Risk Services, Sustainability and Climate Change Advisory - Senior Associate

Description

& SummaryAt PwC, we help clients build trust and reinvent so they can turn complexity into competitive advantage.

We’re a tech-forward, people-empowered network with more than 370,000 people in 149 countries.

Across audit and assurance, tax and legal, deals and consulting we help clients build, accelerate and sustain momentum.

Find out more at www.pwc.com.



Our Risk Services Practice provides an invaluable safeguard in today’s complex operating environment with insights and independent assurance.

We work with clients to deliver business control to help them to protect and strengthen every aspect of their business from people to performance, systems to strategy, business plans to business resilience.

We help clients manage, mitigate and control risks from potential cybersecurity breaches to possible breaks in the supply chain.

We assess and prepare businesses by looking into their technology, finance, data analytics, regulatory requirements, data security and privacy, internal audit, and the third parties our clients rely on, to help clients deliver quality results and meet their strategic objectives.

A career in our Sustainability and Climate Change practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities.

We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment.

We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

How will you value-add?

You will be a part of PwC’s Risk Services – Sustainability & Climate Change team, and you will experience a dynamic and fast-paced working environment where we provide a holistic set of services to clients for accelerating their sustainability agenda.

you’ll work as part of a team of subject matter experts with extensive industry experience, providing guidance on a wide variety of issues and working with clients from the corporate, private equity and public sector.

With the recent growing number of sustainability related regulations and requests from both business and government, we can help future-proof businesses by making them more resilient, agile and sustainable.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

Deliveradvisoryservices on Corporate Social ResponsibilityAdvisory, Climate Change and Carbon Management and Sustainable Supply Chains & operations to clients from the corporate, private equity and public sector;

Develop, manage and maintain excellent client relationships; establish clients’ drivers and needs in relation to the low carbon and local energy agenda, in order to inform and influence strategic sustainability activities;

SustainabilityAdvisoryprojects which could include but not limited to studies on climate change risks (transitional and physical risks), developing decarbonisation/net zero pathways, developing sustainable finance/investing frameworks, impact assessments,ESGdue diligence Sustainable Development Goals strategy Government policy development work e.g. food waste reduction, plastic reduction

About you:

3 to 5 years of sustainability related work with a focus on sustainabilityadvisory.

Keen interest in sustainability

Knowledge of financial services sector from a sustainability perspective is a plus

Goal orientated, committed and agile

Good presentation and communication skills

Strong research, problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent client management and project management skills

Education

Degrees/Field of Study required:Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Business Strategy, Carbon Accounting, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Offsets, Carbon Pricing and Trading, Circular Economy, Climate Change Adaptation Program Design, Climate Change Impact Assessments, Climate Change Impacts and Risks, Climate Change Scenarios, Climate Finance, Climate Policy, Climate Reporting, Coaching and Feedback, Communication, Creativity, Economic Impact Valuation, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Energy Transition {+ 30 more}

Desired Languages

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Government Clearance Required?

No

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