Consultant - Senior Consultant, Regulatory Economist

Our Economics and Regulation practice is looking for an experienced Consultant or Senior Consultant to join the team.

We are looking for Consultants and Senior Consultants to join one of the UK’s largest specialist regulatory economics teams. We advise energy, water and other regulated-industry clients, as well as governments, regulators and investors, on complex regulatory, policy and investment decisions. Our work includes price controls, regulatory strategy and submissions, utility business planning, market and incentive design, decarbonisation programmes, investment cases, and wider economic analysis. You will gain exposure to major infrastructure and energy-transition challenges across multiple sectors, working alongside collaborative specialists to turn robust analysis into practical, high-impact recommendations. 

What you will be doing

• Delivering regulatory economics and policy projects for clients across energy, water and other regulated and infrastructure sectors.
• Helping energy and water regulators and Government Departments develop and implement policy and regulation.
• Analysing regulatory frameworks, policy proposals, incentives, and complex datasets to draw clear conclusions and make practical recommendations.
• Building, owning and maintaining robust models to support regulatory and investment decisions.
• Producing clear, regulator-ready reports, consultation responses and regulatory submissions, as well as concise presentations for executive audiences.
• Managing defined workstreams, coordinating inputs, maintaining quality and supporting delivery to agreed timescales.
• Building trusted relationships with clients and senior stakeholders, contributing ideas and constructive challenges throughout engagements.
• You will work collaboratively across disciplines and sectors, bringing curiosity, commercial awareness and fresh thinking to complex client problems.
• At Senior Consultant level, you will take greater ownership of workstream delivery, lead client discussions, shape outputs and support the development of junior colleagues.

Your skills and experience

• You have experience or a strong grounding in regulation, regulatory economics, public policy or regulated industries, and a clear interest in applying this expertise to client challenges.
• You might work for another consultancy, for a utility or for a regulator or Government.
• You understand how utility-sector regulation, policy, incentives or economic frameworks influence business and investment decisions.
• You have strong quantitative and Excel skills, with experience analysing complex information and taking ownership of analytical models.
• You have excellent written communication skills and can produce structured, evidence-based long-form reports, submissions or consultation responses.
• You can create concise, compelling presentations and communicate recommendations clearly to senior, technical, and non-technical audiences.
• You show intellectual curiosity, sound problem-solving skills, initiative and ownership, alongside a collaborative and adaptable working style.
• Experience in one or more of the following would be beneficial: utility price controls; regulatory business planning; financial modelling; cost-benefit analysis or investment appraisal; energy transition or decarbonisation; government or regulator roles; electricity, gas or water networks; or commercial consulting.

What a career at Baringa will give you 

Putting People First.

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 year. In 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. We’ve 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 company’s 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 here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve 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 time. In 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.