[Apply Now] Senior Director, Market Modelling

Senior Director, Market Modelling - Economic Advisory

FTI Consulting is home to one of the world’s leading independent economic and financial consulting practices, helping clients understand today’s economic, financial and regulatory opportunities and challenges. We are seeking a Senior Director to support FTI Consulting’s Renewables and Energy Transition team with market modelling capability. The Renewables and Energy Transition team sits within the Economic and Financial Advisory practice.

Our Renewables and Energy Transition team works across all components of the energy supply chains to help clients understand challenges and opportunities within the energy market and in the context of the energy transition, and options to achieve their objectives. Our team, which includes economists, engineers, government and regulatory specialists, commercial and strategy advisors and modellers regularly works with businesses, investors, governments, regulators and market institutions to find unique and bespoke solutions to meet our client’s needs.

What You’ll Do

- Provide leadership with the design of service offering related to market modelling.
- Develop and maintain FTI’s suite of energy market modelling tools, including our wholesale electricity market model (Plexos-based) and battery model (Python-based).
- Lead client engagements and work closely with the FTI team to deliver outstanding results for clients.
- Design and create modelling solutions to understand clients’ complex and unique problems and evaluate potential solutions.
- Contribute to business growth, including identifying new opportunities and building relationships with new and existing clients.
- Contribute to team culture and develop junior staff.
- Work closely with the global FTI team to facilitate a two-way flow of global learnings to the benefit of clients.
- Lead thought leadership and help grow awareness of FTI brand in the Australian and Asian Pacific market.

How You’ll Grow

This is a great opportunity for someone with deep understanding of Australia’s energy market to contribute to the growth of a specialist offering within the market. We are a new team within FTI, with a strong platform for further growth, and this opportunity will enable you to shape an offering and contribute to the execution of our market growth strategy. We regularly form project teams from across our global network and you will have opportunities to work on international issues and overseas. We will invest in you, and development of your professional capabilities. You will expand your role within our team of experts, progressively enhancing your skills and expertise and increasing your impact.

Qualifications & Experience

- We are looking for:
- A team player with a deep understanding of energy markets and a desire and motivation to accelerate the growth of your career within the industry
- Extensive knowledge of renewable energy sector and decarbonisation
- Creative professional with a strong commitment to delivering exceptional solution to complex client problems.
- Quantitative skills (R/Python/ Plexos experience is preferable but not required) and experience applying quantitative skills to understand problems and support decision making
- Experience communicating the findings of your analysis to a broad spectrum of people
- A leader who is passionate about coaching and mentoring junior staff members
- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Commerce or Economics are desirable. However, other qualifications will be considered.

Benefits

- Attractive remuneration
- 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave
- Medical insurance program (corporate membership) for individual and dependent(s)
- Corporate matching for charitable donations
- Flexible working arrangements
- Opportunities for global mobility
- Fresh fruits, snacks, and drinks
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free to all employees and their immediate families
- Monthly Health & Wellbeing program including fitness subsidies
- Professional membership contributions and generous paid study leave

About FTI Consulting

What makes us unique? With more than 7,900 employees located in offices in every corner of the globe, we are the firm our clients call when their most important issues are at stake. Regardless of what level you are, you will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from top experts in your field on high-profile engagements that impact history. Our culture is collaborative, and we value diversity, recognition, development and making a difference in our communities.

FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been recognised as a Best Firm to Work For by Consulting magazine and one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter ( @FTIConsulting ), Facebook and LinkedIn.

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Additional Information

- Job Family/Level: Op Level 4 - Sr Director
- Employee Status: Regular

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