Senior Consultant / Manager – Power Market Advisory

Baringa; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave (5 weeks)

Hybrid working policy

Corporate Responsibility Days

Wellbeing Fund

Profit Share Scheme

Job summary

Baringa in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Consultant / Manager for our Markets & Transactions team to help clients across the energy value chain.

You will lead market assessments, support due diligence, and oversee modelling work, translating insights into strategic recommendations for investors and developers.

The role requires 4-8 years in power markets, Dutch and English fluency, and a collaborative, client-facing mindset.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the Dutch and wider European power market including market fundamentals, market design, policy and regulation, and commercial structures.
• 4-8 years of experience in power markets with a research or advisory focus.
• Ownership of workstreams, effective communication across Europe, and ability to present results in client-facing environments.
• Advanced (C2) Dutch and English required.

Responsibilities

• Lead market assessments across the Netherlands and wider Europe, focusing on wholesale power, renewables, storage, or PtX/low-carbon tech.
• Support or manage buy- and sell-side due diligence for renewables, storage and early-stage assets; identify value drivers and risks.
• Oversee development of datasets, models, and frameworks to evaluate market fundamentals and asset revenues; mentor junior staff.
• Translate market and asset insights into actionable portfolio and trading strategies.
• Develop client deliverables, including executive presentations and dashboards; manage project workstreams and client relationships.

Skills

Dutch & English proficiency

Analytical skills

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.

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 Markets & Transactions team is looking for a Senior Consultant / Manager to join the team in Amsterdam

Baringa’s market-leading Power Advisory practice works with clients across the energy value chain: utilities, independent power producers, developers, network companies, commodity traders, industrials, investors, policymakers and regulators. We combine deep market, technical, commercial and regulatory expertise to help clients develop projects, deploy capital, and optimize value across the energy transition, including renewables, storage, clean molecules and low carbon infrastructure.

What you will be doing

• Market & strategy support: Lead market assessments across the Netherlands and wider Europe, focused on wholesale power, renewables, storage, or emerging technologies (e.g. PtX/clean molecules) and related business models. Shape strategic recommendations for corporate and investment clients, ensuring analytical robustness and commercial relevance.
• Transaction support: Support or manage buy‑and sell‑side commercial due diligence processes for renewables, storage, and early‑stage low‑carbon assets. Drive the identification of value drivers, risks, commercial structures and route‑to‑market considerations, while steering stakeholder alignment and delivering clear investment‑grade insights.
• Quantitative analysis & modelling: Oversee the development and enhancement of complex datasets, models, and analytical frameworks to evaluate market fundamentals, asset revenues and commercial performance for renewables and flexible resources (e.g., batteries, pumped storage, demand response). Provide quality assurance and guide junior team members in best‑practice modelling approaches.
• Portfolio & asset insights: Steer analytical work on asset dispatch, hedging concepts, and portfolio optimisation strategies, partnering directly with developers, IPPs and investors. Translate market and asset insights into actionable portfolio and trading strategies.
• Client delivery: develop compelling client deliverables, including executive‑level presentations, memos and dashboards. Translate complex analysis into clear, strategic recommendations. Lead or manage project workstreams and maintain strong client relationships throughout delivery.

Your skills and experience

We primarily look for:

• Expertise: Deep understanding of the Dutch and wider European power market including market fundamentals, market design, policy and regulation, and commercial structures. Willingness to work occasionally in different market contexts and themes, or support model development.
• Experience: 4-8 years of experience in power markets with a research or advisory focus, e.g. in specialist consulting, management consulting or an industry role
• Ways of working: Youtake ownership of workstreams, communicate effectively with team members across Europe, and deliver and present results in client‑facing environments.
• Languages: Advanced (C2) Dutch and English required;

Ideally, you also bring one or more of the following:

• Analytical skills: Analytical skills applied to energy market fundamentals, e.g. quantitative energy market and asset modelling, or programming experience
• Commercialisation experience: Experience in commercial structures, assessing routes to market for power generation assets and designing business models in energy markets.
• Project management: The ability to manage projects day‑to‑day and oversee inputs/outputs from the modelling team.
• Commercial acumen: Experience supporting business development activities
• Innovation and Excellence: lead the development of innovative IP and modeling capabilities, ensuring we remain at the forefront of market‑leading investment and strategic advice.

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting

People

First.

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 here to 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.

Join us

All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered 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.

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