Director - ESG Risk Advisory

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia KPMGau Full time
Job Description

Our ESG Advisory & Assurance practice supports clients to safeguard their vulnerable customers and consumers, ensuring they provide high-quality and safe services. We help clients prevent harm, meet regulatory obligations, and maintain trust with their customers and communities. Our goal is to ensure clients have robust safeguards in place to prevent harm, detect it if it occurs, and continuously learn and improve to promote the well-being of vulnerable people.

Your Opportunity
  • Work closely with the Partner to grow our ESG Advisory practice by driving sales and new business initiatives across Australia.
  • Lead your own sales and business development activities and meet Key Performance Metrics.
  • Be a people leader in our purpose-led team and provide on-the-job coaching and mentoring to junior team members.
  • Manage and execute multiple client engagements or components of large engagements at one time, to deliver high-quality services on time, as well as individually contributing to high-quality deliverables.
  • Lead our purpose-led team in delivering unique, innovative, and strategic solutions that enhance our clients' ESG approach, including:
    • Vulnerable Customers: defining vulnerability and designing systems and processes that place vulnerable people at the center.
    • Child Safeguarding: review, design, and development of ESG regulation and compliance.
    • ESG Risk and Governance: assessment of ESG culture and conduct.
    • Training and Capacity Building: as it relates to ESG.
    • Complaints and Incident Management: quality and ESG.
  • Demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of quality services to clients, providing value-added solutions to clients' problems.
  • Be proactive and demonstrate curiosity.
  • Lead the facilitation of stakeholder engagement and client workshops.
  • Have the emotional intelligence and people skills required to support team members when they encounter challenging situations.
  • Recognize the importance of continuous learning and actively take ownership and responsibility for your own professional development.
How are you extraordinary?
  • You are tuned in to business development opportunities, with confidence creating effective sales material, including proposals, case studies, and other sector-specific material.
  • 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 love being part of a collaborative and multidisciplinary team and building strong relationships both internally and externally.
Your Experience

To be considered for this opportunity, your qualifications, skills, and experience could include:

  • A minimum of twelve years' experience in governance, risk, compliance, and finance roles within professional services or consultancies in sectors that serve and support vulnerable consumers.
  • Extensive experience in client/stakeholder relationship management and business development.
  • A deep expertise and passion for facilitating and presenting to diverse groups, including one-on-one and group consultations, preferably gained in a professional services firm and/or large corporate.
  • Experience in designing, implementing, and/or carrying out risk, governance, and compliance frameworks, standards, audits, and reviews. Internal auditing or experience with regulators and compliance investigations will be advantageous.
  • Your ability to relate to people and understand motivations and drivers will have been key to your success in leading and/or influencing at a senior level.
Qualifications

Tertiary qualification preferably in social sciences, commerce, health, human services, or similar.

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