Summer 2025 Market Analyst Intern - Southwest Power Pool

Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is about more than power. We’re about the power of relationships. Our employees have the opportunity to work together to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to the millions of people living in our service territory. We have been voted one of Arkansas’ Best Places to work by Arkansas Business and we are looking for a member of our team who is passionate about our mission to keep the lights on!

We have a core ideology here at SPP that we stand by: Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.

Overview

The Market Analyst Intern is responsible for identifying, designing, and implementing efficiencies in market processes, and initiative data tracking and reporting.  The Market Analyst intern will develop an understanding of SPP stakeholder processes, including but not limited to the Revision Request (RR) process, protocol management process, and the strategic initiative request process. Planning and organizational skills are required.

The Market Analyst intern will develop a familiarity with SPP governing documents.

The Market Analyst Intern will work closely with SPP Markets, Legal, and Regulatory in developing process improvements. 

Essential Functions

• Identify and recommend changes to Market processes and data tracking and reporting processes
• Develop a high level of familiarity with relevant market and operations tools
• Research and analyze the design of other RTO/ISO market processes
• Understanding of and compliance with SPP Policies and Procedures

Education Requirements:

• A college student entering their senior year working towards a bachelor’s degree in a data analytics related field, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, or other business-related degree.

Experience Requirements:

• No experience required

Preferred:

• 3.0 GPA or above preferred
• Proficient computer skills including Word, Excel, and PPT.
• Financial, analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience with any of the following could be utilized: SQL, SAS, Groovy, Java, Linux, Tableau, Oracle, Mongo
• Ability to communicate effectively with settlement analysts, accountants, engineers, management and senior management. This communication, both written and oral, is for the purposes of requests, analysis, coordination, guidance and presentations
• Strong interpersonal skills and customer focus
• Knowledge of computer business applications and data base management systems

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to make decisions, interpret data, and problem solve.
• The employee frequently is required to stand or sit for extended periods; use hands to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment.
• The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds.
• Requires the ability to work and collaborate with managers and employees at all levels to exchange ideas, information, and opinions to facilitate the task.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

This is an intern position. Days and hours of workweek are Monday through Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Travel Requirement:

This position requires no travel

SPP is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans and is committed to excellence. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us at HR@spp.org and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)