GAS STRATEGIES - Delivering meaningful insights into your business in the global energy industry.

JOB VACANCY
Job Title: Senior Consultant
Reporting Line: Reporting to Consulting Managers
Work Status: Full Time Employee
Work Pattern: Hybrid working between City of London office and Home

Joining the Gas Strategies Consulting Team

Gas Strategies is a professional services firm providing commercial energy advisory services to an international client
base. To continue our 30 year track record of meeting the demands of our international clients, and deliver our own
growth objectives alongside our clients’ successes, we are working through a strategic programme of change that will
see our business grow to more than double our current size in the next 3 years.

The global energy sector is undergoing an unprecedented and exciting evolution. Businesses and countries are having
to review, reassess and rethink broadly about their prospects and the potential opportunities in the sector in the coming
decades. As advisers to this industry, Gas Strategies sees the future being defined by those who embrace and seek to
make a difference in the Energy Transition. We understand our clients’ need to make sense of the exceptional changes
to their industries and we are there to help them in their decision making in a time of unprecedented uncertainty. Many
of our clients have already started a process of business change that will see them achieve their energy security goals
and deliver their net zero strategies.

Gas Strategies achieves this through its unique business model which delivers a wealth of experience, know-how and
commercial insight through a personnel mix of employees and industry associates.

Joining our team means you will be a part of this. We encourage our people to ask questions, investigate and delve into
the impact of changing circumstances so that together we can share with our clients the questions we think they should
be asking, as well as offering informed and often original solutions.

Key Points for Prospective Candidates

The Aspirations you have and we can help you achieve

• Enhance your understanding of the global energy sector through direct involvement in international projects
• Experience the full client project lifecycle – from concept inception through to business goal success
• Meaningfully engage within industry decision makers
• Make a material impact on the way key industry players develop and operate their business
• Progress towards Managing Consultant roles through your own drive and application

The Experience you’ll need in this role

• Degree level education most likely in a commercially relevant subject for this role
• Have 3-5 years relevant industry or consulting experience and have demonstrated career progression and personal
development during your career
• Understanding and experience of business development having been involved in or supported selling processes
(whether writing proposals or presentations or exploring client requirements in meetings and workshops),
• Understanding and experience of the client lifecycle particular to consultancy work and an understanding or
experience of contracting with clients (either internal clients in a large corporate or with external clients)
• Involvement in direct client facing engagement with an understanding of the nuances of client relationship
development
• Able to demonstrate keen interest and intellectual curiosity about our business, the global energy sector and our
clients
• Recognised for achieving high levels of client satisfaction through project delivery and adding client value

The Skills you will bring with you

• Strong inter-personal communication skills, both verbal and written – including client documentation, presentations
and the facilitation of client workshops in a persuasive and influential manner
• Able to work collaboratively with colleagues and clients
• Able to distil key issues and appreciate their impact on our clients and our business
• Able to / prepared to challenge the status quo and approach client issues systematically, persuasively and in a
manner suitable for a professional services consultancy
• Able to acquire knowledge quickly and understand complex information
• Identifying and accessing various sources of data and information and analysis of large data sets
and ideally,
• Data modelling and technical analysis using advanced Excel skills
• Knowledge & understanding of global Gas & LNG markets, their market fundamentals, trends and essential
economics
• Foreign language skills

The Personal Characteristics you will have

• Going beyond the obvious and seeking to explore contradictory views to produce a clear and informed position
• Confidence and openness to collaborate effectively within our wider business
• Taking responsibility for own work and supporting others within the team
• Taking pride in own work with a focus on quality, attention to detail and accuracy
• Can see the value in sharing ideas and thinking
• Desire to consistently meet / exceed personal performance expectations
• Ambition to further develop your personal business network within our industry
• Commitment to your own continuous learning
• Enthusiasm for international travel to meet clients and business collaborators

Key Areas in the role of Senior Consultant at Gas Strategies

Client Relationship Management

• Planning and delivering client engagement activities that create and build strong client relationships
• Creating client value through the sharing of energy industry knowledge and having a sophisticated understanding
of their business issues
• Looking at multiple dimensions of the client’s issue; considering the “so what” question, and proposing creative
options
• Interpreting and understanding a client’s expectations for what they are seeking to achieve

Project Management & Delivery

• Producing high quality project materials, deliverables and presentations
• Delivering project work on time and to budget
• Applying project management skills ensuring high quality standards
• Identifying and accessing relevant sources of information to enhance commercial breadth and value
• Contributing to the analysis and presentation of complex ideas & data and the trends and interpretation of this –
being able to “tell the story”
• Collaborating across our team to develop an essential understanding of the client’s issues, their business context
and specific requirements, and contributing commercial and other insights
• Identifying areas of perceived project risk and regularly discussing these with the team to help mitigate potential
consequences

Origination and Business Development

• Identifying, proposing and achieving new or sell-on client opportunities
• Contributing to new business proposal development in collaboration with project leaders

Managing the Business

• Support Managers to define, plan for and exceed business and team objectives to achieve business growth goals
• Actively support people development, business and performance management through effective line management
and coaching activities
• Proactively manage our tools and processes to ensure consistency in quality standards

May 2023