Consultant

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Capital Markets Consultant to lead functional consulting and solution delivery for commodities trading and risk management platform implementations. The candidate will bring deep knowledge of physical and financial commodity trading, extensive experience in Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) or Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) systems, and a proven track record of delivering complex technology transformation programmes.

The role involves leading business and functional workstreams, defining target-state processes and solution architectures in collaboration with technical architects, driving platform configuration and integration, and ensuring alignment between business requirements and technology solutions.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders, including traders, risk managers, operations, scheduling, finance, and senior management. They will be expected to take ownership of implementation outcomes, manage delivery risks, mentor consultants, and contribute to business development and practice growth where applicable.

Key Responsibilities

• Commodities Domain Leadership

  • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of physical and financial commodities trading across one or more asset classes, including crude oil, refined products, natural gas, power, LNG, metals, or agricultural commodities.
  • Advise clients on end-to-end commodities trading processes, including deal capture, contract management, scheduling, logistics, inventory, valuation, risk management, invoicing, settlement, and accounting.
  • Understand complex commodity contracts, structured deals, pricing formulas, market indices, optionality, delivery obligations, and financial instruments.
  • Provide functional expertise across trading, middle-office, risk, operations, scheduling, and finance processes.
  • Analyse existing operating models, identify process inefficiencies and control gaps, and recommend scalable target-state solutions.
  • Advise on industry practices and emerging requirements affecting commodities trading technology and operating models.

• CTRM/ETRM Platform Implementation Leadership

  • Lead functional delivery for end-to-end CTRM/ETRM implementation, transformation, upgrade, or platform migration programmes.
  • Drive discovery, requirements definition, fit-gap assessments, solution design, configuration strategy, testing, deployment, and post-go-live stabilisation.
  • Define functional scope, workstream plans, dependencies, deliverables, and acceptance criteria in collaboration with programme leadership.