Consultant - Senior Consultant, Regulatory Economist

About Baringa

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a

Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms. Our

Economics and Regulation practice is looking for an experienced Consultant or Senior Consultant to join the team.

We are looking for Consultants and Senior Consultants to join one of the UK’s largest specialist regulatory economics teams. We advise energy, water and other regulated-industry clients, as well as governments, regulators and investors, on complex regulatory, policy and investment decisions. Our work includes price controls, regulatory strategy and submissions, utility business planning, market and incentive design, decarbonisation programmes , investment cases , and wider economic analysis. You will gain exposure to major infrastructure and energy-transition challenges across multiple sectors, working alongside collaborative specialists to turn robust analysis into practical, high-impact recommendations.

What you will be doing

Delivering regulatory economics and policy projects for clients across energy, water and other regulated and infrastructure sectors.

Helping energy and water regulators and Government Departments develop and implement policy and regulation. Analysing regulatory frameworks, policy proposals, ince ntives, and complex data sets to draw clear conclusions and make practical recommendations .

Build ing, owning and maintaining robust models to support regulatory and investment decisions.

Producing clear, regulator-ready reports, consultation responses and regulatory submissions, as well as concise presentations for executive audiences.

Managing defined workstreams, coordinating inputs, maintaining quality and supporting delivery to agreed timescales.

Building trusted relationships with clients and senior stakeholders, contributing ideas and constructive challenges throughout engagements.

You will work collaboratively across disciplines and sectors, bringing curiosity, commercial awareness and fresh thinking to complex client problems.

At Senior Consultant level, you will take greater ownership of workstream delivery, lead client discussions, shape outputs and support the development of junior colleagues.

Your skills and experience You have experience or a strong grounding in regulation, regulatory economics, public policy or regulated industries, and a clear interest in applying this expertise to client challenges.

You might work for another consultancy, for a utility or for a regulator or Government. You understand how utility-sector regulation, policy, incentives or economic frameworks influence business and investment decisions.

You have strong quantitative and Excel skills, with experience analysing complex information and taking ownership of analytical models.

You have excellent written communication skills and can produce structured, evidence-based long-form reports, submissions or consultation responses.

You can create concise, compelling presentations and communicate recommendations clearly to senior, technical , and non-technical audiences.

You show intellectual curiosity, sound problem-solving skills, initiative and ownership, alongside a collaborative and adaptable working style.

• Experience in one or more of the following would be beneficial: utility price controls
• regulatory business planning
• financial modelling
• cost-benefit analysis or investment appraisal
• energy transition or decarbonisation
• government or regulator roles
• electricity, gas or water networks
• or commercial consulting.

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First. Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.

Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.

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