EY Senior Consultant Climate Change Sustainability Services team Zurich Bern 

Switzerland, Zurich, Zurich 

617717778

Join our Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team as a consultant or senior consultant. You will be a member of a multidisciplinary team to help clients build and manage their sustainability approach aiming at addressing rising stakeholder concerns and new regulatory requirements, achieving more transparent non-financial reporting and seizing opportunities for integrating sustainability aspects in business processes, incl. supplier management and risk mitigation.

Your key responsibilities

• You will support and advise our clients on sustainability strategies (e.g. Due diligence management system, Climate related target setting, double materiality assessment) and non-financial reporting.
• You help to provide assurance over non-financial information using our sustainability assurance methodology.
• You follow relevant trends and developments to take them into account in our approaches and to communicate them to our internal and external contacts.
• You also support market development by conducting studies and building customer relationships and internal training.
• You analyze various sustainability topics by independently evaluating data and preparing the results for presentations and reports.
• Furthermore, you support the preparation of client proposals, meetings and events.

Skills and attributes for success
To qualify for the role you must have

• A Bachelors or Masters degree in economics, human rights, environmental sciences/engineering or related fields of study is a prerequisite
• Interest in topics such as sustainability, climate change, human rights, biodiversity and non-financial reporting & assurance, as well as training in these areas
• Strong writing and analytical skills
• Project management experience and carbon accounting skills are a plus
• Integrity, respect and teamwork are your core values
• You have energy and enthusiasm to build a better working world
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken) and in one Swiss National language is a requirement

What we look for

• Ability to work closely with large teams and in an international environment
• Capacity to take initiative, overcome challenges and work collaboratively as demonstrated by prior relevant working or project experience
• For senior consultants: First work experience in sustainability consulting or other working experience in sustainability related departments
• Available to start in Autumn 2024

What we offer

• International multi-cultural team of highly motivated professionals
• Constant personal development with a steep learning curve – a system of trainings, mentoring, counselling and on-the-job learning
• Modern working environment and equipment, fostering mobile working flexibility
• Transparent performance-based recognition and progression system
• Acquire a fully accredited corporate MBA (EY Tech MBA) or a Masters in Sustainability from Hult International Business School, whilst working with EY, completely free*

* with the exception of EY contractors, interns and alumni.