Manager, ESG & Sustainability

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About EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) Assurance

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) Assurance practice supports global EY clientserving teams with their reviews across industry sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, and technology, among others. Through the right multidisciplinary team of professionals with sector knowledge and subject matter expertise, EY GDS Assurance enables EY client teams to help the world's leading companies meet their audit requirements.

EY's global Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) enable companies to survive and grow in an environment where both financial and non-financial performance is critical. Our multidisciplinary teams help companies understand the risks and opportunities arising from climate change and sustainability, and our solutions are spread across this spectrum. Our solutions include Climate Change & Decarbonisation, Sustainability Advisory, Non-Financial Reporting, Non-Financial Assurance, EHS, and Managed Services.

Position Summary

Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) professionals provide assurance and advisory services including ESG/Sustainability Advisory, Sustainability/non-financial reporting, EHS, Climate Change, and impact assessment studies. Our CCaSS team is growing exponentially, and as a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. You will work with clients to comprehend and navigate reporting standards (e.g., GRI, CSRD, SASB, Integrated Reporting, TCFD), develop processes, controls, and technology-based solutions to support reporting, and develop strategies addressing sustainability risks. You will also lead teams providing independent assurance over sustainability disclosures, based on frameworks like ISAE 3000 (Revised) and AA 1000.

The individual will be required to travel to other countries (short term) for executing the client engagements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and plan the execution of projects and collaborate with colleagues across multiple service lines.
• Support sustainability-related advisory or assurance projects associated with systems implementations and business process transformation.
• Share relevant subject matter expertise to support the development of thought leadership on sustainability processes and controls and to create customized solutions for our clients.
• Lead and execute the following key CCaSS solutions using the global service delivery framework:
• ESG/sustainability reporting
• Sustainability assurance
• Sustainability strategy
• ESG impact assessments
• ESG due diligence
• Supply chain sustainability
• As a manager, demonstrate management skills, including but not limited to:
• Creating a positive work environment within the team.
• Monitoring workloads of the team while meeting client expectations.
• Providing candid, meaningful, and constructive feedback in a timely manner.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Graduate or post-graduate degree in business administration, engineering, and other related disciplines from reputed institutes.
• 8+ years of experience (graduates) and 5+ years of experience (post-graduates) preferably from a consulting background, research think tanks, and/or environment, and sustainability-related areas.
• Experience in ESG reporting, strategy development, assurance, impact assessments, due diligence, supply chain sustainability, conducting training, etc.
• Excellent and demonstrable team & engagement management, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to synthesize complex ideas into clear messages with stakeholders.
• Excellent MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel on short notice, as necessary.

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