Commodity Markets & Trading Strategy Senior Manager

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 317,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Strategy is seeking a Strategy Consulting Senior Manager with substantial finance or energy experience and a focus on investment and trading. You will apply state-of-the-art quantitative analysis, analytics, and risk management techniques to help clients achieve their investment, trading, and risk goals.

You will lead project teams, guide analysis, and collaborate across disciplines while travel is required up to 80% to serve clients globally.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in the consulting industry or equivalent in an internal consulting role.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA considered a plus.
• Strong quantitative skills with experience in data analysis and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on investment, trading and risk management strategies.
• Lead project teams and manage complex strategy engagements.
• Develop energy transition and sustainability related guidance for clients.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent graduate degree

Tools

Excel/VBA

Data 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 Senior 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 within Accenture 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 8 years of experience in the consulting industry or equivalent in an internal consulting role, or minimum 8 years of experience working in the energy industry within 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.

Annual Salary Range

• California $122,700 to $317,200
• Cleveland $122,700 to $317,200
• Colorado $122,700 to $317,200
• District of Columbia $122,700 to $317,200
• Illinois $122,700 to $317,200
• Maine $122,700 to $317,200
• Maryland $122,700 to $317,200
• Massachusetts $122,700 to $317,200
• Minnesota $122,700 to $317,200
• New York $122,700 to $317,200
• New Jersey $122,700 to $317,200
• Virginia $122,700 to $317,200
• Washington $122,700 to $317,200

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