Job Title: Sustainability Services Snr Manager
Job Location: Gauteng, Johannesburg
Deadline: January 16, 2025
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 established methodologies to identify strengths, weaknesses, and risks in organisations' interactions with society, using this knowledge to strengthen impact.
Due to heightened awareness around ESG and its increasing importance, 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 collaborates with teams across all business units to ensure that relevant ESG pillars are considered when offering services or delivering on work, ultimately resulting in increased value to the client.
We provide assurance for corporate companies across a range of sectors, on a 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.
The Senior Manager will work with the current leadership team to deliver on the upcoming workload of assurance projects, 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 and collaboration with leads across KPMG Business units to build KPMG solutions in Assurance and Reporting as well as prepare and deliver on proposals.
Key ResponsibilitiesSupervise the team to ensure testing, assurance fieldwork, and deliverables are of the highest quality.Oversee site visits.Conduct first reviews of work performed and documentation in line with KPMG's quality standard.Report writing.Team planning and management.Client liaison, building and maintaining close working relationships with existing and potential clients.Management and delivery of sustainability assurance engagements.Oversight 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 valuable development conversations that support their career progression.Actively seek opportunities for new work, proposal development, and translating these into revenue-generating projects.Proactively engage with other teams within the wider KPMG to take advantage of cross-selling opportunities while ensuring holistic client solutions.Ongoing relationship building, ideas sharing, and support of global pursuits with other KPMG international offices.Ongoing personal and professional development to remain technically relevant and able to deploy applicable methodologies with confidence.Quality review of client deliverables.Skills 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 deliverables.Project management skills.Fully competent in Microsoft Office, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.Report writing and communication skills.Business development skills.Client liaison with strong relationship management skills.Presentation skills.Analytical thinker and problem-solving ability.Ability to multi-task and meet strict deadlines.Presentable, professional, and confident.Ability to manage stress and work under pressure.Ability to work in a team environment and manage a team proactively with a can-do attitude.Ability to work individually and be accountable while maintaining open lines of communication with senior management.Strong attention to detail/methodical/analytical.Willingness to travel.Minimum RequirementsUndergraduate degree in commerce, accounting, economics, development economics, finance, social science, business administration, or equivalent.Postgraduate diploma/degree is advantageous.6-8 years' experience within Assurance and Reporting of non-financial/ESG information.6-8 years project management experience in a similar environment.Knowledge and experience in performing and managing external assurance and reporting engagements.Detailed knowledge regarding assurance standards and ESG reporting criteria.An understanding of the broader services offered by KPMG to identify internal and external business opportunities across advisory, and the ability to work across teams/business units is essential.Experience in people management and business development is necessary.
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