ESG Specialist at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Strategy and Transaction Services Deals Consulting 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.

Mergers and Acquisitions is a fundamental part of how companies seek to win in their markets and we help clients make the right decisions. With us, you’ll get to know a company from the inside out, and combine razor sharp analysis with creative problem solving. Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions go hand in hand, so while we are often assessing companies and markets in the context of a transaction, many of our projects go beyond Mergers & Acquisitions, helping clients develop innovative strategies to deliver revenue and profit growth.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Role Summary:

The role will entail delivering strategic sustainability or ESG solutions to clients across a range of industries and in the private and public sector.  Projects will involve aligning ESG issues to busines strategy, current state analysis, benchmarking, research, developing ESG frameworks, key performance metrics and targets, identifying initiatives and actions, presenting finding, facilitating workshops and drafting deliverables.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

Any relevant and related degree, honors preferable – social science, economics, environmental, engineering, business, accounting, etc.

Experience required:

3-5 years’ experience in a sustainability or ESG team – either responsible for the organization ESG approach or in a consultation firm advising organization

Responsibilities of role:

• Demonstrate ESG knowledge and practical considerations
• Perform and document work under guidance of engagement manager
• Research best practice and interpret
• Compare, analyze, and interpret information
• Benchmark performance
• Make recommendations
• Interview client management
• Draft written reports
• Present findings to management

Skill sets required:

• Planning, prioritizing and organization skills
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Teamwork

Role related attributes:

• Strong technical skills in the area of sustainability principles
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including written documents
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Attention to detail and willingness to work overtime.
• Career driven with strong focus on personal development
• Building and sustaining relationships
• Being passionate about customer service
• Being curious – learning, sharing and innovating
• Demonstrating courage and integrity
• Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise
• Being open-minded, practical and agile with change
• Willing to travel

Independence requirements to be taken into consideration:

Yes