Consultant - Climate Risk Assessment & Carbon

4 months ago

Perth, Australia KPMG Full time

KPMG's Climate Change & Sustainability service is focussed on assisting a wide variety of Australian and international clients to understand and optimise their organisational response to the challenges and opportunities of climate change, carbon management and emission reduction.

We work with leading organisations across industries and sectors (including financial services, extractives, power, utilities, retail, manufacturing, infrastructure and government) and deliver a wide range of exciting, action-orientated services including:

- Climate-related risk and opportunity assessments and scenario analysis.
- Climate hazard modelling and financial quantification of climate risks and opportunities.
- Carbon baselines for operational and financed emissions.
- Decarbonisation and net-zero strategies.
- Integration of climate strategy into sustainability, risk management and corporate processes.
- Development of innovative and practical recommendations to manage climate risk and maximise opportunities in the low carbon economy.
- Managing and reporting on climate, carbon and GHG data and developing KPIs.
- Supporting the development of climate related disclosures in alignment with various frameworks and standards (ASRS, IFRS S1 & S2 and TCFD).

In response to growing client demand for our services, there is an exciting opportunity for an experienced **climate risk professional** to join our team in **Perth.**

**How are you extraordinary?**

In this role, you will take guidance from Managers, Associate Directors or Directors in the execution of work activities on engagements. The role:

- Stays at the cutting edge of technology and innovation, continually building these elements into our service offering.
- Inputs and contributes to the planning and substantive delivery of engagements, including research and analysis, PowerPoint presentation design, quantitative modelling, work plans, timelines, project management and resource allocation.
- Takes responsibility on projects or engagements below management-level, and works with less experienced team members, including directing and reviewing the work outputs and assisting with training and career development of Consultants.

Key expected leadership attributes and behaviours:

- You actively seek out opportunities for growth, are comfortable challenging the status quo, and enjoy getting out of your comfort zone.
- You are a teambuilder who does your best work with a diverse and multidisciplinary team around you to collaborate, share ideas, and learn together.
- You prepare high-quality client-ready deliverables and present to the senior leadership teams for review

At KPMG, we believe diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients, and communities. To be considered for this opportunity, your qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience could include:

- Conducting qualitative and quantitative climate risk and opportunity assessments and scenario analysis, with multiple climate risk scenarios across various time horizons.
- Understanding and manipulating large datasets, including climate model output, geospatial data and emissions data.
- Identifying emissions boundaries for complex organisational structures, developing organisational emissions inventories for operational and financed emissions, and preparing basis of preparation.
- Developing decarbonisation and Net Zero strategies, implementation plans, transition plans and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves.
- Sound understanding of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol suite of standards, Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) standards and other common carbon accounting frameworks for corporates and financial institutions.
- Knowledge of technical and regulatory developments in relation to climate change and carbon, including an awareness of global and domestic frameworks (IPCC, UNFCCC etc) and established and emerging standards (ASSB, ISSB, TCFD, SBTi, NZ alliances etc), highly desirable.
- Strong communication skills and an ability to develop and strengthen client relationships.
- Strong problem-solving skills and initiative to address challenges.
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage own workflow and that of others.
- Experience in industry, a consultancy, academic setting or research institute with technical expertise in climate change and carbon.

**Qualifications**:

- Master’s degree and/or PhD in Science, Environment, Sustainability, Carbon Management, Engineering or Environmental Economics, desirable.

**Additional Information**:
**What we offer you**

We offer rewarding careers for outstanding professionals, ongoing learning and development opportunities, a collaborative and inclusive culture, and flexible and agile work practices that focus on our people's wellbeing to drive innovation and entrepreneurship. We also believe that our business plays a distinct and vital role in helping solve important social,

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