Description of the role and purpose of the job: The Sustainability Services team provides ESG assurance and a wide range of ESG-related advisory services.
Our multidisciplinary team works with a range of established methodologies to identify strengths, weaknesses, and risks in organisations' interactions with society, and uses this knowledge to strengthen impact.
Due to the heightened awareness around ESG and its increasing importance for all organisations, there has been an increase in ESG considerations and inclusions in proposals and client liaisons throughout the business.
It is imperative that the Sustainability Services team works with teams across all business units to ensure that each of the relevant ESG pillars are being considered when offering services or delivering on work, which will ultimately result in increased value to the client.
We provide assurance for corporate companies across a range of sectors, on a wide variety of topics or key performance areas, including (but not limited to) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, waste, water, social-related spend, occupational health and safety (H&S) etc.
Sustainability Services requires a Senior Manager to work with the current leadership team to deliver on the upcoming workload of assurance projects.
The Senior Manager will need to project manage the assurance and reporting engagements and direct, guide and supervise the allocated team.
The role entails management of all aspects of the end-to-end engagement process.
Furthermore, there is a need to work with the leads across the KPMG Business units to build KPMG solutions in Assurance and Reporting as well as prepare and deliver on proposals.
Key ResponsibilitiesSupervision of the team to ensure testing, assurance fieldwork and deliverables are of the highest qualityOverseeing site visitsFirst review of work performed and documentation thoroughly and completely and in line with KPMG's quality standardReport writingTeam planning and managementClient liaison, building and maintaining close working relationships with existing and potential internal and external clientsManagement and delivery of sustainability assurance engagementsOversight of financial elements of projects (budget determination and management, billing, overrun negotiations with clients, agreement of project timelines)Responsibilities for wider unit management within the Sustainability Services team (training, finance, planning, and performance management)Performance managing junior team members and ensuring that there are valuable and enriching development conversations that support their career progressionActively seeking opportunities for new work, proposal development and translating these into revenue-generating projectsProactively engaging with other teams within the wider KPMG to take advantage of cross selling opportunities whilst ensuring holistic client solutionsOngoing relationship building, ideas sharing and support of global pursuits with other KPMG international officesOngoing personal and professional development to remain technically relevant and able to deploy applicable methodologies with confidenceQuality review of client deliverablesSkills requiredGood understanding of Assurance standards applied (ISAE 3000 and ISAE 3410 at minimum). Familiarity with KPMG sustainability assurance methodology would be beneficial.Proven track record of managing and delivering high quality, complex projects with commensurate deliverablesProject management skillsFully Microsoft office competent, specifically Word, Excel and PowerPointReport writing and communication skillsBusiness development skillsClient liaison with strong relationship management skillsPresentation skillsAnalytical thinker and problem-solving abilityAbility to multi-task and meet strict deadlinesPresentable, professional and confidentAbility to manage stress and work under pressureAbility to work in a team environment and manage a team proactively with a can-do attitudeAbility to work individually and be accountable and make decisions while maintaining open lines of communication to senior managementStrong attention to detail/methodical/analyticalWilling to travelMinimum RequirementsUndergraduate degree in either commerce, accounting, economics, development economics, finance, social science, business administration or equivalentPostgraduate diploma / degree is advantageous6-8 years' experience within Assurance and Reporting of non-financial/ ESG information6 - 8 years project management experience in a similar environmentKnowledge and experience in performing and managing external assurance and reporting engagementsDetailed knowledge regarding assurance standards and ESG reporting criteriaAn understanding of the broader services offered by KPMG in order to identify internal and external business opportunities across advisory, and the ability to work across teams / business units is essentialExperience in people management and business development is necessary.
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