Sustainability & Emerging Assurance Manager
Deloitte
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Singapore • 🇸🇬 Singapore
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About the role
- Manage the delivery of the overall Climate & Sustainability/ ESG advisory engagements, including identifying strategic direction of the work and supporting team members in project-related tasks.
- Collaborate closely with senior managers, directors, and partners to oversee and deliver high-impact climate & sustainability/ESG advisory engagements for our clients.
- Play a key role in fostering teamwork and client engagement, ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned and fully engaged throughout the project lifecycle.
- Take charge of project delivery, managing all facets of the engagement from inception through to completion. This includes setting timelines, defining the scope of work and expected deliverables, and leading the development and execution of work programs.
- Ensure rigorous project management practices, maintaining control over the assurance testing, review processes, and draft reporting to deliver exceptional outcomes that meet our high standards.
- Drive sustainability governance, manage ESG reporting, and assess financial impacts of sustainability practices, climate change, carbon footprint, sustainable finance, and sustainability data management and analytics.
- Champion sustainability communication efforts, ensuring clear, impactful communication both internally and externally. This role is designed for leaders who are passionate about sustainability and are eager to drive meaningful change.
Requirements
- Five to eight years of working experience in advisory engagements
- Inquisitive mind with a strong passion for sustainability and ESG issues.
- Demonstrate strong business skills and an ability to translate recommendations and other ideas effectively and concisely in reports, presentation materials, client proposals and other written communication.
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong project management techniques including decision-making ability, analytical skills, time management, organization, and evaluative skills.
- Be a self-starter who takes ownership for tasks and team performance, and proactively seeks out ways to better address our clients’ needs.
- Be a team player and leader, able to successfully guide the work of others and be committed to achieving common goals.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity.
- Willingness and demonstrated experience in quickly and effectively climbing learning curves.
- Ability to identify and resolve issues or escalate as appropriate.
- Focus on delivering high-quality work whilst maintaining excellent attention to details.
- Demonstrate professionalism and poise in working with and presenting to clients and in developing relationships with potential clients.
- IT literacy with sound knowledge and experience of Excel/Word/PowerPoint.
- Strong understanding of industry/ sustainability topics ISSB, (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, SASB, TCFD and the GHG Protocol.
- Strong understanding of sustainability practices of financial institution
- Degree or above from a recognized university or institution in a sustainability/ESG-related degree or equivalent work experience.
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
project managementsustainability reportingESG reportingdata managementanalyticsfinancial impact assessmentcarbon footprint analysissustainable financeassurance testingreport drafting
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillsanalytical skillstime managementorganizational skillsleadershipteamworkproblem-solvingattention to detailprofessionalism