EY Climate Change Sustainability Services - 

United States, Texas, Houston 

684311891

Our CCaSS team is growing exponentially, and as a Senior Manager, you’ll play a key role in that growth. Working across all industries, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative, strategic goals both internally and externally. It’s all about listening to and understanding our clients to give them a truly exceptional experience in a field where there are no off-the-shelf recommendations.

Your key responsibilities

The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. That means you’ll need to think on your feet and challenge existing practices to develop answers to complex issues. You’ll also be collaborating with a talented and diverse set of colleagues across multiple service lines, so we’ll look to you to build relationships and identify opportunities for our clients to benefit from our knowledge in other areas. Regular travel will be required as you will meet with key clients, some of whom are most respected in their fields.

Skills and attributes for success

• Providing clients with strategic, technical, and reporting expertise on a wide range of climate challenges, including decarbonization, risk, emissions measurement, and reporting

• Collaborating with partners, senior managers, and clients to influence strategy, balancing risk, and client expectations

• Ensuring our engagement team thoroughly understands our client's unique needs, ambitions, and expectations

• Building relationships with colleagues across multiple service lines to provide a seamless integrated service

• Managing performance and identifying opportunities to improve our products and processes

• Project management excellence: The ability to coordinate multiple workstreams to produce high-quality deliverables, navigate client relationships, and foster a high-performance teaming culture

• Consulting mindset with the ability to solve complex client problems through research and data analysis, synthesize into key insights to frame executive decisions, and communicate to senior leaders

• Assist with generating new business opportunities, industry networks, and relationships with a focus on climate change and decarbonization agendas

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Climate Science, Physics, Environmental Economics or related discipline, and 8+ years of relevant experience

• Sustainability experience with topics such as climate change megatrends, net-zero decarbonization strategies, GHG inventory plans, and data management, TCFD, climate disclosures, renewable energy, scope 3 supply chain decarbonization strategies, and carbon offsets/markets

• Experience with climate risk modeling, climate risk scenario analysis, and climate adaptation and mitigation

• Strong technical writing skills and advanced risk management knowledge

• A deep understanding of the marketplace, as well as commonly used terminology, processes, and tools

• A proven record of excellence when managing, mentoring and improving a team of high-performing colleagues

• The confidence to research and resolve emerging client issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies

• External consulting experience within a large professional firm

• Proficient Microsoft Excel and modeling skills

• Ability to develop Business Intelligence dashboards using Tableau and/or Power BI

• Experience in programming languages such as SQL, Python, and/or TAS
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary
• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver's license is strongly recommended as ride share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A PHD in Climate Science, Physics, Environmental Economics, or related discipline

• Licensure or advance certifications as appropriate for your profession

• Experience with net-zero and science-based target decarbonization strategies

• Expertise and comfort working across multiple sectors (i.e., emissions management, decarbonization, or climate risk)

• Bilingual (English/Spanish preferred)

What we look for

We’re interested in versatile people who can take on new responsibilities and listen to clients to get things done. We’re not just looking for environmental experience — we’re after genuinely interesting people with the ability to build relationships, negotiate, and think in unique and creative new ways. This role is for you if you’re a confident, humble leader with a curious mind with the ability to solve complex issues.