Frontier Economics is an economics consultancy that tackles the big questions facing governments, businesses and society. We help our clients to analyse and understand their markets and to formulate strategies based on sound economics. The methods and models we use are often complex, but our advice is always succinct, clear and honest.
The company has grown rapidly since it was founded over 25 years ago and currently has around 500 staff working across seven European offices (London, Cologne, Dublin, Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Madrid). The company is employee-owned and has a strong culture of openness and employee engagement.
Energy Practice at Frontier Economics:
We provide strategic and economic expertise to governments, regulators, energy companies, and their financial and legal advisors, helping them navigate the evolving energy landscape. Our team is at the forefront of energy and environmental economics, advising on policy design, regulation, valuation, and competition issues. We support governments and regulators in developing effective policies and regulatory frameworks, while helping businesses understand and respond to the commercial implications of these changes. Our work spans all aspects of energy markets across Europe and beyond, with experience in over 50 countries. We take a holistic approach, drawing on our in-house expertise in competition, finance, due diligence, and dispute support to deliver robust, evidence-based insights that drive better decision-making.
Shaping Insights, Driving Impact:
At Frontier Economics, our Consultants play a pivotal role in translating complex economic challenges into clear, evidence-based insights that drive impactful decisions for clients. Working within highly skilled and engaged teams, Consultants apply analytical expertise, economic theory, and problem-solving skills to develop innovative solutions. They work across diverse projects and sectors, effectively communicating with clients and adapting to dynamic challenges.
Delivering Results: Your Role
This role offers an opportunity to work on challenging, high-impact projects in a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment, shaping the future of economic policy and business strategy.
Analysis & Problem-Solving:
- Apply economic expertise to scope, structure, and deliver projects that generate valuable client insights.
- Develop robust analytical frameworks, tackling both straightforward assignments and complex, multi-faceted studies.
- Ensure workstreams are executed with rigour and precision, integrating contributions from across the team.
- Train, mentor, and support colleagues in advanced analytical techniques, fostering a culture of continuous learning.
Work Management:
- Oversee substantial workstreams, demonstrating strong project management skills throughout the project lifecycle.
- Effectively delegate tasks, ensuring team members are motivated, aligned, and empowered to succeed.
- Seek and act on feedback from colleagues and clients to drive continuous improvement.
Client Relationships:
- Build and maintain long-term relationships, engaging regularly with clients and industry stakeholders beyond individual projects.
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities, including cross-practice collaborations.
- Ensure clients derive maximum value from our work by understanding their unique needs and objectives.
Candidate Requirements:
We’re looking for candidates who can demonstrate the following qualities and expertise for this role:
Fluency in French: Proficient in oral, written, and spoken communication.
Significant economics experience: Typically at least six years in a consultancy, regulator, or government department. (If you have less than two years of experience, we encourage you to apply for an Analyst position).
Exceptional communication skills: Able to engage and influence clients and teams by actively listening, challenging ideas constructively, refining outputs for clarity, and anticipating communication challenges.
Strong project management skills: Skilled at balancing multiple priorities, managing timelines, and motivating teams to deliver high-quality work.
Commercial acumen: A strategic thinker who exercises sound judgment to identify practical and effective solutions.
Data proficiency: Comfortable interrogating complex datasets and extracting meaningful, actionable insights.
The Benefits of Joining Our Team:
At Frontier Economics, we are entirely employee-owned, meaning every team member has a voice in shaping the company’s future. Our collaborative culture encourages innovation, open dialogue, and shared success. Our stimulating and thought-provoking projects are complemented by a supportive and dynamic work environment, designed to help you thrive and grow. We also offer:
- Hybrid Working: Employees are expected to work in the office at least two days a week, with flexibility for remote work.
- Holiday Entitlement: 28 days of annual leave, plus public holidays, with the option to purchase up to 10 additional days of holiday per year.
- Parental Pay: Enhanced parental pay of up to 2 months of full pay and bonus for primary carers.
- Learning & Development: Extensive L&D opportunities, including Career Development Reviews with support from a dedicated Mentor.
- Public Transport Reimbursement: Financial support for commuting costs.
- Private Health Insurance: Fully covered AXA health insurance with optional family coverage (partners' premiums and taxes paid by the employee; children included at no extra cost). Additional cover (e.g., optical, dental) can be added at the employee's expense.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Free, confidential support for work-life balance, health, family issues, or job-related challenges, available for you and your immediate family members.
- Income Protection Insurance – All employees are covered by Frontier’s Group Income Protection Scheme for long-term illness or disability.
- Life Insurance – Company-funded Group Life Assurance Scheme, covering all permanent employees from their start date.
- Cross-Office Travel & Secondments – Opportunities for secondments to different offices or practices to expand skills and experience
If you're looking to advance your career and wish to apply, please submit your application online. Should you have any questions or need further information, don’t hesitate to reach out via email [email protected].
We look forward to receiving your application!
Frontier Economics is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. We are determined that everyone has an equal chance to join us and progress their career with Frontier. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in all its forms. Read more about our incentives here.
Top Skills
What We Do
We help companies with their biggest challenges – market strategies, regulatory reviews, competition inquiries. And we help governments design innovative policies and regulatory systems.
Economics is (nearly) everywhere and the economist’s toolkit is large. Clients are surprised at the breadth of our work. Not just the costs of supply, movements in demand, pricing and competitive dynamics. But we are also experts in finance, statistical modelling, game theory, market research and even the psychological side of economics. And we’ve worked in almost every sector imaginable, from fertilisers and oil rigs to handbags and iPads.
In some sectors, economics is so critical that we’ve also built specialist knowledge. Our powerful tools and sector knowledge are valuable. But we try not to stop there. Making an impact for clients means understanding the issues, whether it’s the commercial reality of the business; what is really driving customer behaviour; or the political context. We are also aware that our clients want clear and simple advice, from people they trust. So we place a lot of emphasis on our communications, and on human relationships. We provide complex analysis but plain language – English, German, French or Spanish.
Our reports are often used in legal proceedings and so our evidential standards are high. We never “write to order”. Our work is respected because we are independent and obsessive about the truth.
We work with clients all over the world and have offices in Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, Dublin, Madrid, London and Paris. Our sister company in Australia works from Sydney and Melbourne
