Energy Retail - Consultant / Senior Consultant in London

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. We'll collaborate with our clients from the big picture 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 value how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and solving their challenges.

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 rely on deep industry experience, knowledge and insight coupled with a hands-on, pragmatic delivery approach to solve their challenges. We are growing our Retail Energy team, supporting clients with market reform, customer operations, and net zero strategies in domestic, SME and B2B segments.

What you will be doing:

• This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of this sector alongside our team of market specialists, broadening your skillset and expertise within retail energy.
• You will work with a range of clients across the sector, including energy and water retailers, network operators, government bodies and regulators.
• We're looking for talented, enthusiastic experts with experience in the utilities sector. You may have experience in 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 collaborating with Baringa and client personnel in blended project teams.
• You will be willing to work across 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 areas 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. Experience in field service transformation to enable performance improvement and Net Zero delivery across energy and water industries is valued.
• 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 efficiency and performance. We are looking for individuals with 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. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff with amazing benefits.
• Generous Annual Leave Policy: 5 weeks of annual leave, plus a 5-Year Recharge benefit granting an additional 2 weeks after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: Hybrid working policy and flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: 3 days per year to support social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing Fund: An annual fund to support wellbeing activities of choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

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 drives creativity, innovation and value for our clients and for our people.

Using business as a force for good: We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, including Net Zero targets and support of the Better Business Act. We report progress publicly and are externally assessed by organisations like CDP and EcoVadis. Our CSR agenda focuses on giving back to communities by sharing our skills and time to support charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose.

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 actively encourage applications from underrepresented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, with reasonable adjustments where needed.