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Manager – Sustainability & Climate Change (ESG CoE)

PricewaterhouseCoopers • Full-time • Kuala Lumpur • 1m ago

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Clients & Markets

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career in Environmental, Social and Governance will provide you with the opportunity to generate distinctive advantage for our clients by addressing their non-financial performance, ensuring it is a source of viable, societally beneficial outcomes of benefit to all.

Our team provides support across our clients' Environmental, Social and Governance journeys by identifying specific areas of potential strategic advantage, how to achieve change compatible with evolving Environmental, Social and Governance targets and what transparency is required to earn stakeholder trust.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is a term that covers a range of issues facing the world today. At PwC, it's an opportunity to have a purposeful career and to positively contribute to one of the most pressing problems of our time by helping to reshape the whole economy and the society in which we live.

Through speed, collaboration, and imaginative thinking we're helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by building credibility of non-financial and climate reporting, helping clients to transform sustainably, ensure the transition to Net Zero is fair, and ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge and sharing this story with our clients.

As part of The New Equation, PwC is investing $12bn globally over the next 5 years, creating over 100,000 new jobs with a particular focus on strengthening our ESG capabilities across the firm. We're working to combine our world-leading Sustainability & Climate Change practice with our market-leading consulting services, bringing the best of our firm together to help our clients. Together, we can build more sustainable businesses for a stronger world. Join us on this journey as we create real, transformative impact.

Position Responsibilities:

Drive and support client relationships in climate change and sustainability space.
Support cross lines of service teams in project deliveries related to focus areas including GHG/carbon accounting and target setting, Scope 3 assessments and trainings, net zero roadmaps, decarbonization strategy, carbon markets, renewable energy certificates (RECs), climate risk and resilience, product carbon footprinting.
Assist and support in the go-to-market of our climate related tools and services.
Support building of scalable products and services that support continued replication efforts across our multi-sector pool of territory clients.
Collaborate and support development of training material for climate and carbon related offerings.
Engagement areas can include: GHG assessment & disclosure, decarbonisation strategy, net zero transformations, carbon and RE markets, climate risk assessment, target-setting (Net zero/SBTi/others), internal carbon pricing, product carbon footprinting, life cycle analysis (LCA), and others.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

Conduct self in a professional manner and take responsibility for work and commitments.
Flex approach to meet the changing needs of teams and clients.
Identify and make suggestions for efficiencies and improvements when performing work.
Take action to stay current with new and evolving technology.
Use tools, techniques and firm standard methodologies to support research, analysis and problem solving.
Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
Communicate with empathy and adapt communication style to meet the needs of the situation and audience.
Manage expectations of stakeholders effectively.
Embrace different points of view and welcome opposing and conflicting ideas.
Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Skills and experience

Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in climate change advisory or environmental consulting.
Good working knowledge of carbon accounting standards and guidelines (ISO 14064, GHG Protocol, PCAF, ISO14067 etc.).
Working knowledge on one or more of the following areas: GHG accounting including Scope 3 emissions assessments and training, financed emissions, decarbonization pathways, SBTi methodologies, CDP, TCFD, climate-related risk assessment, scenario modeling/analysis, internal carbon pricing, carbon markets and RE markets.
Experience in carbon markets (carbon market project development, policies etc.) and RE markets would be highly desirable.
Experience in related sustainability topic areas, e.g., energy transition, just transition, and sustainable supply chains are desirable, but not essential.
Experience across broad range of sectors such as financial services, energy, utilities, manufacturing, agriculture and government would be highly desirable.
Strong data analysis skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel - ability to manage large data sets and build complex tools. Experience in data manipulation and visualization is an advantage.
Strong technical writing skills with an ability to synthesize information and draft reports.
Good project management and coordination skills to manage multiple projects.
Deliver high-quality work, in a conscientious and professional manner.
Adaptable and agile to manage stakeholder requirements
Keen interest in the topics, with transferable skills and the ability to learn quickly.
University degree ideally in engineering, sustainability, environmental science, economics, quantitative finance, and expertise in financial (ESG) topics is a bonus.