Senior Consultant, Commodity & Energy Trading

About the role

The role operates within a global consulting practice that supports energy and commodities clients. Consultants engage with complex trading organizations to shape strategy and execution. The engagement scope covers power markets, trading operations, and digital capabilities. You will own the design of commercial, risk, and operational alignment for client trading activities. You will translate ambiguous business needs into structured solutions for energy markets. The role requires you to define future-state governance models that balance control with execution speed. You will act as a bridge between trading floor expertise and technical implementation teams. Success in this position means making the complex understandable and actionable for stakeholders.

Key facts

What you'll do

Create this model to align commercial, risk, and operational requirements and to define future-state governance.

Design these tools to address market rules, pricing discovery, and execution workflows.

Structure end-to-end processes for trading, risk, logistics, and settlement to support multinational operations.

Embed machine learning and advanced analytics into client architectures to mature digital trading capabilities.

Improve commercial decision-making and trader decision support through data-driven tools and visualization.

Manage evaluations, proof of concepts, and rollouts of new trading products and technology solutions.

Map and analyze trading workflows to uncover inefficiencies and quantify value drivers.

Champion the use of structured frameworks to decompose complex trading problems.

Translate ambiguous client requirements into clear, testable solution components.

Lead the delivery of projects across multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups.

Adapt delivery approaches to navigate complex enterprise environments and constraints.

Build clear narratives that connect technical solutions to business outcomes for executive audiences.

Requirements

Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Engineering or a related field as a baseline qualification.

Demonstrate how academic training applies to practical trading and operational challenges.

Show internship experience or up to five years of consulting or relevant industry exposure, including work on Commodities & Energy Trading initiatives.

Provide examples that illustrate understanding of power markets and trading environments.

Demonstrate a strong understanding of power markets and trading mechanisms, including day-ahead, intraday, bilateral, and OTC markets.

Explain how electricity prices are formed and how different products interact.

Apply business and process analysis skills to identify problems, structure value drivers, and translate requirements into practical solutions.

Use structured approaches to decompose complex trading workflows into manageable components.

Deliver projects end-to-end, adapting across project roles and stages while operating within complex delivery environments.

Manage timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations through full project lifecycles.

Write fluent English as a core communication requirement.

Use advanced proficiency in Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, or Swedish where relevant to client contexts.

Additional languages provide broader engagement capability.

Practical notes

This role may require work authorization for the United Kingdom.

The team operates across energy companies and utilities on consulting engagements.

Travel within client locations is expected as part of delivery commitments.

Typical interview steps

Interviews in this field typically test judgment, communication, and fit as much as technical skill.

Be ready to describe a challenge you faced, what you did, and what you learned.

Most companies value honest answers over polished ones.

Whatever the role, preparation is visible.

Reviewing the company's product, the job description, and your own past work before the conversation is the strongest step.

Career growth

Career growth comes from taking on harder problems and making your work visible.

Look for opportunities to own outcomes, mentor others, and learn the business beyond your team.

Growth in any career comes from scope, results, and reputation.

Take on work that is slightly uncomfortable, and make sure others can see the outcomes.