Consulting Roles in Commodity & Energy Trading – US Oil & Petrochemicals Markets – Future Opportunities

About the role

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. Our Commodity & Energy Trading practice is growing and continuing to build their capability in the US.

Our clients rely on our deep industry expertise to navigate a trading landscape defined by price volatility, increasingly complex value chains, and evolving regulatory demands. We support them in defining and executing trading strategies, assessing and enhancing business capabilities, driving technology and digital transformation, and managing risk and regulatory compliance effectively.

Responsibilities

As part of our team, you will work closely with clients on the following types of challenging, high-impact engagements:

• Strategy & Commercial Advisory – US market entry and establishment, commercial trading & hedging strategy, commercial collaboration models, book structure & transfer pricing
• Business Capability Development – trading capability assessment & benchmarking, trading capability design, operating & organization design, business process design, business change program planning, business & IT readiness & training, operational excellence
• Risk & Regulatory Advisory – risk strategy definition, risk management policy design, risk capability assessment & design (market, credit, operational, climate, etc.), regulatory & compliance capability assessment & design (KYC, AML, trade surveillance, etc.)
• Data & Analytics Advisory – data & analytics strategy / architecture design, data & analytics solution design & delivery
• Technology Advisory & Transformation – technology strategy & architecture design, IT operating model design, technology capability building, technology program QA & health checks, vendor selection & implementation

Requirements

Our Consultant role requires 3+ years of experience (Senior Consultant 4-6 years; Manager 6-8+ years) in a consulting or industry role with experience in Commodity & Energy Trading initiatives.

We are seeking individuals with strong client delivery and relationship-building skills, coupled with deep advisory expertise in the following areas:

• Experience in crude oil, refined products, natural gas liquids (NGLs), petrochemicals, and freight trading markets
• Comprehensive understanding of the energy and petrochemicals value chains
• Capability assessments and target operating model development for trading organizations
• Experience in leading business and IT transformation programs, including change management
• Experience in advisory support for market entry and trading readiness initiatives
• Knowledge of risk management frameworks and regulatory compliance
• Experience in strategy, design, and implementation of advanced analytics platforms for trading organizations
• Experience in client-side advisory for modernizing trading systems, with a focus on market leading vendor solutions such as OpenLink, RightAngle, along with others

Benefits

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognize the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage
• Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance
• Participation in our 401k retirement plan; we contribute 3% of your annual base salary and match up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan
• Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dep-care FSA
• Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work
• Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers
• Opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources
• Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years