EY GDS - Senior Manager - ESG - CCaSS

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About EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) Assurance

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) Assurance practice supports global EY client-serving teams with their reviews across industry sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, and technology, among others. Through the right multidisciplinary team of professionals with the sector knowledge and subject matter expertise, EY GDS Assurance enables EY client teams to help world's leading companies meet their audit requirements.

EY's global Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) enable companies to survive and grow in an environment where both financial and non-financial performance is critical. Our multidisciplinary teams help companies understand the risks and opportunities arising from climate change and sustainability and our solutions are spread across this spectrum. Our solutions include Climate Change & Decarbonisation, Sustainability Advisory, Non-Financial Reporting, Non-Financial Assurance, EHS and Managed Services.

Position summary

Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) professionals provide assurance and advisory services including ESG/Sustainability Advisory, Sustainability/non-financial reporting, EHS, Climate Change and impact assessment studies. Our CCaSS team is growing exponentially, and as a Senior Manager, you'll lead a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. You will work with clients to comprehend and navigate reporting standards (e.g., GRI, CSRD, SASB, Integrated Reporting, TCFD), develop processes, controls and technology-based solutions to support reporting and develop strategies addressing sustainability risks. You will also lead teams providing independent assurance over sustainability disclosures, based on frameworks like ISAE 3000 (Revised) and AA 1000. The Senior Manager will be responsible for working closely with CCaSS leadership, Partners, and Senior Managers on client engagements across regions within EY.

While the Senior Manager will be based out of our Gurgaon/Bangalore/Mumbai/Kolkata/Hyderabad office, the individual will be required to travel to other countries (short term) for executing the client engagements.

Primary responsibilities

You will lead and plan the execution of projects and collaborate with colleagues across multiple service lines. You will support sustainability related advisory or assurance projects associated with systems implementations, and business process transformation. You will share relevant subject matter expertise to support the development of thought leadership on sustainability processes and controls and to create customized solutions for our clients.

You will lead and execute the following key CCaSS solutions using global service delivery framework:

- ESG/sustainability reporting

- Sustainability assurance

- Sustainability strategy

- ESG impact assessments

- ESG due diligence

- Supply chain sustainability

- Winning in the market

- Develop and implement plans strategic to GDS CCaSS and global CCaSS that contributes to the business growth, recognizing the risks and opportunities of business/ commercial trends.

- Manage and grow GDS CCaSS services to our multiple regions, with high quality service across all CCaSS engagements, by being connected, responsive and insightful internally and with clients.

- Identifying new GDS markets for deploying the global delivery model with the GDS Leadership

- Create short- and long-term business plans but also align them with the Area/Regional CCaSS leaders and their market leadership plans (MLPs).

- Focus on developing solutions with technology and data analytics to drive efficiencies in the markets they oversee.

- Building High Performing Teams

- Foster a diverse and inclusive team environment by empowering teams - mobilize the strengths, trust, and collaboration of team members so they are focused on achieving the highest standards and results.

- Guide team members on technical areas of high risk & complexity, participate actively in performance management & learning process of the team; help build the career value that team gains from working with GDS CCaSS

- Providence guidance to leaders in CCaSS on the key priorities while managing several medium to large size projects and efficient & effective team allocation to projects and initiatives, based on skills, career goals & clients' expectation.

Quality

- Take responsibility of managing risk at the practice and engagement level -maintain independence and objectivity, complying personally (and challenging colleagues' and teams 'adherence) with all applicable professional standards, EY policies and regulatory requirements

- Deliver training on CCaSS methodology and other current market trends and industry issues

Operational Excellence

- Strong focus on operational excellence, efficiency, and cost. It is critical to improve overall utilization levels in GDS CCaSS, especially at senior and manager levels, while increasing overall retention and ensuring people development.

- Work with defined geographies and creating targets for delivered hours. Responsible for successfully monitoring the actual results against the budget for key KPIs like number of hours delivered, utilization, linearity of hours etc.

Qualifications, skills, and experience

- Graduate or post-graduate degree in business administration, engineering, and other related discipline from reputed institutes.

- 10+ years of experience (graduates) and 7+ years of experience (post-graduates) preferably from consulting background, research thinktanks and/ or environment, and sustainability related areas.

- Experience in ESG reporting, strategy development, assurance, impact assessments, due diligence, supply chain sustainability, conducting trainings, etc.

- Excellent and demonstrable team & engagement management, problem solving and analytical skills.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including an ability to synthesize complex ideas into clear messages with stakeholders.

- Excellent MS Excel and MS PowerPoint skills.

- Flexibility and willingness to travel on short notice, as necessary.