EY Consultant - Climate Change Sustainability Services 

Switzerland, Zurich, Zurich 

907688665

EY is currently working across the capital markets globally with institutional investors, banking, private equity and insurance clients, developing strategies, designing and building innovative solutions to move forward on sustainable finance, meeting regulatory requirements and positioning for success in this rapidly evolving market.

Your key responsibilities

• Delivery of projects to our clients on a wide range of sustainability topics we work on, such as Regulation implementation, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance engagements for our clients from financial services organizations.

• Create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership.

• Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives, consistently driving projects to completion making sure that the work delivered is industry leading.

• Working closely with colleagues, create a positive learning culture.

• Contribute to the development of EY capabilities in technical areas and engage with clients regarding the application of these methodologies to their businesses.

• Collaborate with colleagues outside of CCaSS to deliver multi-disciplinary and cross-geographical work.

Skills and attributes for success

As Consultant within the team, you will be exposed to a range of analytical and advisory work in direct exchange with the clients. It is therefore essential that you bring the competencies that will allowing you to do so:

• A Bachelors or Master’s degree in finance, economics, environmental sciences or related fields of study;

• Internship or experiences within ESG or sustainable finance environment, ideally focusing on advisory/consulting, audit, assurance, investment assignments or in similar organisations

• Ideally experience in projects in the field of non-financial and/or integrated reporting, assurance of non-financial, ESG data (as ESG specialist / Investor Relation department, controlling, financial reporting etc.) or as an external consultant. Good knowledge of SDGs, GHG-accounting, carbon foot printing or Life Cycle Analysis is a plus

• We will only consider candidates with strong communication skills in German

• High motivation and shared values for sustainability, social matters, governance-related topics and finance

• Strong problem-solving skillsand strong interpersonal skills; Ability to manage multiple deliverables in parallel projects and to work effectively in team-oriented, multi-cultural environment

• CSRD / ESRS / Double materiality assessement and taxonomy experiences are a plus

What we offer

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