Energy Markets Analyst - Senior Consultant (Sydney or Melbourne)

Our Market Fundamentals and Transactions (MFT) practice is looking for more Consultants to join the team in Sydney or Melbourne.

As a member of our leading Energy MFT team, you will build deep quantitative insights into how power market fundamentals, such as trends in electricity demand, supply, and technology costs, impact the value of projects and companies in the markets in which we operate. We provide a long-term and independent view of power markets, which is used by a broad range of market participants. The quality and depth of the insight, and our ability to translate our work into client context and challenges means we are a trusted advisor to the players making the biggest impact on the energy transition, and our analysis is used to deploy billions of dollars of capital per year.

What you will be doing

• Undertaking and leading the end-to-end market modelling process on Client projects, from designing modelling inputs to running the models and quality-checking the results, and then to preparing Client deliverables to Baringa’s standards of quality and timeliness.
• Outputs of the modelling include key metrics of projects’ financial viability, namely prices and revenues, which feed into early-stage feasibility assessments as well as advanced-stage assessments such as buy- and sell-side transactions processes.
• Suggest model and process enhancements in the spirit of continuous improvement, as you increasingly gain on-the-job experience and become more adept at using our modelling toolkit.

Your skills and experience

• You hold energy sector experience in market modeling
• Ideally you might holds some experience working in a consulting environment 
• You are passionate about energy and energy decarbonisation!
• You are comfortable in handling data and numerical analysis.
• You have demonstrated aptitude and appetite for using analysis to solve client problems, and clarity in explaining methods and concepts.
• You are personable and professional, with excellent communication and presentation skills.
• You are an effective team player.

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.