Manager | Climate and Sustainability | Sydney

Job Requisition ID: 41882 

• Flexible work arrangements - work in a way that suits you best.
• Rewards platform - your hard work won't go unnoticed at Deloitte.
• Training and development - at Deloitte we believe in investing in our best assets, the people! You will have access to world class training and funding towards industry and other professional certifications
• Purpose -work for an organisation that delivers on its purpose of ‘making an impact that matters’ leading on topics such as climate change and social impact

The Sustainability and Climate Change team continues to grow and requires a number of outstanding, innovative and engaging professionals to join the team – that’s where you come in.

The team is privileged to be working on one of the most pressing business and societal issues. Through our services, we help our clients understand, engage with and act on their ESG/sustainability-related risks and opportunities. 

About our Sustainability and Climate Change team

Our highly diverse and multi-disciplinary team combines deep subject matter expertise, assurance capabilities, strategic thinking, and data and technology expertise to help organisations respond to evolving sustainability and regulatory reporting requirements.

Our practice supports clients across the full reporting lifecycle, from strategy and reporting readiness through to assurance and ongoing compliance. Our experience spans Climate and Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Assurance, Regulatory Reporting Advisory, Internal Audit, ESG Governance and Controls, Climate Risk, Decarbonisation Strategy, Human Rights and Modern Slavery, across a broad range of advisory and assurance engagements.

About our work

As a member of our Sustainability and Climate Change team, you will work with a variety of leading organisations to navigate rapidly evolving sustainability and regulatory reporting requirements. You will help clients design and implement reporting frameworks, strengthen governance and controls, conduct climate risk and opportunity assessments, prepare climate and sustainability disclosures, and provide confidence through assurance and readiness reviews.

We support clients across a broad range of advisory and assurance services, including:

• Climate and sustainability reporting readiness for AASB S2, ISSB and other regulatory reporting requirements
• Sustainability reporting governance, risk management and internal control frameworks
• Pre-assurance and assurance readiness assessments across sustainability disclosures and metrics
• Sustainability and climate assurance engagements
• Development and review of ESG, climate and sustainability reporting processes and controls
• Climate-related financial disclosures, scenario analysis and transition planning
• ESG data management, technology enablement and reporting solutions
• Sustainability internal audits and independent reviews
• ESG materiality assessments and sustainability reporting strategy
• GHG emissions reporting
• ESG strategy development and stress-testing of corporate strategy through an ESG lens
• Sustainable Finance, Nature-based Solutions and Biodiversity, Resilience
• Modern Slavery and human rights due diligence, risk assessments and disclosure

Enough about us, let's talk about you.

We are looking for a professional with 5+ years of relevant experience, include in-house or consulting roles in sustainability, finance, risk, strategy and/or Audit and Assurance backgrounds to join our practice, specifically supporting a range of clients across diverse sectors to uplift and enhance their climate, sustainability and ESG reporting and to provide robust assurance. 

Your combined structured thinking, subject matter expertise and passion for the field will help shape opportunities, support sales and end-to-end project delivery. You will need to:

• Have strong oral and written communication skills (including presentations, workshopping, and facilitation);
• Apply structured problem-solving, technical skills and knowledge to design project approach and lead delivery;
• Experience delivering advisory, audit or assurance engagements involving reporting, governance, controls or risk management;
• Knowledge of sustainability and climate reporting frameworks and standards, including AASB S2, IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (ISSB), TCFD, GRI and SASB;
• An understanding of assurance methodologies and the practical challenges organisations face in preparing sustainability disclosures;
• Experience supporting organisations to respond to emerging regulatory reporting requirements; and
• Experience managing teams and working autonomously.

Why Deloitte?
At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.    

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.  

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments. 

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.   

Next Steps
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By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.