Role: Trading, Investments & Optimization Strategy Consultant
Location: UK
Level: Consultant
 

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

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We Are:
 

Accenture Strategy. We use deep industry expertise, analytics, and insights to help clients adapt and thrive amidst change. Our goal is to keep core businesses running smoothly while helping leaders identify and invest in new opportunities. Known for our speed and execution, we provide clear, actionable paths to competitive agility, bringing innovative thinking on business and technology to our clients.
 

You Are:
 

A Strategy Consulting Professional with experience in finance or the energy industry, focusing on investment and trading. You excel in using quantitative analysis, analytics, and risk management to support clients' investment, trading, and risk management strategies. Energetic, resilient, and passionate about serving clients, you love continuous learning. You break down complex processes into logical parts, offering clear reasoning and analysis. With strong communication and people skills, you thrive in team settings and appreciate diverse perspectives.

The Work:
 

Accenture Trading, Investments & Optimization Strategy (ATIOS) helps clients manage commodity risk and unlock value through risk management, investment advisory, and commercial optimization. We work with clients across commodity value chains in industries like energy, soft commodities, metals & mining, carbon and capital markets.

• Advise clients on asset portfolio priorities, including corporate restructuring, capital planning, and balance-sheet optimization.

• Provide energy consulting to help clients navigate the energy transition with new business models, sustainability strategies, and market outlooks.

• Assist commodity trading organizations in setting up and expanding trading and risk management activities.

• Analyze client businesses and advise on strategies to grow product margins, boost supply certainty, and reduce price/volumetric volatility.

• Use quantitative and qualitative analysis to help clients enter new markets and drive growth.

• Develop strategies leveraging data science for decision-making in investment, trading, and other quantitative domains, aligning with clients’ business goals.

• Utilize advanced analytics, machine learning, and predictive modeling to interpret market signals and forecast trends, providing clients with a competitive edge.

• Strengthen client relationships to sustain Accenture’s profile as a trusted advisor and partner.

• Support and mentor junior team members, fostering continuous learning and innovation.

Travel: As needed, up to 100%

Qualifications:

• You have had exposure to one or more of the following industries: energy, chemicals, soft commodities, agriculture, metals, mining, utilities, transportation, consumer goods, or capital markets.

• You have a flair for breaking down problems into logical parts and constructing clear reasoning and analyses, using quantitative analysis methods, statistics & data-driven thinking.

• You have energy and drive, a passion for continuous learning and mastering new topics, and an understanding of how forces like digital and the energy transition will shape the future business landscape.

• You are an effective communicator and a natural at appreciating diverse perspectives and bringing out the best in people.

Bonus points if:

• You have experience in a trading function in the sectors mentioned above.

• You know how global markets work, you have a grasp of commodity trends, and you’ve worked in commodity marketing and trading.

• You have strong quantitative skills, including familiarity with Excel/VBA , R, and/or Python and their respective data manipulation, statistical modelling, and visualization packages.

What’s in it for you:

• You’ll be doing work in the forefront of the commodity trading industry, working hand-in-hand with executives on strategy and solving their biggest challenges

• You’ll work across the globe, collecting experiences and developing skills that will render you successful in business regardless of geography

• We offer a transparent, fast paced approach career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues

• Flexible work arrangements and a range of benefits including competitive rewards

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for. 

Closing Date for Applications 30/09/2025
Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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