Commodity Markets & Trading Strategy Manager

Accenture PLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture Strategy is seeking a Strategy Consulting Manager with extensive experience in finance or energy, focused on investment and trading. You will use quantitative analysis and risk management to help clients achieve investment and trading objectives.

You will lead teams, deepen client relationships, and shape strategies across commodity value chains, energy markets, and sustainability initiatives. Willingness to travel up to 80% is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in the consulting industry or equivalent in an internal consulting role, or minimum 6 years experience working in the energy industry, commodity markets or investment banking.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on asset portfolios and revamp value chains based on market conditions.
• Provide energy consulting to navigate the energy transition and sustainability strategies.
• Help trading organizations set up and expand trading and risk management activities across energy markets.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Analytical thinking

Leading teams

Communication skills

Excel/VBA

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or equivalent

Tools

Visualization tools

Job description

We Are:

Accenture Strategy. Through deep industry expertise, analytics, and insights, we empower clients to survive and thrive in the new, the now and the unknown. To stay agile in a world dominated by change, the C-suite must keep the core business running while simultaneously identifying and investing in the new. Accenture Strategy consulting enables leaders to act quickly and confidently as they pivot to the future. Known for our ability to execute at speed, we help clients determine clear, actionable paths to competitive agility by bringing them new thinking on business and technology.

You Are:

A Strategy Consulting Manager with significant experience in the finance or energy industry and a focus on investment and trading. Your expertise? Using state-of-the-art quantitative analysis, analytics, and risk management techniques to help clients achieve their investment, trading, and risk management strategies. You have energy and drive in abundance, along with personal resilience, a passion for serving clients, and a love of continual learning. You have a flair for breaking down processes into logical parts and constructing crystal-clear reasoning and analyses. Communication and people skills? You’re rich in both, and you’re ready to hit the ground running in a team setting where you’re a natural at appreciating diverse perspectives and bringing out the best in people.

The Work:

Accenture Commodity Markets & Trading is a growing team that works globally to help our clients navigate commodity risk and unlock value through commodity risk management, investment advisory, and commercial optimization. We work with diverse clients across commodity value chains for industries ranging from energy to soft commodities to capital markets.

• Advise clients on the top priorities of their asset portfolios, such as corporate restructuring, capital planning, and balance-sheet optimization; and revamp their value chains based on market and industry conditions

• Provide energy consulting to help clients to navigate the energy transition through development of new, cutting-edge business models, advising on sustainability strategies and developing market outlooks

• Help commodity trading organizations set up and expand their trading and risk management activities across energy markets and other commodity value chains

• Lead project teams to shape clients’ investment/divestment transactions, and help create innovative, agile business models that help clients pivot to the New

• Lead analysis of clients’ businesses and advise them on how they can grow their product margin, boost supply certainty, and reduce price/volumetric volatility

• Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to craft strategies to help clients enter new markets that can boost growth.

• Strengthen relationships with clients to sustain Accenture’s profile as a long-term trusted advisor and partner.

• Lead teams in driving insights and recommendations using data models and visualization tools

• Manage junior members of the Strategy team

• Travel as needed, up to 80%

Here’s What You Need:

• Minimum 6 years of experience in the consulting industry or equivalent in an internal consulting role, or minimum 6 years experience working in the energy industry, commodity markets or investment banking.

• A Bachelor’s degree

  Bonus Points if:

• You have an MBA or equivalent graduate degree

• Strong quantitative skills and analytical thinker with 2-3 years of prior experience in driving insights using statistics or data analysis

• You know how global markets work, you have a grasp of commodity trends, and you’ve worked in commodity marketing and trading

• You’ve been exposed to one or more of the following industries: energy, chemicals, soft commodities, agriculture, metals, mining, utilities, transportation, consumer goods, or capital markets

• You have experience in renewable energy, the energy transition, and sustainability

• You’re familiar with recognized strategy frameworks and techniques, and you have experience in research and data analysis, digital, analytics, and/or applied intelligence

• You’re no stranger to business case development, financial analysis, and financial statements, and you have strong quantitative skills, including familiarity with Excel/VBA and other modeling packages

• You’re a natural at leading or contributing to teams and delivering complex strategy or consulting engagements

• Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 10/16/2026.Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here:

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