The Opportunity
Build a unique career with EY, leveraging our global scale, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of yourself. We welcome your voice and perspective to help us improve.
Join our Climate Change and Sustainability Services team as a Manager or Senior Manager. You'll be part of a multidisciplinary team helping clients develop and implement sustainability strategies, addressing stakeholder concerns and regulatory requirements, improving transparency in non-financial reporting, and integrating sustainability into business processes.
We're looking for candidates with diverse backgrounds and experience in sustainability. Specifically, we're interested in those with knowledge related to climate, assurance, and EU regulatory requirements for social, environmental, and human rights disclosures.
Your Key Responsibilities
* Lead client projects, contributing subject matter expertise and building strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders in:
o Sustainability Strategy: Materiality assessment, key performance indicators (KPIs), performance monitoring dashboard, target-setting
o Climate Strategy: GHG footprint calculation, development of GHG reduction trajectories aligned with Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) and Task Force for Financial related Disclosure (TCFD), modelling of climate-related risks and opportunities
o Non-Financial Reporting & Assurance: Gap assessment against voluntary or mandatory regulations, gap closure implementation, and assurance over non-financial information
* Manage commercial aspects of client projects, including budgeting, adhering to EY's risk management policies and procedures, and communicating progress and escalating significant issues to partners and clients
* Assist partners and directors with generating new business opportunities and industry networks and relationships
* Understand EY service offerings and develop new solutions to better serve clients
* Contribute to EY's reputation as a market leader
* Help shape the team's development through recruitment activities, coaching, mentoring, and training
Skills and Attributes for Success
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in economics, environmental sciences/engineering, or related fields
* Several years of experience in sustainability, climate change, and non-financial reporting & assurance, with training in these areas
* Ability to manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams
* Focus on the right issues and work in a fast-paced environment
* Confident and credible communicator with technical knowledge and commercial understanding
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Experience managing expectations of internal and external stakeholders
* Ability and appetite to drive business development and contribute to EY's growth
* Integrity, respect, and teamwork are core values
* Energy and enthusiasm to build a better working world
* Proficiency in English (written and spoken) and additional proficiency in Swiss National languages (French or German)
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
* Available to start in Spring 2024
What We Offer
* International multi-cultural team of highly motivated professionals
* Constant personal development with a steep learning curve – trainings, mentoring, counselling, and on-the-job learning
* Modern working environment and equipment, fostering mobile working flexibility
* Transparent performance-based recognition and progression system
* A fully accredited corporate MBA (EY Tech MBA) or a Masters in Sustainability from Hult International Business School, completely free*