ESG Data & Reporting Advisor

What Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) contributes to Cardinal Health:

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) sets enterprise strategies and manages programs to mitigate environmental, social and governance-related risks across the business, and identify opportunities, in collaboration with others across the company. ESG supports enterprise goalsetting by tracking and reporting on progress against the enterprise ESG strategy and goals. ESG manages stakeholder engagement, which includes employees, customers, investors, and others, as it relates to ESG topics.

Role Summary

The Advisor in this role will be responsible for maintaining and improving existing ESG reporting processes that govern environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and disclosures across the enterprise. The advisor will support all aspects of data collection, aggregation, validation, gap analysis, and analytics for internal and external reporting. This position will have a strong understanding of best practices in data controls and reporting and have general awareness of the evolving ESG regulatory landscape in the United States, Europe, and around the world. The person in this role will also support the design of systems that manage ESG-related data for voluntarily and mandatory reporting needs and manage the internal and external validation processes associated with this data. This advisor will understand the changing expectations of regulators, customers, investors, and other stakeholders.

This position works closely with many functional areas across the business to coordinate data collection and validation, including Environmental Health & Safety, Product Quality & Safety, Human Resources, Finance, Internal Audit, Sourcing, and Transportation. The ideal candidate will know how to navigate the complexities of large multinational organizations.

This position can be fully remote and reports to the Director, ESG Reporting and Analytics.

Key Expectations and Role Responsibilities

Data and Systems Management

• Support ESG working groups and the collection of ESG stories for external reporting through interviews with internal subject matter experts.

• Develop templates and standardized reports for external and internal reporting requirements.

• Develop and/or collect required supporting documentation for reporting requirements.

• Generate deliverables to complete third party assurance of metrics and processes required by regulation (CSRD, CSDDD, California Climate Accountability Package, etc.) along with select ESG data for voluntary reporting.

• Support the completion of stakeholder and rating/ranking surveys (CDP, Sustainalytics, MSCI, etc.) and compare data requirement for various surveys to streamline data collection.

• Streamline customer Request for Proposal (RFP) and bids and tenders workflow.

• Conduct gap analyses across stakeholder surveys to identify continuous improvement opportunities.

Business Analytics and Support

• Support data visualizations for key performance indicators (KPIs) to easily share ESG progress and impacts with leadership and colleagues across the organization.

• Track return on sustainability investment and translate data into business wins that can be shared across the organization.

• Support ESG risk analyses with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) using available tools like Microsoft Excel and Auditboard.

• Support internal ESG communications as needed to engage employees in the ESG strategy.

• Conduct research and peer benchmarking to support strategic planning, goal setting and conversations with stakeholders.

Additional Responsibilities

• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects

• May contribute to the development of policies and procedures

• Works on complex projects of large scope

• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems

• Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives

• Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects

• Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives

• May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have experience in ESG issues in a global multinational corporate setting or within a large consulting practice, particularly focused on data management, technology-enablement, and data analytics. Critical