Applied Ai & Analytics - Principal Consultant

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.

Clients value Baringa's collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.

Our Commodities and Energy Trading practice are looking for Consultants to Managers to join the team. Our commodities and energy trading focused team operates across all major energy companies and utilities. We work with clients to help them translate strategy into action, to enter new markets, build new trading capabilities, and to revolutionize their trading businesses and IT landscapes. We're looking for people to join our growing team who have a passion for commodity and energy trading.

What you will be doing

• Shaping a new model for power trading: Create a comprehensive business operating model and target architecture for a successful merger of two power trading organisations.
• Opening up a new power market: Develop and implement custom trading tools, processes and strategies, enabling a utility to effectively compete in a newly restructured national power trading market.
• Business restructuring: Designing and implementing operating models for complex global organizations that cover the full trading and commodity lifecycle.
• Digital Transformation: Working with clients to mature their digital capabilities and embed ML and AI into their architectures, including improving commercial decision-making and trader decision support tooling in use.
• Trading solution transformations: Leading implementations, upgrades, and system selections for market-leading trading organizations, including new and innovative products.

Your skills and experience

A well-rounded candidate should demonstrate a balance of strengths and experience across the following key areas:

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Engineering or related field.
• Experience: Internships (graduates welcome) or up to five years of experience in consulting or a relevant industry role, including exposure to Commodities; additional languages are a plus.

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 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 have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: All our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing Fund: 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.

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.

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.

Join us. All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background.