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Key Responsibilities:
Client & Project Delivery – 50% of time
- Project direction:
- Lead teams in delivering on-site and remote reporting, strategy, materiality and double materiality support, and on-going programme management services;
- Collaborating with global Anthesis sustainability experts and technical consultants, not only to deliver great projects but also to support in developing new service areas and innovative products for our clients;
- Staying abreast of the everchanging sustainable finance and regulatory disclosure landscape, and providing technical consulting advice on such changes;
- Engaging with, and presenting to a wide a range of stakeholders including C-suite audience.
- Project quality oversight:
- Ensure project deliverables are delivered at the expected quality and meet the expectations of assurance providers;
- Consulting on ESG reporting frameworks including ISSB, GRI, ESRS and alignment with mainstream business processes. This includes identifying, managing, and implementing robust, auditable, digital-first approaches to data management where required;
- Support with the upskilling of our teams on audit and assurance requirements for mandatory reporting standards.
Business Development – 20-30% of time
- Key Account Development:
- Helping to guide and support deeper and longer-term partnerships with valuable and impactful clients over time.
- New client origination:
- Lead in developing, selling, and delivering existing and new products and services, including leading pitches with clients.
Organisational & Personal Development – 10-20% of time
- Line management responsibilities within the team;
- Strategic & Organisational Initiatives:
- Contributing to important internal initiatives, proposition development and innovation.
- Recruitment:
- Contributing to growing the team through recruitment.
- Training & Personal Development:
- Using the ACE (Anthesis Centre of Excellence) learning and development platform, and guided by your line manager.
Key Requirements, Skills Knowledge & Expertise:
Key Requirements
The ideal applicant will have 8+ years’ experience in financial reporting, audit or ESG assurance, and a keen grasp of the technical requirements of the role including the CSRD and/or ISSB:
- A degree/relevant qualification in a related field (finance, sustainability, environmental management, geography etc.), or equivalent practical experience reflective of the role being applied for;
- Experience in advising on and completing workstreams where key sustainability frameworks have been used (GRI, ESRS, SASB, ISSB, SFDR);
- Experience in managing or auditing data collection processes on material priorities, and distilling datapoints into key insights for different stakeholder groups;
- A passion for sustainability and an interest in being at the forefront of sustainability and sustainable finance;
- Confidence in talking to CFOs and financial professionals in client organisations;
- Effective time management and organisational skills (organised, methodical and analytical);
- Ability to respond positively to pressure and take a flexible approach to the dynamic, fast moving sustainability reporting sector;
- Ability to work individually and collaboratively within teams on a global basis;
- Proactive, with the ability and confidence to use initiative, and an interest in a range of different project types and client sectors.
Personal Qualities
- Collaborative: a ‘we’ not ‘I’ focused team player, who enjoys collaborating with colleagues and clients with diverse backgrounds and personalities, and contributing to shared success;
- Flexible: high levels of adaptability, with the capacity to adjust to new situations and challenges swiftly and effectively. Comfortable with conditions of ambiguity and uncertainty;
- Resilient: confident to cope with a demanding and sometimes high-pressure working environment, and with an ability to bounce back strongly from inevitable setbacks;
- Organised: disciplined, conscientious, reliable and responsive in the face of a sometimes complex and fast-moving workflow;
- Ethical: honest, open and trustworthy, with the highest standards of integrity in conduct towards colleagues, clients and collaborators;
- Proactive: the drive and confidence to anticipate and raise issues, and take the initiative where necessary, in a ‘high-permission’ team culture;
- Communicative: a clear and persuasive communicator, with the ability to distil and convey complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, and the ability to adapt communication style to difference audiences and settings.
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