EY - Manager - Sustainability Assurance - CCASS

About EY:

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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 & Decarbonization, Sustainability Advisory, Non-Financial Reporting, Non-Financial Assurance, EHS and Managed Services.

Position summary:

Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team is EY is focused on providing advisory services on Climate change mitigation and decarbonization, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), EHS (Environmental, Health and Safety), Non-financial reporting and customization and implementation of ESG digital tools like Enablon, MSM among others. The team is also involved in providing Assurance on Non-financial disclosures.

As a manager, you'll be expected to lead a team of professionals while closely working with the global EY teams and their clients. You will work with clients to comprehend the non-financial reporting regulations and/or standards (e.g., GRI, CSRD, SASB, Integrated Reporting, TCFD, CDP, DJSI among others), develop processes and controls and undertake limited / reasonable assurance on the non-financial disclosure / reporting of global EY clients, based on frameworks like ISAE 3000 (Revised) and AA 1000.

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

Primary responsibilities:

As a manager, you will be required to:

- Plan and lead the execution of ESG Assurance projects including but not limited to limited /reasonable assurance of ESG disclosure, Green / Climate / Sustainable / Social bonds Assurance, Assurance of Environmental proceeds against legal obligations while ensuring a quality output

- Lead a team of professionals while enabling and enhancing their experience in EY GDS

- Develop and maintain stakeholder connects with EY global teams

- Maintain detailed knowledge of global sustainability regulations and awareness of market trends while developing tailored solutions and thought leadership

As a manager you will demonstrate management skills, including but not limited to the following:

- Creating a positive work environment within team

- Monitoring workloads of the team while meeting client expectations

- Providing candid, meaningful, and constructive feedback in a timely manner

Qualifications, skills, and experience:

- Graduate (engineering preferable) or post-graduate degree in Environmental sciences, Sustainability and other related discipline from reputed institutes

- 8 years of experience (graduates) and 5 years of experience (post-graduates) preferably from consulting background

- Relevant experience in ESG Assurance on various ESG disclosures in line with ISAE 3000 (revised) and / AA1000 assurance standards

- Experience in ESG reporting, materiality assessment, Impact assessments, among others and understanding of Double materiality assessment, CSRD regulations and IFRS standards will be an advantage

- Certifications in climate change, environment, and sustainability related areas from GRI, SASB, GARP, etc. will be an advantage

- 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