Senior Consultant - ESG Advisory

Job title: Senior Consultant ESG advisor / Advisor - GHG accounting

Location: Bengaluru

Job type: full-time

Job summary: As a GHG Accounting Senior advisor / Advisor, you will be joining a dynamic and highly recognised ESG, Nature and Climate advisory team in Canada, dedicated to driving sustainable solutions and impactful change. You will play a crucial role in measuring, analyzing, and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for our clients. You will lead the development and implementation of GHG inventories, decarbonization strategies, and compliance with climate regulations.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the technical delivery of GHG inventory services, including operational Scope 1+2 and value chain Scope 3 inventories, FLAG GHG accounting, voluntary and regulated compliance advisory for GHG emissions reporting, benchmarking, and information system and data planning.
• Lead the data collection, cleaning and analysis work: collect, analyze, and interpret activity data related to GHG emissions using advanced tools and methodologies.
• Act as technical project manager on GHG inventory projects: provide technical leadership to junior GHG accounting staff on your projects and manager their technical tasks and priorities.
• Concurrently manage several projects across their lifecycle and be responsible for these projects providing high value to our client while being on time and budget.
• Provide guidance and technical leadership to clients as well as colleagues on leading practices, standards, and trends, incorporating this knowledge into consulting projects, proposals and the evolution of new services.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to Junior staff on projects.
• Support team leadership with proposal development.
• Continuous improvement: stay updated on the latest developments in GHG accounting and sustainability practices.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, mathematics, engineering, science, economics or related field required. Master’s degree in related field preferred.
• 7/9+ years’ experience in corporate GHG emissions accounting across multiple sectors, acquired either in-house or in a consultancy environment.
• Excitement and passion about ESG, Nature and Climate resilience.
• Proficiency in calculating and reporting scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, with demonstrated experience in key topic areas, including setting inventory boundaries, accounting for renewable energy, accounting for supply chain emissions using multiple approaches (EEIO, LCA, supplier-specific data); additional experience with accounting for flag emissions is a plus.
• Experience with financed emissions (scope 3 cat 15) is highly valued.
• Understanding of life cycle assessments and product carbon footprints.
• Proficiency with carbon accounting and reporting standards and programs (e.g., ISO 14064, GHG protocol).
• Knowledgeable about current and emerging policy and regulatory drivers of GHG emissions disclosure and management in North America and globally.
• Knowledgeable about, and experience with a subset of, carbon management enterprise software solutions.
• Highly autonomous with ability to deliver complex projects
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Certifications: relevant certifications are a plus.
• Great team player and enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary and international team.
• Communication: excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.
• Thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment, finding solutions for our internal and external stakeholders and clients.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

Great capacity to learn fast and keep pace in a rapidly changing environment