Senior Energy Market Risk Manager

Overview
Salary: £50,000 - £58,000 (Grade 6)
Benefits: Life Cover at 3x salary, Health Cash Plan, EAP & more.
Hours: 37.5 per week.
Location: Hybrid - Ideally 2 days per week at our Leicester HQ (we can be flexible on this).
An opportunity to work with some of the world’s most iconic brands, The Consultus International Group is looking to appoint a Senior Energy Market Risk Manager to develop and deliver world-class market risk management and strategic energy trading solutions to a global portfolio of major (Tier 1) clients. You will help lead a department responsible for 100s £millions worth of energy trading every year across the globe.
As the Senior Energy Market Risk Manager, you will generate and deliver client specific hedging strategies to high intensity energy consumers with complex needs. You will liaise with the Consultant team to schedule and lead energy market risk-related client meetings and risk workshops, whilst working with the wider team to ensure that contracted risk service needs are met and agreed risk strategies are complied with.
Regularly reviewing the suitability of energy market risk strategies, you will monitor daily market positions, engaging with clients and sending out trading instructions via ETRM where required. A full job description is available on request.
What you need
Well suited to someone with proven experience in a senior procurement advisor / consultant or risk management / trading role within the utilities / energy market, the Senior Energy Market Risk Manager will be a pro-active and engaging communicator; they will be able to present and talk confidently on a broad range of areas, including: commodity hedging strategy (electricity and gas), trading, market drivers, budgeting, legislative risk and PPAs. You will be able to clearly communicate complex information, making it easy to understand for a wide range of stakeholders. It is essential that you have in-depth knowledge of flexible energy contracts.
The role requires you to be an excellent relationship builder, who takes a collaborative approach when working with both clients and your peers.
Although not ostensibly a commercial role, the Senior Energy Market Risk Manager will be mindful of the businesses cost-to-serve when allocating resource and will identify complex product cross-selling opportunities, working with the wider business to support the sales process. You will therefore possess good commercial acumen, a keen eye for detail and take a creative approach to problem solving.
We are unique – as unique as you are
Recognised as a ‘Very Good’ company to work for by Best Companies, Consultus understands that its people are at the forefront of leading continuous improvement and creating unique solutions for its customers. That is why it is so important we have strategic goals linked directly to their engagement, development, wellbeing & happiness.
Voted as ‘Consultancy of the Year’ with the ‘Best Business Solution’ at TELCA 2021, Consultus is a leading provider of net zero and energy services. Lauded for a ‘world-class’ service, we have one of the highest client retention rates in the industry and have been voted ‘Most Trusted Consultancy’
for 2 years running.
The Consultus International Group is a cause-driven business, on a mission to leave the planet in a better place than it is now. We’re consistently looking for great minds to help us support our customers on their Net Zero journey, in which our energy trading and risk management team play a crucial role.
The interview process
The interview process is anticipated to consist of 2 stages:
Competency-based interview – video or face-to-facePresentation interview – in-person (topic TBC – expected to be delivery of a market update)
Another final interview may be required.
Committed to inclusion and diversity
The Consultus International Group is an organisation represented by individuals from all backgrounds. We are proud to continue building a team which embraces inclusion, so encourage suitable applications from a diverse array of talent.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS), we commit to interview candidates with disabilities if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role – please let us know during the application process.
Unfortunately, because we are unable to offer VISA sponsorship for this position, all applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
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