Experienced Asia-pacific Power Markets Expert

**Overview**:
Baringa Partners is a fast-growing consultancy with over 1000 consultants, and offices across the world’s leading energy markets; Sydney, Singapore, London, New York, Germany and Bulgaria. We are a consultancy with a difference; we put our people first, and are passionate about providing our clients with deep technical and industry insights that deliver real and measurable results - with pragmatism. Being an independent consultancy, we are not afraid to bring our own point of view, and challenge to help clients create outcomes that are right for them.

We are a company that values our people as highly as the work we are renowned for, and we place our people at the forefront of everything we seek to achieve. Inclusion, innovation and trust are key tenets that underpin our culture and help us foster an environment where everyone can participate, feel appreciated and succeed.

These are the reasons people come to us, and these are the reasons they stay.

**What will you be doing?**

You will be working at the forefront of the energy sector alongside market specialists with deep industry knowledge where you will be able to deploy and then broaden your skill set and expertise.

We are proud to work with the foremost energy companies, policymakers, regulators, investors, developers, and operating globally across the energy supply chain. Led by a Senior Management Team respected as Thought Leaders within the industry, we use deep analytical insight to help our clients to define their strategies, shape their asset portfolios, and sharpen their assessment of market opportunities.

Working closely with our team of experts in Singapore and Sydney, your key tasks will include:

- Perform fundamentals-based research on the various power markets in Japan, taking into consideration generation mix, regulatory policies, emission targets, and other market-specific factors.
- Providing bespoke market advisory to clients, which can include transaction advisory (buy-side and sell-side), PPA structuring, market opportunity assessment, or evaluation of impending policy or rule changes.
- Delivering regulatory advisory engagements, including advising regulators or state-owned utilities on market structures, energy transition policies, etc.

**What are we looking for?
We’re looking for talented, enthusiastic energy experts with a track record of taking ownership and delivering results in a challenging, client-facing environment. Specific experience areas sought include:

- Energy experience of at least 4 years, with an in-depth understanding of the power market dynamics in Japan
- Quantitative skills/capability, ideally with experience in power market modelling software / methods (e.g. PLEXOS, Linear Programming methods such as GAMS)
- Experience in asset valuation, commercial due diligence and transaction advisory, and familiarity with PPA structures, clauses, and the impact on bankability.
- Experience in providing analysis to investors, developers, lenders and off-takers, based on detailed quantitative analysis and providing advice grounded in facts.
- Familiarity across a range of regulatory structures, spanning Single Buyer-type arrangements, hybrid off-take between Single Buyer and commercial buyers, to fully liberalised markets.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

**What is in it for you?**
- The chance to provide in-depth power markets analysis and to support clients at the fore-front of the energy transition
- Competitive salary and benefits
- A true meritocracy: Quarterly promotions solely based on your own performance
- A good work-life balance: we take this seriously, setting the right expectations with clients and managing the workload collaboratively with the team
- We invest in you, to ensure you remain the best in the business

**Diversity & Inclusion