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Olten - 100% | Permanent
You will be joining a team of 7 traders and 2 algo traders with high commitment and a strong trading skill-set that operates on a 7/7 day shift basis during working hours (and work closely with our analysts, originators, meteorologists, 24/7 intraday desk) in Olten, Switzerland. We manage a direct marketing virtual power portfolio, that consists of renewables assets, batteries and biogas units in Germany, France, Sweden, Finland and Italy.
Your accountabilities- Trade a virtual power plant portfolio of wind/solar in DE, FR, FI, SE on a 7/7-day shift basis in Intraday and Day Ahead market (during office hours).
- Focus on German intraday market, develop intraday and day ahead proprietary trading strategies and manage the risk of the German direct marketing and PPA portfolio
- Participate in ancillary markets for our prequalified assets leveraging opportunities in frequency containment reserves (FCR), automatic frequency restoration reserves (aFRR), and manual frequency restoration reserves (mFRR).
- Participate in the conceptualization of algorithms in Germany and in all other intraday markets that we are active together with the team and our algo traders
- Daily Assessment of trading performance, analysis and back testing of executed strategies.
- Participate in elaboration of proper design and workflows around our existing automated services and our analysis tools.
- Prepare regular performance reports and provide insights into trading activities and market developments.
- Knowledge sharing with colleagues and 24/7 shift team
- Collaboration and communication with Internal stakeholders (originators, quant team, other support roles)
- Help us to further develop our future set up for becoming a leading renewables team in an algo trading environment on continuous intraday power markets
Your profile
- University bachelor or master’s degree in engineering, Economics, IT or similar
- Minimum 3 years trading Intraday experience in German DA, ID and ancillary markets, including the management and trading of a renewable assets’ portfolio. Any additional intraday market is a plus.
- Experience in battery management and knowledge of ancillary markets and their mechanisms
- Strong analytical skills with a strategic mindset
- Open minded, multi-tasking and used to working in a fast paced, high-pressure environment
- Strong Team-player and problem-solver
- Excellent commercial mind-set and very good communicator
- Good programming and IT skills (ideally Python)
- Proficient level of English and German.
Your benefits
Competitive salary package
Market-oriented salary
Training and development
Diverse opportunities for career growth
Flexible work models
Various flexible work models
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At Alpiq, we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment, where everyone can bring their ‘whole selves’ to work and feel valued, respected, and heard. This principle is central to our company’s purpose, values, and leadership approach. We strongly believe that organizations thrive through the inclusion of diversity. Everyone’s energy matters regardless of characteristics, such as age, gender, nationality, language, sexual orientation and identity, religion, social or ethnic background or any other personal traits.
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