Sustainability Consultant – Manager

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Grant Thornton is Ireland’s fastest growing financial services firm delivering innovative solutions to clients across the country. Our Advisory Division brings industry specific expertise to support our clients in navigating Regulatory, Strategic, Digital and Change management challenges. At Grant Thornton our focus is on people; both building deep client relationships and investing in our staff to help them to realise their potential and achieve their ambitions.

In 2020, Grant Thornton Ireland took a strategic decision to establish a sustainability practice within Financial Service Advisory. Recognising sustainability is a multidisciplinary field, we set about building a diverse team that would blend the best scientific and industrial experience with our existing advisory expertise. Through targeted hires, and internal transfers, we are proud to have grown a partner lead, dedicated, passionate, and practical team of all the talents which work together with our other services lines to delivery pragmatic actionable solutions to our clients.

At Grant Thornton Ireland we don’t just predict your future, we build it.

A Career at Grant Thornton

If you are looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services, at Grant Thornton, we do things differently. We value fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity, building an inclusive working environment open to all. We are here to support you in the development of your career, provide flexibility where required and respect and value your experience.

We want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best – it’s how it should be.

Job Description & Summary

We are currently looking for experienced candidates to join our Sustainability team within Advisory. We are seeking qualified individuals with a wide range of skills, to work as part of a dynamic, diverse team and deliver on a wide range of projects related to sustainability. You will be self-motivated, capable of working off your own initiative and have the ability to lead with the delivery of Programme/Project milestones.

These are challenging but fulfilling roles, where you will be required to operate as a key member of our team, playing a lead role in the delivery of business focused solutions to a wide range of Financial Services clients, as well supporting the strategic development of the wider FS Consulting business.

Roles & Responsibilities

Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team to successfully deliver and manage projects across a range of key areas, including:

Client Responsibilities

Successful and effective end-to-end delivery of external client projects;
Develop a comprehensive understanding of client and work stream operations, processes, and business objectives and utilise this knowledge on assignments/projects;
Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and an ability to work to strict deadlines;
Work and communicate effectively with senior management, team members and clients, providing relevant summary updates and escalations as appropriate;
Manage reporting requirements, project plans, project status reports, RAID logs, management updates and other reports as required; and
Building client relationships and interacting proactively with key stakeholders to gather information, resolve issues, and provide analysis to inform client deliverables.

Internal Responsibilities

Assisting in client account management activities such as recruitment for the project team, managing financial aspects of client engagements, and quality and risk management;
Building valued relationships with clients and colleagues to assist in generating new business opportunities for Grant Thornton;
Understanding Grant Thornton’s service offerings and actively identifying opportunities to better serve our clients;
Leading and supporting presentations and proposals for elements of medium to high complex projects to prospective and existing clients;
Communicating effectively with Grant Thornton senior management and working to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams;
Building strong internal relationships and network within Consulting and across other services lines;
Supporting team development activities, including but not limited to coaching, and mentoring activities;
Conducting performance reviews and contributing to performance feedback;
Contributing to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training activities; and
Understanding, following and communicating workplace policies and procedures.

Skills and Experience

Education and Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in a sustainability related discipline
Minimum of 3+ years of professional experience in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Accounting, performing and reviewing GHG inventories across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 using the GHG Protocol and / or Climate-related and Environmental risk management.
Minimum of 5+ years direct work experience in a programme/project management capacity, including all project lifecycle elements (i.e. project initiation, planning & development, design / execution, closure)
Professional experience in the development of Net Zero strategies and /or Climate Transition Plans (preferable)
In depth knowledge of climate-related standards such as the Science Based Targets initiative, Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and the ISO Net Zero Standard
Demonstrated understanding of carbon markets and experience with carbon credit registries or trading schemes
Strong knowledge of climate disclosure frameworks (e.g., TCFD, ISSB, CDP)
Knowledge of evolving sustainability regulations (e.g., California SB 261, SB 253, TNFD)
Professional experience within at least one of the following disciplines: Data Analytics, Energy Management, Power Generation, Manufacturing, Quality Management Systems.
Experience in managing change in one or more of these areas: Regulatory, Strategic, Digital and Change management challenges
Comfortable working under pressure, in a demanding environment and to tight deadline, delivering results
Project Management qualification (such as PRINCE2 or PMP)

Skills and Attributes

Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
MS Office: MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
Analytical skills: Focused approach to the review, assessment and interpretation of data streams and the communication of summary information to team leads and clients
Teamwork: Ability to work as part of a team on multiple work streams concurrently
Organisation: Scheduling and facilitating meetings, including Agendas and Minutes
Attitude: Strong work ethic, proactive attitude to issue resolution, delivering excellence, managing deadlines and being comfortable leading a team

Life at Grant Thornton

Reward and benefits:

Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

We offer an excellent range of rewards and benefits to suit your lifestyle:

Performance based bonus scheme once probation (6-month period) is completed prior to December
Employer Pension Contributions
Career progression with an annual promotion cycle (dependent on eligibility)
Professional subscriptions paid
Health insurance group scheme discount
Annual flu vaccination
Employee assistance programme
Be Well initiative
Funded sports and social events
Life assurance scheme
Employee discounts

Find out more about the benefits at Grant Thornton here: Our Benefits | Grant Thornton.

Flexible working environment:

At Grant Thornton we promote a flexible working environment and are currently support a hybrid working model. We also offer employees the opportunity to avail of a compressed working week the Friday before each Bank Holiday and every week from June – August inclusive. This allows employees the opportunity to finish at 3pm on a Friday, subject to client approval.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:

At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) are at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda. Today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs. People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied backgrounds, racial differences, cultures, sexual orientations, religious orientations, ages, gender identities, abilities and family types present diverse viewpoints which need to be heard and valued.

We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the Firm. We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery and helps us to meet the needs of our clients. Our Firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our Firm’s best-practice principles, and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Recognition:

We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrate success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements. Whether you simply want to say thank you, celebrate a special occasion or give an award for doing something exceptional, you can do all of this and more through the scheme. We also offer a defined contribution pension and life assurance.

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