Manager - Climate Change and Sustainability Services (Zurich)
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The opportunity
At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your voice and perspective to help EY become even better too.
Join our growing Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team as a Manager. You will be a member of a multidisciplinary team to help clients build and manage their sustainability approach aiming at addressing rising stakeholder concerns and new regulatory requirements, achieving more transparent non-financial reporting and seizing opportunities for integrating sustainability aspects in business processes, incl. supplier management and risk mitigation.
We welcome applicants with a variety of backgrounds and experience in the fields of sustainability and are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate knowledge related to Climate, Assurance as well as EU regulatory requirements related to social, environmental and human rights disclosures for business.
Skills and attributes for success
To qualify for the role you must have
- A Bachelors or Masters degree in economics, environmental sciences/engineering or related fields of study is a prerequisite
- Several years of experience in the industry or in consulting firm in topics such as sustainability, climate change and non-financial reporting & assurance, as well as training in these areas
- Ability to manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to focus on the right issues and work in a fast-paced environment
- Confident and credible communicator who displays both technical knowledge and commercial understanding
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Experience with managing expectation of both internal and external stakeholders
- Ability and appetite to drive business development and contribute to the growth of EY’s solutions
- Integrity, respect and teamwork are your core values
- You have energy and enthusiasm to build a better working world
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is a requirement, additional proficiency in German
What we look for
- Ability to work closely with large teams and in an international environment
- Capacity to take initiative, overcome challenges and work collaboratively as demonstrated by prior relevant working or project experience
- Available to start in Spring 2024
