Senior Manager, Sustainability
Company: Deloitte
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: June 25, 2022
Job Description:
At Deloitte, our Sustainability & KPI Services Team combines
CPAs with specialists in sustainability assurance, risk,
measurement, and reporting. The Sustainability team provides
advisory and assurance services for clients on a broad range of
aspects for clients who plan to or are already disclosing against
established sustainability reporting standards or frameworks such
as the GHG Protocol, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI),
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Task Force on
Climate- Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), CDP, and the
International Integrated Reporting Council Integrated Reporting
Framework. Our team includes specialists who bring
industry-specific sustainability perspectives. These include
understanding evolving ESG trends and market forces, why certain
sustainability metrics are important from both a financial and risk
perspective, and experience in advising companies as they establish
and improve internal processes for collecting, analyzing,
measuring, and reporting information.
Work you'll do
As a Sustainability Senior Manager, you will gather, analyze and
distribute information regarding developments in sustainability to
our clients and our practice. Other responsibilities would
include:
- Lead the delivery of projects for clients with a focus on:
- Performing research, stakeholder engagement, and analysis as
part of materiality assessments and ESG risk and opportunity
analyses
- Performing sustainability-related assurance procedures such as
evaluating and testing processes and related controls
- Support corporate reporting in line with recognized ESG
standards and frameworks such as GHG Protocol, TCFD, GRI, SASB,
CDP, PRI, and WEF-IBC
- Participate in client meetings and assist in preparation of
reports
- Identify opportunities for value creation based on deep
understanding of client challenges and an independent point of
view
- Manage client relationships and provide industry insight and
experience in the domains of sustainability and social
development
- Develop strategy for lead identification and identification of
markets/industries where practice capabilities can be applied
- Work independently to drive a client pitch end-to-end and
developing relevant materials
The team
Our team culture is collaborative and encourages team members to
take initiative and seek on-the-job learning opportunities. Our
audit professionals are committed to excellence and to enhancing
the trust of the investing public and capital markets. Quality is
our top priority, and by focusing on innovation, we continue to
raise the bar on quality and deliver greater value to our clients.
Learn more about Deloitte Audit.
Qualifications
Required:
- Undergraduate degree accounting or a related business
discipline with focus on sustainability, climate, ESG
preferred
- 9+ years of direct professional experience from a top-tier
consulting firm, NGO or corporate role
- Experience with assurance activities including internal and/or
operational audit
- Strong record of delivering business development and growth in
an emerging service line
- Deep understanding of ESG-related standards and frameworks
including GHG Protocol, SASB, GRI, and TCFD.
- Ability to travel 30%, on average, based on the work you do and
the clients and industries/sectors you serve
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
Preferred:
- Sustainability certification (e.g., GRI or SASB's Fundamentals
of Sustainability Accounting credential a plus) or certified public
accountant (CPA) with relevant sustainability experience
- Familiarity with ESG ratings (e.g., MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS,
S&P)
- Familiarity or experience in any of the following fields is
preferred: circular economy, sustainability target setting, carbon
accounting, sustainable finance, ESG due diligence, climate
scenario analysis, and / or ESG governance.
- Sound understanding of corporate sustainability risks across
various industry sectors
- Comfort with combining both qualitative and quantitative
analysis to solve business problems
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver
commitments on time and budget
- Experience applying standards, procedures, and processes to
implement management system and/or regulatory requirements
- Strong technical, quantitative and analytical skills
- Ability to think laterally and adapt previous experience and
solutions to new projects
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team and
environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Experience working independently on multiple assignments or
engagements, even in a virtual environment
- Experience with leading teams and project management including
budget analysis, status reporting, and issue management
preferred
Keywords: Deloitte, Raleigh , Senior Manager, Sustainability, Executive , Raleigh, North Carolina
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