Director Commodities & Energy Trading

Our Commodity and Energy Tradingteam is looking for an experienced Directorto join our Nordics practice and lead the establishment of our new office in Norway.

We have recently established a new Nordics commodity and energy trading practice headquartered in Copenhagen and are looking to expand Baringas presence across Scandinavia.

Baringas commodities and energy trading team operates across all major commodity and energy companies in Europe the US and Singapore. We work with clients across many different commodity types and across the value chain. From metals traders and miners through oil majors freight and shipping specialists to asset backed energy traders.

We collaborate with our clients on some of their most strategic programmes as they seek to adapt to the changing environment monetise new value pools and remain competitive. We help them to translate strategy into action to enter new markets build new capabilities and to revolutionise their trading businesses and IT landscapes. Were looking for people to join our growing team who have a passion for commodity and energy trading and for collaborating with clients face to face to help solve their key challenges. Youll be involved in strategically significant client transformation projects primarily in the Scandinavia and Europe with opportunities to work on global initiatives.

What you will be doing

You will play a critical role in building our new Nordics practice and will lead the establishment of our office in Norway partnering with senior leadership to develop client relationships and drive business development initiatives. You will help shape the future of our team through talent acquisition mentoring and the professional development of junior colleagues.

As a key member of our leadership team you will be expected to:

• Leadclient relationship developmentand identify new business engagement opportunities.
• Oversee and deliver client projects and programsin your area of expertise working collaboratively with client teams.
• Contributeto Baringas strategic growthin Norway and across Europe.
• Supportteam growth and developmentby recruiting top talent mentoring project teams and championing career development opportunities.

From designing target operating models to implementing integrated trading systems. Here are some examples of projects we typically get involved in:

• Trading systems transformations: Implementations upgrades and system selectionsfor market leading trading organisations including new and innovative products.
• Business restructuring: Designing and implementing operating models for complex global organisations that cover the full trading and commodity lifecycle.
• Digital Transformation: Development and delivery of our digital trading consulting capabilities and offerings including data driven trading.
• Risk Advisory:helping organisations to strengthen their risk management frameworks; analyse and design their risk mitigation strategies; improve governance and reporting; and the implementation of best practice solutions for risk management.

Your skills and experience

We are looking for an experienced Director in Norway with strong client delivery and relationship-building skills coupled with deep advisory expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Power and Short-Term Power Trading: expertise in different power trading markets (e.g. day-ahead real-time bilateral and over-the-counter markets) and an understanding of the impact that the rise in renewables intermittency and flexibility is having on the markets.
• Oil and Bulk Commodities Trading: expertise in bulk commodities trading markets with a strong understanding of at least one of the following markets: oil coal gas LNG metals or agricultural products. Candidates should have a clear understanding of trading processes market dynamics and industry trends.
• LNG Gas & Clean Fuels Trading: Familiarity with different types of LNG contracts such as long-term contracts spot contracts and short-term agreements. Understanding of pricing mechanisms and benchmarks including oil-linked pricing gas-on-gas pricing and hybrid models.
• Freight and Shipping Trading: expertise in different areas of freight and shipping including marine freight markets the supply-demand balance for shipping capacity key trade routes the impact of economic cycles on freight rates and familiarity with different types of shipping contracts.

As a consulting firm we offer client-facing roles which require candidates to thrive in dynamic environments and build strong relationships. We also expect candidates to have:

• Project/Program Management:Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects or programs including managing cross-functional teams timelines and budgets.
• Leadership and Client Ownership:The ability to take ownership of client relationships deliver results in client-facing environments and effectively manage senior stakeholders.

What a career at Baringa will give you

PuttingPeopleFirst.

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

• Generous Annual Leave Policy:We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave fully available at the start of each addition to this we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

• Flexible Working:We know that the ideal work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

• Corporate Responsibility Days:Our world is important to us so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.

• Wellbeing Fund:We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. Weve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.

• Profit Share Scheme:All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the companys success.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity innovation and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace

You can be a part of our Great Place to Work with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all.Click hereto see some of our recent awards and how weve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.

We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work and offer a variety of ways to contribute by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills talent and essence we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.