EY Assurance - Climate Change & Sustainability Services 

United Kingdom, England, London 

419220460

We welcome applicants with a variety of backgrounds and experience in the fields of climate change and environment, and are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate knowledge of carbon/greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) accounting (Scopes 1, 2 and 3), decarbonisation modelling and transition planning, climate risk management, quantitative scenario analysis and modelling, nature and ecosystem services, GIS and spatial analysis as well as regulatory requirements related to ESG, carbon and climate-related disclosures.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Manager in the team you can expect to be involved in some of the following activities:

• Lead client projects, provide subject matter expertise and ensure quality work is produced and delivered to clients
• Manage commercial aspects of client projects such as budgeting, adhere to EY’s risk management policies and procedures, and communicate progress and escalate any significant issues to partners and clients
• Assist with generating new business opportunities, industry networks and relationships with a focus on climate risk, nature and decarbonisation agendas
• Build strong internal relationships within EY, including cross-service interactions with EY’s Global Climate Change and Decarbonisation network
• Contribute to and help shape the team’s development through recruitment activities, coaching, mentoring, and training

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to clearly define and communicate complex and evolving climate and decarbonisation topics to a range of stakeholders across different industries and sectors
• Proven ability to effectively manage and motivate large multi-disciplinary and diverse teams
• Confident and credible communicator who displays both technical knowledge, commercial understanding and emotional maturity
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience with managing expectation of both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability and appetite to drive business development and contribute to the growth of EY’s solutions

To succeed in the role, you will ideally have experience/qualifications in some of the areas below:

• Developing and/or implementing decarbonisation and net zero strategies
• Assessing life cycle greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of products and/or services
• Designing and undertaking climate risk and vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation plans using different quantitative and qualitative research and analytical techniques
• Conducting scenario analysis and qualitative/quantitative physical and transition risk assessments with an understanding of TCFD and ISSB guidance and/or corporate risk reporting
• Experience working with national and international climate change projections
• Climate and sustainability-related disclosure standards/guidance such as ISSB, GRI and SASB amongst others
• Strong knowledge of climate change policy and regulations across industries including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, consumer goods, and real estate
• Experience communicating with senior management on a range of climate change, ESG and /or risk management topics
• Experience leading successful research or commercial bids
• Strong academic background in areas such as environmental science, economics, engineering, public policy – amongst others

Other areas we’re interested in seeing

• Knowledge of GIS and spatial analysis
• Knowledge of financial and/or non-financial risk management and modelling
• Experience working with climate change projections (e.g. CMIP6, CORDEX, UKCP18)
• Programming experience in R, python, VBA and / or equivalent

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning:You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you:We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership:We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture:You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Apply now.

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