Job Description Summary

The ESG Controller is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust control frameworks for sustainability and ESG data disclosure. The role ensures that non‑financial information (e.g., emissions, energy, waste, social and governance metrics) is accurate, complete, controlled, and reported consistently across the organization.

Working closely with Finance, Sustainability, Legal and subject matter teams, the ESG Controller builds and enhances internal control frameworks and supports compliance with emerging sustainability reporting regulations and standards.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

ESG Control Framework Design & Maintenance

• Design and document the end‑to‑end internal control framework for sustainability/ESG data, from data capture to external reporting.
• Define and implement control activities (e.g., validations, reconciliations, approvals, segregation of duties) to ensure data integrity and traceability.
• Maintain process documentation including process maps, RACI matrices, control descriptions, and standard operating procedures for ESG data and reporting.
• Periodically test and assess the effectiveness of ESG controls and coordinate remediation actions where control gaps, deficiencies, or inefficiencies are identified.
• Align ESG controls with the broader internal control framework (e.g., SOX, internal audit, financial controls) and support readiness for external assurance.

Support ESG Reporting & Disclosure Controls

• Develop and maintain the company’s sustainability/ESG control framework, including scope, definitions, methodologies, and calculation rules for key metrics.
• Support statutory and voluntary sustainability disclosures, including annual sustainability reports and regulatory filings, ensuring alignment with applicable standards (e.g., CSRD, GRI, TCFD, SASB, ISSB).
• Establish and maintain reporting guidelines and templates to drive standardization across business units and regions.

Data Governance & Quality Assurance

• Define data ownership, roles, and responsibilities for sustainability metrics across functions and geographies.
• Set and monitor data quality standards (completeness, accuracy, timeliness, consistency) for ESG data and implement data quality controls.
• Perform regular data checks and reconciliations between ESG data, operational systems, and financial records where relevant.
• Collaborate with IT and Data/Analytics teams to improve systems, tools, and automation supporting ESG data collection, storage, and reporting.
• Support external and internal audits of ESG information by providing documentation, evidence of controls, and responses to findings.

Policy, Methodology & Compliance

• Support the Sustainability team in developing and operationalizing internal policies and methodologies related to sustainability metrics (e.g., boundaries, baselines, emission factors, allocation rules).
• Collaborate with Legal and the Sustainability team in monitoring regulatory and standard‑setting developments in sustainability reporting and design controls to demonstrate how new requirements will be embedded into the control and reporting frameworks.
• Translate external requirements into internal guidelines and practical procedures for data owners and process participants.
• Contribute to the design of new KPIs and ensure that new metrics are supported by clear methodologies and appropriate controls before they enter the reporting cycle.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Training

• Act as primary contact for ESG control and reporting questions across the organization.
• Provide training and guidance to data owners and contributors on ESG definitions, reporting requirements, and control procedures.
• Partner with Finance, Sustainability, Operations, HR, and Legal to align ESG reporting with financial reporting, risk management, and strategic objectives.
• Support senior management and Board committees with controlled, reliable ESG information and analyses for decision‑making, in coordination with Sustainability-owned narratives and disclosures

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, Sustainability, Environmental Science, or related field
• 5 - 10 years relevant experience

Desired:

• Master’s degree and/or professional qualification (e.g., CPA, CMA, internal audit, ESG/CSR certification)