercial Negotiations and Financial Analysis (CNFA) team, within the Finance, Technology and Supply Chain business group, is responsible for developing and applying advanced analytical tools for evaluating strategic contracts and capital projects and for managing large, complex, transactions across BC Hydro. The CNFA group also supports broader Treasury functions by developing advanced financial analytics tools (such as Monte Carlo analysis) to inform debt management strategy (including future debt hedging) or financial/credit risk analysis. This group is centrally located in the Finance corporate group, to ensure quality and consistency of deliverables across the organization by ensuring strict adherence to documentation sequence for governance requirements/approvals and developing and maintaining associated processes and tools. The technical lead is responsible for engaging with internal and external professionals to coordinate and provide commercial advice on key initiatives. This includes working with internal BC Hydro groups such as Project Delivery, Integrated Planning, Engineering, Finance, Customer Service and Regulatory as business partners and clients for core work. The technical lead also works closely with other CNFA staff to provide analytics, strategic input and guidance on other CNFA support initiatives and reporting. Knowledge required:

• knowledge of and experience with BC Hydro's business and regulatory environment, including our operations, facilities,

assets, programs, projects and contracts (such as Electricity Purchase Agreements).

• in-depth knowledge and experience with analytical tools, financial modeling and commercial structuring relevant to capital

planning, project delivery, IPP contracts, and business performance.

• knowledge and experience in risk analysis and structured decision making.

• knowledge of and experience in negotiation and transaction structuring.

• knowledge of and experience with project management practices.

Key responsibilities include:

• Analyze issues, evaluate options and provide commercial recommendations to management on transactions, projects and

other initiatives assigned with the appropriate support from the functional disciplines.

• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to identify analytical requirements, facilitate workshops, gather information,

and communicate results to cross-functional teams;

• Builds collaborative relationships across the organization to support and improve commercial analytics functions.

• Exercise independent judgement on complex, broad commercial decisions and clearly articulate rationale for decisions.

• Engage and collaborate with internal or external legal or financial advisors on commercial issues where significant legal or

financial implications may arise.

• Lead up to medium complexity commercial negotiations with external counterparties.

• Support high complexity commercial negotiations with external counterparties.

• Provide alternative commercial structuring options to support business decisions.

• Present complex information and analysis to professional and executive level audiences to communicate business

insights and support decisions.

• Undertake work with accountability a strong customer service focus to contribute to achieving cross-organizational

strategic goals.

• Development and maintenance of key evaluation inputs.

• Maintain and share knowledge of cross-industry practice around financial analysis in regulated utilities and the electrical

industry.

• Provide financial analysis training to other business groups within BC Hydro. Contribute to a “centre of excellence”

analytics culture within BC Hydro.

• Ensure delivery, quality and consistency with other CNFA team deliverables.

• Provide and support a safe, inclusive and harassment free work environment.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Science or other relevant degree (such as Chartered Financial Analyst).

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or related is preferred.

• Strong experience in modeling, business, finance, project or technical leader in analytics, business process, engineering,

project management or related discipline.

• At least ten years' relevant work experience that must demonstrate relevant knowledge and capabilities such as asset

management, operations, finance, business analytics / performance, business metrics or modeling.

• Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills across a variety of formats, such as business case,

business and technical reports and presentations, regulatory submissions, etc.

• Experience in commercial structuring, negotiations, and transactions.

• Demonstrated knowledge and results in developing and implementing new processes and procedures across an

organization.

• Experience operating within crown corporations or government environments and familiarity with the Utility industry sector

would be beneficial.

What we offer

• A comprehensive benefits package
• A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
• A lifetime pension
• Flexible work model, depending on your role type
• Training and development courses

For more information on the benefits we offer, visit bchydro.com/benefits.

What else you should know

• This is for a full-time permanent (FTR) Group 45 M&P opportunity based out of our Dunsmuir office, in downtown

Vancouver.

• As part of the selection process, applicants may be required to take a written test/assessment.

Don't forget to update your Candidate Profile with your current resume and copies of your certifications. If applicable, include your Trades Qualification. This will ensure we have all the necessary information to assess your application without any delays.

Date Posted: 2024-06-19 Closing Date: 2024-07-05

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