Lead and deliver consulting projects in Australian energy markets: scope and manage multiple analytics and modelling engagements, coach and develop analysts, win and grow client relationships, and produce rigorous quantitative insights to inform client decisions.
This role is based in either our Sydney or Melbourne office, on a hybrid basis of three days per week in the office and two working from home.
Key Responsibilities
As a Principal/Project Lead in our Australian consulting team, you will be responsible for:
- Leadership: You will balance the delivery of commissioned projects with leading, coaching and inspiring teams of analysts and energy modellers such that they continuously exemplify Aurora’s values, improve their performance capability and develop to their full potential.
- Project delivery: You will develop a clear and detailed understanding of the client’s business and expectations, scoping projects and managing them to time and budget. You will also oversee multiple projects simultaneously, providing both internal and external stakeholders with the orientation they need in critical project phases and situations. You will ensure optimal delivery on clients’ expectations, including selecting the appropriate analytical approach, leading on complex problem-solving, ensuring independent, high quality, rigorous quantitative analysis, interpretation and communication of data insights.
- Developing new consulting business: You will independently contribute to building and deepening close client relationships, and as their trusted advisor, you are the first to whom they turn. Additionally, you will acquire new clients and projects, collaborating with internal stakeholders to respond successfully to inbound requests for proposals, by identifying opportunities through establishing and deepening client relationships and building your external profile as a thought leader within the energy ecosystem. You will help with developing new business areas that will contribute to the rapid growth plans of the Japanese practice in the coming years.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Required attributes:
- You will have considerable relevant experience from a management consultancy or relevant industry.
- You will have direct domain experience in at least one of the following: energy market or grid modelling in the National Electricity Market (NEM) or Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM); the delivery and operations of grid-scale renewable or storage assets; or the origination and negotiation of power purchase agreements.
- You will evidence equal passion about delivering high quality analytical projects and developing your people.
- You will be collaborative by nature and have an empathetic leadership style that demonstrates skill in inspiring, raising performance and developing your teams.
- You will want to use your intellectual and analytical excellence to make real and tangible impacts that influence the complex decisions our clients need to make.
- You will thrive on using your personal impact to create the highest quality products for clients combining first class analytics and modelling with clear presentation of insights.
- You will enjoy using your experience and intellectual rigour to lead projects using advanced quantitative analysis.
- Your strong project management skills will consistently ensure the management and delivery of clients’ projects exceeds their expectations.
- You will have a proven track record of winning new business, both through writing compelling proposals in response to client requests, and through proactive business development.
Desirable attributes:
- Deeper specialist experience in network stability challenges, such as system strength, would be an added advantage.
What we offer
Some of the benefits we include are:
- HCF Private health insurance
- 25 days annual lease
- Novated car leasing
- Paid parental leave
- Specsavers corporate eyecare package
- Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), offering a complete support network that offers expert advice and compassionate guidance 24/7/365, covering a wide range of personal and professional aspects
The Company is committed to the principle that no employee or job applicant shall receive unfavorable treatment on grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity/paternity.
About
From its academic roots, Aurora Energy Research is a thriving, rapidly growing company, currently serving over 1000 of the world’s most influential energy sector participants, including utilities, investors, and governments. While we constantly strive to reach new markets and diversify our product portfolio, we are already active across the globe in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, South Africa and North America, working with leading organisations to provide comprehensive market intelligence, bespoke analytic and advisory services, and cutting-edge software. We are a diverse team of experts with vast energy, financial, and consulting backgrounds, covering power, hydrogen, carbon, and fossil commodities. With this, we provide data-driven intelligence to fuel strategic decisions in the global energy transformation.
Aurora Energy Research Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
Sydney, Australia
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