Director - Sustainability Reporting & Assurance

Our client based in Sydney, is part of a global network providing extensive services across a wide range of industries and sectors. Their people collaborate, share their expertise and create innovation as they partner with clients to solve complex challenges, empower change, drive disruption and growth. They look for talented people with the potential to make an extraordinary difference for their clients, their firm and their communities.

The role in context:

The growing influence of non-financial issues, including environmental performance and social impact, is reshaping the business landscape, affecting financial performance and long-term business success for their clients and communities. As markets move towards a greater focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks and as Climate reporting is becoming mandatory in Australia, the Climate Change and Sustainability services team helps their clients bring a high level of rigour and robustness to ESG information collection, measurement and reporting. This is where you come in.

To support their vibrant and growing Climate Change and Sustainability services team there is an exciting opportunity for a Director to join the team, with a primary focus on leading reporting and assurance services.

As a Director within the team you will have the opportunity to drive business development in the fast-moving service line of Sustainability Reporting and Assurance across a range of sectors assisting clients with the application of reporting frameworks like Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards, Global Reporting Initiative Standards and others.

You will be expected to apply your technical knowledge and relationship-building expertise as you lead Reporting and Assurance engagements, build trusted networks with prestigious clients and grow your personal knowledge in this dynamic and exciting field. Your reporting and assurance knowledge will also be leveraged to grow client relationships in the advisory side of the business, and for non-assurance clients. Finally, as a Director, you will be expected to play a pivotal role in the development, training, and mentoring of the diverse and growing Climate Change & Sustainability practice.

How are you extraordinary?

• You are a kind and compassionate leader with a passion for continually growing your leadership skills to get the best out of a diverse and multidisciplinary team.
• You are a strategic critical thinker, and love using that skill to solve complex problems and plan for the future.
• You are a relationship builder, with keen communication skills and the knack for building and managing relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

Your Experience

With an enthusiasm to deliver quality, you are technically minded, detail focused, interested in working with a broad range of industries, and for some of Australia's largest and most sustainable companies. You will have:

• Knowledge and experience of international and Australian sustainability frameworks and guidelines and standards is essential. Demonstrable experience of some or all of the following would be considered favourably: International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme, Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
• Exceptional assurance knowledge and experience including planning, risk assessments, designing the assurance approach and procedures, testing and analysis, review and reporting.
• Knowledge of and practical ability to apply International and/or Australian Auditing Standards (ISAE and ASAE).
• Ability to conduct technical and high-quality analysis of sustainability-related processes and data measurement across a wide range of metrics, including benchmarking organisational performance.
• Strategic thinking in relation to developing sustainability-related reporting and assurance services in specific sectors and/or jurisdictions.
• Proven ability to lead the thinking and relationships with C-Level / Board / Executives.

Director

Full-time

Accounting/Auditing, Consulting, and Business Development

Staffing and Recruiting and Professional Services