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Settlements Analyst

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The Settlements Analyst is responsible for the settlement of energy trades in North America and long-term contracts, invoicing external customers and recording accounting entries in the General Ledger.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that daily and monthly settlement tasks are successfully completed on time
- Validate, understand and record accounting entries for month end accruals and invoices
- Understand the energy markets’ settlement mechanisms and charge code algorithms to develop and maintain shadow calculations in Trade Capture Systems
- Conduct research and analysis to remain current with market rules that impact settlement
- Understand the corporate structure to allocate revenue and charges to the right legal entities with respect to the business strategies
- Compile and validate regulatory reports for submission to a variety of government agencies in North America
- Ensure accuracy in the trade capture systems by collaborating and working closely with Trading and Data Control departments
- Collaborate with external counterparties to identify and resolve settlement disputes
- Manage multiple tasks and/or projects in parallel with their day-to-day duties
- Support Asset Management team members
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or related field.
- Minimum two (2) years of relevant work experience
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment
- Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and quality of work
- Ability to self-motivate and work on a variety of tasks and projects simultaneously in an ever-changing environment
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to work under tight deadlines
- Capable of solving problems and using sound judgment in the decision-making process
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- Advanced Excel skills (i.e. Macros, Pivot Tables, Visual Basic, Power Query)