Senior Consultant, Commodity & Energy Trading

Baringa Partners LLP; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave + 2 weeks after 5 years

Flexible working policy

3 corporate responsibility days per year

Annual wellbeing fund

Profit share scheme

Job summary

Baringa Partners LLP is looking for a Senior Consultant in Commodity & Energy Trading based in London. This role involves creating business models for power trading, developing trading tools, and leading digital transformation initiatives for clients in the energy sector.

The ideal candidate will hold a relevant degree and possess up to five years of consulting experience or exposure to energy trading. Baringa offers generous leave, flexible working options, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Internships or up to 5 years of experience in consulting or relevant industry role.
• Strong understanding of energy & power trading mechanisms.
• Proven track record of end-to-end project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Create a business operating model for power trading mergers.
• Develop trading tools and strategies for new power markets.
• Design operating models for global trading organizations.
• Mature clients' digital capabilities using ML and AI.
• Lead implementations for innovative trading solutions.

Skills

Power trading knowledge

Business analysis

Project delivery

Fluent in English

Additional languages (Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, or Engineering

Job description

Senior Consultant, Commodity & Energy Trading

London, United Kingdom

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise and advanced technology, we help clients deliver with greater confidence and certainty. Over 2,000 people work across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, combining global insight with local understanding.

Our Commodities and Energy Trading Practice

We are looking for consultants to manager level to join a team that works across all major energy companies and utilities. Our work involves translating strategy into action, entering new markets, building trading capabilities, and revolutionising trading businesses and IT landscapes.

What you will be doing

• Shaping a new model for power trading: Create a comprehensive business operating model and target architecture for the merger of two power trading organisations.
• Opening up a new power market: Develop and implement custom trading tools, processes and strategies, enabling a utility to compete in a newly restructured national power trading market.
• Business restructuring: Design and implement operating models for complex global organisations covering the full trading and commodity lifecycle.
• Digital Transformation: Mature clients’ digital capabilities and embed ML and AI into their architectures, improving commercial decision‑making and trader decision‑support tooling.
• Trading solution transformations: Lead implementations, upgrades and system selections for market‑leading trading organisations, introducing new and innovative products.

Your skills and experience

A well‑rounded candidate should demonstrate strengths across the following key areas:

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Engineering or a related field.
• Experience: Internships (graduates welcome) or up to five years of experience in consulting or a relevant industry role, including exposure to commodities and energy trading initiatives.
• Energy & Power Trading: Strong understanding of power markets and trading mechanisms (day‑ahead, intraday/real‑time, bilateral and OTC markets) and how electricity prices are formed.
• Business & Process Analysis: Ability to identify and structure business problems, understand value drivers and translate requirements into practical, impactful solutions.
• Project Delivery: Proven track record of delivering projects end‑to‑end, adapting to different roles across the project lifecycle and working effectively within complex delivery environments.
• Languages: Fluency in English is essential. Advanced proficiency in Danish, Norwegian, Finnish or Swedish is advantageous; additional languages are a plus.

What a career at Baringa will give you

• Generous annual leave policy: 5 weeks of annual leave plus an additional 2 weeks after 5 years of continuous service.
• Flexible working: hybrid working policy with additional flexibility around unpaid leave.
• Corporate responsibility days: 3 days per year to support social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing fund: annual People Fund to support individual wellbeing activities.
• Profit share scheme: participation in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion

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 our people.

Using business as a force for good

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, underpinned by Net Zero commitments and the Better Business Act. Our corporate social responsibility agenda focuses on giving back to the communities in which we work, empowering employees to contribute to positive impact.

Equal Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants 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 encourage applications from those who identify as belonging to less represented and minority groups.