Assurance Climate Change and Sustainability Services - Senior Manager - Dublin

Climate Change and Sustainability Services - Senior Manager - Dublin

 

General Information:

Location: Dublin 

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: Yes

Business Area: UKI Assurance

Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent

 

Today, a company’s value is increasingly reflected not just in its short-term financial performance, but also in its ability to deliver value to multiple stakeholders, including consumers, employees, governments and wider society. How organisations respond to global challenges such as Climate Change and Inequality are critical in how they deliver and demonstrate value to stakeholders.

 

The opportunity

We are looking for high-performing, innovative and enthusiastic climate change and sustainability specialists to join our growing team of sustainable business professionals who are building a better working world by helping global organisations to identify, measure, deliver and report on the sustainable business issues which are most relevant to create long-term value. Our Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice helps clients to build more sustainable and profitable enterprises by addressing their environmental and social challenges.

 

Your key responsibilities

This role will place you at the heart of a high-energy, agile team that is committed to helping clients build long-term sustainable businesses. This opportunity will enable you to work with leading organisations at a senior level to deliver better outcomes on some of the world’s most pressing climate risk issues. You will interact with EY colleagues globally and work across our different sectors and business activities.

 

EY’s commitment to advancing the focus on long-term value and sustainable business practices across the investment chain is evidenced by its involvement in the Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism (https://www.epic-value.com/), which brought together over 30 of the world’s leading companies and investors, representing almost $30 trillion of assets under management. The project sought to develop new metrics and a Long-Term Value framework that help businesses measure and articulate the value they create for a broad range of stakeholders. Additional EY content can be found at:  https://www.ey.com/longtermvalue/

 

Skills and attributes for success

We are looking for individuals who have a passion for helping clients to make their businesses future proof and more sustainable in an ever-changing world where doing business is increasingly shaped by social purpose; climate change; effective governance, innovation, and the creation of long-term value.  You will be experienced in helping organisations to understand and respond to the impact of climate change on operations and strategy.  You will be engaging with senior stakeholders on climate related topics as they navigate both the business challenges and opportunities.

 

To qualify for the role you must have

• Significant experience in helping clients to better understand, measure, quantify and articulate the how climate related matters underpin and influence how an organisation creates long-term value for investors and other stakeholders.
• Experience advising clients on climate and environmental risk issues at an operational and strategic level
• A deep understanding of the links between climate change, business risk and value creation.
• Knowledge and experience of business strategy and operations, with a strong commercial background and experience in the field of social and environmental impact measurement and valuation
• Ability to learn and quickly understand new concepts outside area of expertise
• Ability to think strategically but also identify, develop and implement practical solutions.
• Strong technical, quantitative and analytical skills and the ability to apply to solve new problems
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder manag