Energy Origination & Trading Specialist

Intersect; San Francisco, Denver, Austin (CA, CO, TX); Hybrid; CAD 189,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Grant

Health & wellness coverage

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Home office setup

Cell phone/internet stipend

Mental health support

UrbanSitter credits

Job summary

Intersect, a flexible energy company, seeks an Originator for its Origination and Trading team to support structuring and execution of PPAs, gas tolls, and related off-take contracts across power and natural gas streams. You will partner with Strategy, Development, and Modeling teams to turn opportunities into financeable transactions.

The role starts in November 2026 and requires strong financial modeling, market understanding, and relationship-building with counterparties.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related quantitative field.
• 3+ years of experience in clean energy development, commodity origination, energy investment banking, or management consulting.
• Demonstrated experience structuring, negotiating, and closing clean energy off-take agreements or power purchase contracts.
• Understanding of power and natural gas markets, physical/financial hedging, and standard industry agreements (ISDA, NAESB).
• Expert proficiency in financial modeling and quantitative analysis using Excel, paired with strong visual presentation skills in Google Workspace.
• Proven capability to operate independently in a fast-paced, iterative environment with multiple parallel workstreams.
• Commitment to technical rigor, collaborative execution, and long-term value creation, aligned with Intersect's values of Equity, Humility, Authenticity, Long-run Value, and People Come First.

Responsibilities

• Support Power Off-Take Structuring and PPA Execution.
• Drive the negotiation, structuring, and execution of long-term clean energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Gas tolls and BESS tolls for grid and off-grid projects.
• Lead responses to customer solicitations and build financeable off-take structures tailored to utility, corporate, and industrial counterparties.
• Support natural gas origination initiatives, evaluating firm transportation, storage arrangements, and gas supply contracts with producers and marketers.
• Assess natural gas market dynamics and infrastructure opportunities to complement power off-take strategies for complex projects.
• Build Counterparty Relationships and Enable Master Agreements.
• Facilitate and manage standard industry trading frameworks, including ISDA master agreements and NAESB contracts.
• Drive Cross-Functional Valuation and Commercial Strategy.
• Partner with project modeling teams to evaluate, price, and model off-take structures, revenues, and risk profiles in financial models.
• Synthesize power and gas market research into impactful deliverables and presentation materials for internal leadership and external counterparties.

Skills

Financial modeling

Quantitative analysis

Presentation skills

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or related quantitative field

Tools

Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

Intersect, a flexible energy company, seeks an Originator for its Origination and Trading team to support structuring and execution of PPAs, gas tolls, and related off-take contracts across power and natural gas streams. You will partner with Strategy, Development, and Modeling teams to turn opportunities into financeable transactions.

The role starts in November 2026 and requires strong financial modeling, market understanding, and relationship-building with counterparties.