Senior Principal Consultant

Why capSpire?  

capSpire is a global consulting and solutions company that solves difficult business and technology problems for commodity-focused organizations.   

We take pride in putting our people first and are proud to be recognized consecutively as a Great Place to Work for our strong company culture focused on our people and enabling them to achieve their best. As a vendor-independent consultancy, you'll work with traditional technologies and leading-edge solutions for on premise and Cloud. We offer our employees progression, development and a diverse range of client engagements.  

Job Summary:  

We are seeking a Senior Principal Consultant with deep Openlink Endur expertise to lead implementation, upgrade, and support initiatives for clients in the energy and related commodity sectors. In this role, you will serve as a functional subject matter expert, shaping solutions across areas such as deal modeling, valuations, risk management, scheduling, invoicing, and accounting. 

The Senior Principal Consultant will drive end-to-end project delivery—from requirements and design through testing, deployment, and ongoing support—while ensuring high-quality outcomes and strong client satisfaction. You will partner closely with client stakeholders, provide strategic guidance, and champion best practices across the platform. 

This role also plays a key part in developing our team. You will mentor consultants, support knowledge sharing, and help maintain a high standard of delivery excellence across all engagements. 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in specific Endur modules or key business processes, providing strategic guidance, best practices, and solution recommendations to clients.  
• Create, customize, and support technical solutions—including JVS and OpenComponents development in Java or .NET (C#)—for system implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, ensuring scalability, robustness, maintainability, and seamless integration across components.  
• Build comprehensive design documents and contribute to object-oriented system designs to extend, enhance, and customize Endur functionality.  
• Collaborate with clients to identify process improvement opportunities and proactively address system or workflow challenges.  
• Leverage a strong understanding of front-, middle-, and back-office processes to align Endur configurations and customizations with client business objectives.  
• Participate in and validate test case development to ensure solution quality, functional accuracy, and alignment with business requirements.  
• Work as part of a cross-functional team throughout the functional implementation lifecycle, including design, configuration, testing, deployment, and transition to operations.  
• Provide guidance, knowledge sharing, and training on Endur functionality as well as broader ETRM/CTRM concepts.  

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Proficiency in functional areas such as deal modeling, risk management, scheduling, invoicing, and accounting. 
• Understanding of Openlink architecture and customization approaches for optimized implementation. 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex scenarios. 
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills for stakeholder engagement. 
• Self-driven and able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment. 

Education and Experience: 

• 20+ years of experience in ETRM industry, systems implementation or similar project exposure and preferably experience in a consulting or similar role. 
• 10+ years of experience in a Project Lead or Senior Development role.  
• Strong expertise in Openlink, with hands-on experience in versions 14 and above. 
• Bachelor's degree in one of the following: Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or a related IT field or equivalent experience in a related field. 

About the capSpire team:  

To understand who our people are, you should first understand what they're not: replaceable. Each member of the team is chosen carefully and with intention. We believe that finding the right fit is more important than a laundry list of credentials – and that people are people first, and titles second.   

Because we hire the capSpire way, our team is certainly one of a kind. We've brought together incredible talent that regularly collaborates to create clean, fresh solutions. That effort has led to remarkable opportunities, including work with many Fortune 500 clients. We've found that the winning combination of exciting achievements, trust in one another and open communication lays the groundwork for long-lasting, successful careers. That, and the fact that we clap for each other at every opportunity.