Manager Energy Advisory

Australias energy landscape is changing rapidly creating complex challenges and significant opportunities for organisations across the country. KordaMenthas Energy Advisory team supports clients as they navigate this transition providing practical advice across strategy investment regulation operating models technology performance improvement and delivery.  

We are looking for a Manager to join our Energy Advisory team and play a key role in delivering high-quality outcome-focused work for clients across Australias changing energy system.  

This role is ideal for a commercially minded advisory professional who enjoys solving complex problems building trusted client relationships and translating analysis into clear practical recommendations. 

As a Manager you will help clients make clear decisions in complex environments balancing commercial outcomes reliability affordability policy regulation technology and delivery considerations. 

You will: 

• Build and maintain strong day-to-day relationships with client stakeholders becoming a reliable point of contact throughout engagements. 

• Manage engagement workstreams taking responsibility for scope timelines quality and day-to-day delivery. 

• Structure complex commercial regulatory operational and technology problems and drive the analysis needed to solve them. 

• Prepare high-quality reports presentations and client deliverables that are clear evidence-based and defensible. 

• Support clients through change by helping design and deliver stakeholder engagement communications and adoption activities that make recommendations stick. 

• Contribute to business development proposals and marketing activities while helping identify opportunities for clients and the practice. 

• Coach and support more junior team members including reviewing their work. 

Qualifications :

You bring strong knowledge of the energy industry quantitative capability and sound commercial judgement. You are comfortable working across complex ambiguous environments and enjoy developing strategies that translate into practical outcomes for clients. 

You will bring: 

• 4 to 6 years of relevant energy and utilities experience in the private sector or government for example in consulting advisory professional services government infrastructure teams or in-house energy teams ideally with energy or wider infrastructure exposure. 

• Credible depth in one or more relevant energy and utility sectors such as generation networks retail gas or water. 

• Experience across diverse engagement types including strategy market entry business cases operating model design and change or adoption. 

• Strong analytical quantitative and problem-solving capability including financial modelling and business-case analysis. 

• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills. 

• The ability to build effective relationships and communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively. 

• Comfort using AI tools to improve the quality and efficiency of your work with the judgement to apply them appropriately and check outputs. 

• A proactive solutions-focused mindset and a genuine interest in developing more junior team members. 

Experience or awareness of emerging topics shaping the energy transition such as data centres market reform CER and renewables economics would be highly regarded. 

You may not tick every box and thats okay. If you meet most of the criteria and are excited by the opportunity to help clients navigate Australias changing energy system we would like to hear from you.

Additional Information :

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Why Join Us

• Professional Development: Expert mentorship tailored training via KordaMentha Business School study support and our Accelerate program for Analysts to Associate Directors build your brand expand your network and gain strategic insights from senior leaders
• Flexibility: We champion work/life integration with options that fit your lifestyle.
• Career Growth: Merit-based promotions secondments and opportunities to work alongside senior leaders on impactful projects.
• Leave That Works for You: Buy extra leave and access volunteer generous parental leave and career break options.
• Culture & Connection:Social events cultural celebrations be part of our diversity and inclusion program KMConnect.
• Family Support: Flexible parental leave return-to-work support through our partner GracePapers and resources for every stage of family life.
• Health & Wellbeing: Inclusive wellness initiatives and confidential and industry leading EAP for you and your family.

This isnt just a job its a place where your ambitions are nurtured your wellbeing is valued and your contributions celebrated. Ready to shape your future with us

How to Apply:

Please submit your resume via our online portal.

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At KordaMentha were at our best when different perspectives come together to solve complex problems. We believe better outcomes come from people with diverse experiences backgrounds and ways of thinking.

We bring together the right teams to help our clients tackle complex challenges and move forward with confidence. That collaborative mindset is central to how we work. We foster an environment where ideas are welcomed curiosity is encouraged and people are empowered to contribute from day one.

Its how we create opportunities and deliver outcomes that count for our clients our people and the communities in which we operate.

If youre looking for meaningful work real responsibility and the opportunity to make an impact wed like to hear from you.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time