Associate Director

**Job no**: 519954

**Work type**: Permanent Full Time

**Location**: Melbourne

**Division**: Audit, Assurance & Risk Consulting

KPMG Australia is part of a global network providing extensive services across a wide range of industries and sectors. Our people collaborate, share their expertise and create innovation as we partner with clients to solve complex challenges, empower change, drive disruption and growth. We are looking for talented people who share our purpose of inspiring confidence and empowering change for our clients, our people, our communities and our planet.

In response to growing demand for our environmental services, there is an exciting opportunity for an experienced **natural capital and biodiversity** professional to join our team in Melbourne or Sydney.

We work with leading organisations across industry sectors and cover a wide range of exciting and interesting areas in the natural capital space, including:

- Supporting the development of leading frameworks and initiatives such as the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
- Assisting clients with understanding and adopting the TNFD and other relevant frameworks
- Supporting the adoption of innovative nature-based solutions
- Biodiversity offset planning and management
- Biodiversity compliance audits
- Compiling natural capital investment frameworks
- Developing innovative approaches to the measurement and reporting of natural capital
- Identification and assessment of environmental and natural capital risks, impacts and opportunities
- Development, implementation and review of environmental strategies, targets and initiatives including Key Performance Indicators for natural capital
- Assisting with enhancing compliance in relation to various biodiversity legislation, policies, frameworks and regulations
- Identification, implementation and review of corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations
- Assisting with the development of nature-based carbon offset projects, with associated bio-diversity and other nature based co-benefits
- Assisting both government and the private sector design and develop environmental compliance frameworks, management systems, policies, processes, guidelines, procedures and controls to enhance environmental management (including natural capital) performance.

**You bring to the role**
- Excellent knowledge of natural capital (including biodiversity), with at least **ten to fifteen years** of demonstrated experience in natural capital and biodiversity advisory and /or audit
- Strong knowledge of the draft TNFD framework and other frameworks and standards as well as being able to support clients with practical adoption and implementation
- Strong communication skills and an ability to develop and strengthen client relationships
- General environmental technical expertise across areas including water, waste and air quality
- Experience across a variety of sectors, with a strong skillset in infrastructure, government, energy and mining
- Demonstrated experience in leading projects and teams
- Coaching skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Excellent writing skills
- Relevant tertiary qualification in environmental or natural sciences such as ecology, including engineering with an environmental or science focus. A Master’s degree or other relevant environmental certifications and qualifications will be favourably considered.

**Key expected leadership and behaviours include**:

- Develops, motivates and counsels team members, bringing clarity to the work of the team, by focusing their effort and commitment, evaluating performance and by providing regular feedback that addresses development needs.
- Role models a knowledge-sharing mindset and builds a constructive culture by proactively sharing what they know with other KPMG people, teams and functions.
- Makes an impact by driving quality, bringing a strategic perspective, and tackling difficult decisions by exercising sound, ethical business judgement.
- Acts as a constructive leader and coach by participating in relevant culture initiatives, demonstrates a growth mindset, and contributes to building and enhancing the Firm’s culture.
- Supports Firm and practice training by providing knowledge for the development and delivery of training.

Staying at the cutting edge of technology and innovation and continually building these elements into our service offering is a key part of your role.

Key leadership and behaviours expected of an **Associate Director** includes:

- Inspiring others through development and motivation, being a champion of inclusion and connecting individuals by building collaboration
- Demonstrating a growth mindset by growing self, others and client relationships through self-awareness, innovation and an exceptional client experience
- Making an impact by driving quality, bringing a strategic perspective and tackling difficult decisions by exercising sound, ethical busines