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Commodity & Energy Trading Consulting Opportunities in US Power Markets – Consultant to Senior Manager
About Baringa
We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working.
You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organizations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.
As a Certified B Corporation®, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.
We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.
Our Commodity Energy Trading practice is looking for an experienced Consultant to Senior Manager to join the team
Our clients face the corporate world’s biggest challenges while delivering society’s most crucial project – the energy transition. We help them shape their decarbonization strategy, secure their energy needs, invest in future energy technologies, capture market opportunities to reach society’s biggest goal.
What You Will Be Doing
Our Consultant position requires 2-5 years of relevant experience (Senior Consultant 4-7 years; Manager 6-8 years; Senior Manager 8-10 years) in a consulting or industry role, with experience in Commodity & Energy Trading initiatives.
About
We are looking to hire motivated energy and commodity trading practitioners, ideally based in Houston or New York, who are passionate about helping clients to deliver their most complex and strategic transformations. We are interested in individuals who can bring delivery and business advisory experience and expertise in the following areas:
Generation & Load management
Power Operations - ISOs/RTOs/BAs
Risk and Compliance – NERC, FERC, CFTC, etc.
Settlements / Financial Planning / Accounting
Regulatory and Compliance Reporting
Putting People First.
Benefits
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.
An award-winning workplace.
You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.
Using business as a force for good.
At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.
We’re proud of our recent exploration of kindness and its role in business in our first-ever brand campaign: Economics of Kindness . You can see some additional recent impact work by clicking here .
Join us
All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further .
About Baringa
We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working.
You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organizations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.
As a Certified B Corporation®, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.
We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.
Our Commodity Energy Trading practice is looking for an experienced Consultant to Senior Manager to join the team
Our clients face the corporate world’s biggest challenges while delivering society’s most crucial project – the energy transition. We help them shape their decarbonization strategy, secure their energy needs, invest in future energy technologies, capture market opportunities to reach society’s biggest goal.
What You Will Be Doing
- Business & Commercial Strategy – US market entry and establishment, commercial trading & hedging strategy, book structure & transfer pricing, operating model framework
- Organizational Transformation – organizational design, operating model development, and change management delivery
- Risk and Regulatory Advisory / Compliance – risk management policies and frameworks, risk exposure assessment, commercial & regulatory due diligence, regulatory operating model design, transaction surveillance, regulatory reporting, financial crime compliance (i.e., KYC, AML), market / regulatory remediation
- Operational Capability Development – business process analysis & design, capability maturity model / assessments, operational readiness for new market entry or asset acquisition
- Trading Process & Technology Transformation – capability benchmarking and health checks, IT strategy & target architecture design, transformation roadmaps, system selection and implementation, project & program management
- Data & Analytics – data strategy and architecture, artificial intelligence, use case identification and discovery, enterprise automation and robotics, data governance, data/reporting platforms
Our Consultant position requires 2-5 years of relevant experience (Senior Consultant 4-7 years; Manager 6-8 years; Senior Manager 8-10 years) in a consulting or industry role, with experience in Commodity & Energy Trading initiatives.
About
We are looking to hire motivated energy and commodity trading practitioners, ideally based in Houston or New York, who are passionate about helping clients to deliver their most complex and strategic transformations. We are interested in individuals who can bring delivery and business advisory experience and expertise in the following areas:
- Business and commercial strategy focused on power trading and asset optimization operations
- Functional expertise across the energy value chain with a focus on power and environmental products:
Generation & Load management
Power Operations - ISOs/RTOs/BAs
Risk and Compliance – NERC, FERC, CFTC, etc.
Settlements / Financial Planning / Accounting
Regulatory and Compliance Reporting
- Capability assessment / target operating model design / business process for power trading organizations – including forecasting, power trading, power scheduling, position management, ISO bidding / submissions / awards, settlements (ISO, PPAs, transmission, exchange), REC management, and compliance reporting
- Market entry and readiness for asset and power trading businesses
- Transformation and change management across business and IT
- Trading and data analytics architecture strategy and design (ETRM, bid-to-bill, pricing solutions, data governance, optimization, analytics)
- Complex program / project delivery in power trading environments
Putting People First.
Benefits
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage. These benefits utilize comprehensive networks to offer coverage throughout the United States
- Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance
- Participation in our 401k retirement plan; we contribute 3% of your annual base salary and match up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan
- Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dep-care FSA
- Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work
- Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers
- Opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources
- Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.
An award-winning workplace.
You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.
Using business as a force for good.
At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.
We’re proud of our recent exploration of kindness and its role in business in our first-ever brand campaign: Economics of Kindness . You can see some additional recent impact work by clicking here .
Join us
All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further .
