Job description
Your Opportunity
One Permanent Full Time Position
We are looking for a motivated Commercial Analyst to join our Commercial Operations team. In this role, you will support the financial performance, reporting, and commercial strategy of a portfolio of power generation assets while working closely with experienced leaders and cross-functional teams.
This is a strong early-career opportunity to build your expertise in power markets, financial analysis, and commercial operations through hands-on work in modeling, reporting, and market analysis.
You will gain exposure to trading, risk, finance, development, and asset management, with a focus on Eastern power markets such as PJM and MISO.
You will contribute to our team through the following responsibilities
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Build and maintain financial and operational models to forecast revenue, costs, gross margin, and asset performance.
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Support budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term planning by analyzing commercial and operational drivers.
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Monitor trade performance and profit and loss results, and explain key market and operational drivers.
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Prepare accurate and timely reports on generation, revenue, margin, and key performance indicators.
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Support settlement review and reconciliation by identifying discrepancies and investigating root causes.
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Analyze energy, capacity, ancillary services, fuel, and emissions market trends and their impact on asset performance.
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Monitor market, regulatory, and policy developments and provide clear, data-driven insights.
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Extract, manipulate, and analyze large datasets using SQL, Excel, Python, and related tools.
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Develop and improve automated reporting, dashboards, API-based data connections, and analytical tools.
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Work collaboratively with trading, risk, finance, accounting, and asset management teams on cross-functional priorities and ad hoc analysis.
What you will bring to the role
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Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related analytical discipline.
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0-5 years of experience in an analytical, financial, energy, or other quantitative environment.
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Experience in the utilities, power generation, or broader energy sector is considered a strong asset.
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Knowledge of financial modeling, forecasting, and quantitative analysis.
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Strong Excel skills for analysis, modeling, and reporting.
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Experience with Python or similar tools for automation, reporting, or data analysis.
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Working knowledge of SQL or database querying.
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Ability to work with large datasets and translate analysis into clear business insights.
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Interest in or exposure to power markets, natural gas markets, or the energy industry; PJM and MISO knowledge is an asset.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and curiosity.
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Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and across teams.
Working Conditions
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Hybrid office/work from home position, based in our Washington DC office.
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This position requires minimal travel
Additional Details
The pay range for this position in Washington, DC is $90,000 - 115,000.
The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate's qualifications and prior relevant experience.
This position is eligible for health care benefits, retirement benefits, paid time off, and annual bonus.
Capital Power employees that refer a successful candidate for this position are eligible for a $1000 Referral Reward!
In order to be considered for this role you must be legally eligible to work in United States of America. This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship.
The successful candidate for this position will undergo an education verification, reference checks and criminal record check.
How To Apply and Next Steps
Capital Power only accepts resumes via online application at www.capitalpower.com/careers. If you choose to submit your resume by any other means, we cannot guarantee that your application will be considered for vacancies.
Applicants with disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation to complete their application can request accessible formats, communication support, or other accessibility assistance by contacting [email protected].
Capital Power is committed to providing a fair and transparent hiring process. We recognize and embrace the value of diversity and hire employees with the appropriate skills, experience and knowledge for each position.
Thank you for taking the time to apply and expressing interest in powering a sustainable future with Capital Power! We wish that we could personally respond to everyone who applies; however, it is our practice to contact only those individuals selected for interviews.
Pay & benefits
About this role
About Capital Power
Company overview
Capital Power Corporation, a publicly traded independent power producer
Edmonton, AB, Canada
2009
Approximately 730 employees globally (source: capitalpower.com). Revenue of C$3.720 billion in 2025 (source: capitalpower.com).
What they do
Capital Power Corporation develops, owns, operates, and optimizes a diverse portfolio of electricity-generation facilities across Canada and the United States. Their business model blends merchant power-market exposure with long-term power purchase agreements, tolling arrangements, and capacity contracts, enabling revenue from both electricity-market prices and contracted availability payments (source: capitalpower.com). The company’s generation assets include natural-gas combined-cycle and simple-cycle plants, coal-fired units, wind farms, utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, and cogeneration facilities, reflecting a broad technology mix rather than exclusive focus on renewables (source: capitalpower.com). Natural gas plays a key role in their growth strategy due to its dispatchable nature, with recent acquisitions adding approximately 2.2 GW of gas-fired capacity in the U.S. PJM market (source: capitalpower.com). Capital Power also serves utilities, commercial and industrial customers, power marketers, and wholesale markets in major North American regions including Alberta, Ontario, California, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, and PJM (source: capitalpower.com).
Projects & track record
Capital Power’s Genesee Generating Station near Warburg, Alberta, is a flagship facility that transitioned from coal to natural gas through the Genesee Repowering project completed in 2024, enhancing operational flexibility and supporting the company’s coal phase-out strategy (source: capitalpower.com). The Halkirk 2 Wind project, a 150-MW wind farm in Alberta, commenced commercial operation in December 2025, expanding the company’s renewable footprint (source: capitalpower.com). In Ontario, the Goreway Power Station is a natural-gas facility complemented by battery storage assets including the 50-MW Goreway Battery Energy Storage System and the 120-MW York Battery Energy Storage System, both supported by long-term contracts through 2047 and expected to generate approximately C$35 million in annual EBITDA (source: capitalpower.com). The company’s 2025 acquisition of the Hummel and Rolling Hills natural-gas plants in Pennsylvania added about 2.2 GW of capacity and established Capital Power’s presence in the PJM market, with the transaction valued at approximately US$2.2 billion (source: capitalpower.com). Additionally, the East Windsor Expansion, a 106-MW natural-gas project in Ontario, was under development with commercial operation expected in 2026 (source: capitalpower.com). Utility-scale solar projects such as Hornet Solar, Bear Branch Solar, and Maple Leaf Solar in North Carolina are also underway, targeting commercial operation in the second half of 2026 (source: capitalpower.com).
Recent developments
In June 2025, Capital Power completed a major acquisition of the Hummel and Rolling Hills natural-gas facilities, adding approximately 2.2 GW of capacity and expanding its footprint into the PJM market, significantly increasing exposure to U.S. capacity and energy markets (source: capitalpower.com). The Halkirk 2 Wind project was commissioned in December 2025, alongside the completion of 170 MW of battery storage capacity in Ontario, further diversifying the company’s renewable and storage portfolio (source: capitalpower.com). Contract extensions were secured for the Midland Cogeneration Venture through 2040 and Arlington Valley through 2038, providing long-term revenue visibility (source: capitalpower.com). Financially, 2025 was a growth year with revenue of C$3.720 billion, adjusted EBITDA rising to C$1.580 billion, and adjusted funds from operations increasing to C$1.066 billion, reflecting the company’s expanding scale and operational performance (source: capitalpower.com).
Working there
Capital Power offers a wide range of roles spanning engineering, power-plant operations, maintenance, construction, project development, commercial trading, market analytics, finance, accounting, IT, legal, procurement, human resources, communications, regulatory affairs, environmental services, and corporate strategy, reflecting its diverse operational and corporate functions (source: capitalpower.com). The company’s main Canadian employment hub is in Edmonton at EPCOR Tower, with additional corporate offices in Calgary, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C., while operational and project roles are distributed across generation facilities and development sites in Canada and the U.S. (source: capitalpower.com). Capital Power emphasises a culture of safety, wellbeing, diversity, community involvement, and professional growth, offering benefits such as flexible and affordable employee benefits, retirement savings plans, performance-based bonuses, paid time off, and comprehensive training and career development programmes (source: indeed.com). The company’s purpose, "Powering Change by Changing Power," reflects its commitment to evolving energy markets and supporting employee development across technical and corporate roles (source: capitalpower.com).