Energy Retail - Consultant / Senior Consultant

About Baringa 

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

 

We are looking for Consultants and Senior Consultants to join our thriving and award winning retail energy practice. 

Our Energy practice is a dynamic, award-winning team of experts dedicated to tackling the Utilities sector's most pressing and public facing challenges, including driving the transition to Net Zero.   

Our clients across the sector rely on our deep industry experience, knowledge and insight coupled with a hands-on, pragmatic delivery approach to solve their challenges. We are excited to be in a position to grow our Retail Energy team, supporting clients with market reform, customer operations, and net zero strategies in both domestic , SME and B2B.

What you will be doing:

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of this sector alongside our existing team of market specialists where you will be able to broaden your skillset and expertise within retail energy. You will also have the opportunity to work with a range of clients across the sector, including energy and water retailers and network operators to government bodies and regulators. 

We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic experts with experience working in the utilities sector . You may have experience working within industry, consulting, or both, but most importantly have a passion for delivering change and transformation within energy retail. 

• You will be a trusted advisor for our clients helping them identify, assess, design and implement solutions to their most complex business challenges.
• You will be a key part of our project teams responsible for scoping and delivering complex multi-faceted change programmes under challenging market conditions.
• You will work frequently in industry within high visibility areas, seamlessly working in blended project teams of Baringa and client personnel.
• You will be willing to work across the different clients in the sector. 

Your skills and experience:  

• • You will have a minimum of 3 years working within a utilities retailer, including project management and delivery experience.  
  • You will have the ability to develop and maintain deep, trusted relationships with clients and colleagues across the sector. 
  • You will have excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to non-specialists. 

  We are particularly looking for people with experience or specialism in the following key area across the retail sector:  

  • Customer Affordability: We are passionate about building a market that works for customers. We need commercially-minded people that understand how complex processes work across customer metering, billing and debt management from a systems, process and regulatory perspective to enable improvements for our clients and their customers especially those in Vulnerability.
  • Field Services: We are helping our clients build workforces of the future that serve both the customer and network operators needs as efficiently and effectively as possible. Whether that be from installing a meter in a customer's home or maintenance and repairing of network assets. We are looking for people that have experience in field service transformation to enable performance improvement and Net zero delivery across energy and water industries.  
  • Data/Digital: We are excited to be at the forefront of emerging technologies that support our clients to deliver the right solutions into their business to drive both efficiency and performance. We are looking for individuals who have experience in delivering digital & data platforms & solutions including AI in utilities. 

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.

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

 

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For the USA

Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact privacy@baringa.com

For Australia & Singapore

Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com