Energy Trading-Oil & Gas-Consulting-Manager

Energy Trading Consulting - Manager

Location : Houston, Dallas, Austin, Oklahoma At EY, we are all in to shape your future with confidence. We'll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. At EY, you will have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. And we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The energy industry is facing unprecedented challenges through volatile energy prices, changes to the geopolitical landscape, supply and demand imbalances, and evolving consumption patterns due to the energy transition. This creates an opportunity for the sector to pivot to a long-term strategy that helps address these challenges. Energy markets will be a critical enabler of an efficient energy transition that includes optimization of supply and modernizing underlying technology to support the transition.

Recognizing the need of our clients, we are building an energy trading team to help our clients optimize current supply and navigate the transition. You will be a thought leader leveraging your experience in mature and robust energy trading markets, coupled with your vision and experience with the future of energy to be a key contributor, shaping our strategy, offerings, and delivery of operating model transformation for our clients that enable the people, process, and technology capabilities for this challenging market model transition. This is a high-profile position that will work with energy leaders and client serving teams across the different EY practices.

Your key responsibilities will include assisting clients with defining their trading technology and data strategy and roadmap, assisting clients with designing target state operating models for trading, assisting with trading-related business transformation initiatives spanning people, process, and technology, defining and documenting current and target state trading processes and capabilities across front, middle, and back offices (including Trading / Hedging, Logistics, Scheduling, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Settlements and Accounting), assisting with performing benchmarking initiatives to provide comparative insights to peers and identify emerging technology trends / value creation opportunities, facilitating ETRM system / vendor selection activities, participating in or leading project management activities over system implementations, assisting with ETRM implementation activities working closely with stakeholders to define business requirements, functional specifications, and user guides, providing training and support to end-users on ETRM systems and processes, assisting in the testing and validation of ETRM system implementations and upgrades, and staying updated with industry trends, regulatory changes, and leading practices in trading and risk management.

To qualify for the role, you must have a bachelor's degree in engineering, management information systems, economics, mathematics, finance, or a related field and approximately 5 years of work experience. Minimum of 3 years of experience working within the energy trading sector, technical / functional ETRM and / or other trading system implementation experience, knowledge of energy markets such as oil, refined products, natural gas, LNG, and power, expertise in several functional areas including front, mid or back office, strong understanding of the current solutions in the market and ability to craft a point of view for our clients, ability to liaise across various stakeholder groups, including business, front office, and technical teams, strategic thinking and solutioning skills to craft a strong value proposition, curious mindset and desire to learn and grow, strong project management skills and ability to complete multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, strong executive facilitation skills related to strategy development and problem solving, exceptional written and oral communication skills on a global basis (including Presentations) as well as listening and interpretation skills, and willingness to travel up to 60%.

Ideally, you will also have experience across multiple technology platforms (ION products, SAP Commodity Management, QuorEka, etc.), experience with solution architecture, data architecture, infrastructure performance and / or cost optimization, SQL, Python or similar languages, experience with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform, experience with SAP Cloud Platform Integration, experience with JAVA, OpenComponents, OpenJVS, OpenAVS and SAP ABAP development, and strong understanding of trading regulations and related risks and controls impacting trading entities.

What we look for is people that are passionate consultants, at the top of their game, but who would like to continue to grow their subject matter expertise and help others around them to grow their potential.

What we offer you is a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $142,600 to $261,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $171,200 to $297,200. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter / Summer breaks, Personal / Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today. EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. For those living in California, please click here for additional information. EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.