Commodity Trading Consultant (mwd)

Our Commodity & Energy Trading practice are looking for experienced Consultants to Directors to join the team in Germany.

Macro global events and the energy transition are driving significant change and volatility across many commodity and energy markets impacting all those players who operate and trade in those markets. As a consultant its an exciting area to work in where we see the level and scale of investment has accelerated materially in the recent past in line with macro market factors. We continue to see significant investment from both new market entrants and existing players as they move into or expand their capabilities into different markets.

Our commodities and energy trading focused 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 UK and Europe with opportunities to work on global initiatives.

What you will be doing

• Trading systems transformations: implementation 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

• Clear knowledgein one or more areas of commodity and/or energy trading markets ideally gained whilst working for another consulting firm or at one of the industry players.
• The ability to take ownership and deliver results in challenging client-facing environments.
• Depending on your level of experience and specialism you will likely also have skills in one or more of the following areas:
  • Project/Programme Manager and/or Agile delivery skills.
  • Business Analysis skills and/or strong analytical skills.
  • Data strategy architecture and management skills.
  • Good understanding of and ability to adapt to key roles across the Software Development Life Cycle.
  • Essential: Fluency in German in addition to English.

We are particularly looking for people with experience or specialism in the following key areas across these sectors:

• 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.

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.