Energy Trading-Oil & Gas -Consulting-Senior Consultant (Houston)

Energy Trading-Oil & Gas -Consulting-Senior Consultant

Location : Houston, Dallas, Austin, Oklahoma

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Energy Trading Consulting - Consultant

The oil and gas industry is facing unprecedented challenges through volatile energy prices driven by changes to the geopolitical landscape, supply and demand imbalances, and evolving consumption patterns due to global economic development and 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 existing supply, modernizing underlying technology to support the transition and enable the rapid creation of renewable product markets.

The opportunity

Recognizing the need of our clients, we are building an energy trading team to help our clients optimize current supply, embrace emergent technology such as AI, launch new renewable product and further navigate the transition. You will be a leader leveraging your talents and experience in mature and robust energy trading markets to help define the future of energy through shaping our strategy, developing new market offerings, and delivering transformational value 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

As Energy companies explore opportunities to set up and optimize their energy trading function your role will be to enable this journey, undertaking some or all the following responsibilities :

• Define and document trading front, middle and back-office process design
• Creation of new energy trading organizational and operating models
• Assisting in the creation of energy trading benchmarking, surveys, and market scans for new and emerging technology / value creation opportunities
• Helping our clients select the right solutions though Vendor Assessments & Scoring and Fit / Gap Analysis
• Integration and alignment of cross product and cross region commodity trading processes and technologies
• Functional design and requirements gathering across front office, risk, accounting, settlements, logistics, and scheduling
• Ability to work across various stakeholder groups, including strategy, business, data and technical teams
• Development of energy trading functional and technical roadmaps
• Delivering transformation programs
• Creation of new capabilities in emerging technologies, such as AI, IoT, Data and Analytics
• Assisting in the development of commercial strategies for new energies

Business Development

The purpose of this role is to help position EY for growth within the Oil and Gas sector in a rapidly changing market. As a consultant in our energy trading practice, you will be a key team member, contributing to the growth of our energy trading team and to the development of your peers and yourself. You will be expected to support creation our industry thought leadership, to implement our Go to Market strategy, to develop sales collateral and solution material to position EY in the market. You will learn about the various competencies and capabilities within EY. You will be a key player in helping us execute on complex engagements for our clients, assisting them in transforming their businesses as they prepare for the future of the energy industry.

To qualify for the role, you must have :

Ideally you will also have :

What we look for

What we offer you

At EY, we'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We'll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. We offer 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. 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. EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities. EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY's Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com.

Nearest Major Market : Houston