Graduate Management Consultant - Summer 2027

About the role

We are looking for analytically driven early-career professionals to join our Americas consulting team as we expand in Houston and New York. Our consulting engagements span a broad set of topics and client types including commercial due diligence/transaction support for investors, market assessment for emerging firms, corporate strategy development for major energy companies, and policy analysis for governments and trade organizations. Examples of projects you may work on: asset valuation for downstream product terminal; market studies for high-profile energy IPOs (Fervo, Flowco); frontier exploration benchmarking for oil and gas majors; long-term strategy for integrated US solar module manufacturer; renewable fuels adoption strategy for maritime sector; assessment of US-based methane fee and impact on upstream suppliers. Our Americas consulting teams are based in Houston, Texas and New York, New York. We are hiring students for Summer 2027 with graduation in Winter 2026 or Spring 2027.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to plan and execute project workstreams, often using Microsoft Excel and internal Rystad products to manipulate and forecast data.
• Prepare client-ready presentations, using Microsoft PowerPoint and additional visualization tools.
• Communicate with internal team members and external stakeholders on relevant findings, methodologies, and next steps.
• Leverage AI to streamline workflows across data manipulation and analysis.
• Map geospatial information using GIS programs.
• Build models and analyze large data sets in Python.
• Develop client-side products and market reports in collaboration with the Analysis department.
• Support the commercial team with business development related to ongoing or previous client work.
• Work on challenging assignments requiring rigorous analysis to drive insights and conclusions.
• Engage closely with clients, learn and deploy knowledge quickly.
• Work collaboratively on project teams, supporting clients across upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas sectors, as well as energy transition areas such as renewables, hydrogen, and carbon capture.
• Structure and break down ambiguous problems, perform quantitative analysis, produce reports, and deliver recommendations, operating with urgency to deliver results within client-driven timeframes.
• Work primarily at the Rystad Energy office you are based in, with possible travel to client sites as required.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in a quantitative or other relevant field (engineering, economics, energy policy, etc), graduating in Winter 2026 or Spring 2027 (or Winter 2027/Spring 2028 per later note).