Senior Consultant, GB Power Markets & Flexibility Modelling

Baringa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Flexible working

CSR days

Wellbeing fund

Profit Share Scheme

Job summary

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value in energy, financial services, government and other sectors. With deep industry expertise and advanced technology, the firm helps clients deliver with confidence in the GB power market and beyond.

The Experienced Consultant/Senior Consultant will develop market analysis, asset valuation and commercial strategy for flexible power assets, working with colleagues to shape insights and recommendations for

Qualifications

• Knowledge of GB wholesale, Balancing, reserve and capacity markets.
• Ability to translate complex technical analysis into clear narrative for senior stakeholders in GB power.
• Foundations in Python and SQL for data analysis and modelling.
• Experience with power market modelling software such as PLEXOS is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of GB markets to due diligence on flexibility investments.
• Build and interpret quantitative models for asset revenues and investment cases.
• Contribute to client engagements, shaping analysis and presenting recommendations.
• Track regulatory and market developments affecting GB flexibility and storage revenues.

Skills

GB power markets

Presentation skills

Python

SQL

PLEXOS

Commercial acumen

Power asset structures

Analytical skills

Communication

Tools

PLEXOS

Job description

About Baringa

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

About Baringa

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

The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.

Our GB Power Market Advisory practice are looking for an experienced Consultant/Senior Consultant to join the team with a focus on flexibility technologies.

Our Power Markets practice advises generators, investors, developers, regulators and government bodies operating in the GB electricity market. Our advice underpins investment decisions worth billions of pounds in capital each year. As part of the market-leading consultancy in this space, recognised for the credibility and bankability of its insights and analysis, you will have a significant and visible impact on the projects you work on. You will help clients navigate the GB power landscape by providing market analysis, commercial strategy and asset valuation across all power generation technologies, with a particular focus on battery storage, thermal power generation and long duration energy storage.

What you will be doing

• You will apply your knowledge of GB wholesale, Balancing Mechanism, reserve and response markets to commercial and market due diligence on flexibility investments. These investments can be in assets, portfolios and businesses with flexibility focus.
• You will manage, interpret and build on quantitative models to assess asset revenues, optimisation strategies and investment cases for flexible power assets.
• You will contribute to client-facing engagements, working with senior colleagues to shape analysis, structure findings and present recommendations.
• You will keep track of regulatory and market developments affecting GB flexibility and storage revenues, and translate these into practical implications for clients.
  
  

Your Skills And Experience

• Good working knowledge of GB power markets, including wholesale, bBalancing, reserve, response and capacity markets.
• Experience in structuring presentations, translating technical analysis into a clear, compelling narrative for senior stakeholders in the GB power space.
• A good foundation in Python and SQL for data analysis and modelling.
• Experience using PLEXOS or similar power market modelling software is desirable.
• Strong commercial acumen; previous experience with investment models or valuations is desirable.
• Experience with commercial structures for flexible power assets, particularly BESS floors, tolls and offtake contracts, is desirable.
• Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings clearly to clients.
  
  

What a career at Baringa will give you

PuttingPeopleFirst.

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:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy:We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working:We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days:Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund:We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme:All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.
  
  

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 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 hereto see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.

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