Sustainability Consultant

2 months ago

Brisbane City, Australia BDO Australia Full time

About BDO 

At BDO Australia, our why is ‘empowering people, realising possibilities’. One way we bring this to life is by hiring and developing exceptional talent, to deliver on our wide variety of advisory, audit, and accounting services. 

About the team 

We approach sustainability through universally recognised ESG frameworks, helping us to unpack and categorise the wide-ranging risks and metrics. Everything we do at BDO is viewed through a sustainability lens to ensure that we implement and embed sustainability principles as both a global initiative and a business imperative. At the same time, our sustainability experts also support our clients on their sustainability journeys. 

The team’s vision is to bring an informed approach to supporting our client’s response to increasing regulatory and reporting requirements, stakeholder expectations as well as supporting clients to have sustainability principles at their core. 

Current opportunity 

We are looking for an experienced Consultants or Senior Consultants to join our Sustainability team in Brisbane.  This role will see you delivering high quality outputs to help our clients meet their sustainability-related objectives. You will handle non-routine problems and situations, at times working independently with minimal guidance or supervision. 

You will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to propose and deliver solutions for clients across a full suite of strategic sustainability services, including climate-related advisory services, sustainability strategies, ESG risk and materiality assessment, and sustainability reporting services.  

Key Relationships: 

  • Partner – Sustainability 
  • National Sustainability team 
  • Brisbane Advisory staff 
  • Clients 
  • Business Development team 

 What you’ll be doing 

  • Executing sustainability services, which may include climate and sustainability related risk analysis, scenario analysis modelling, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories, strategy development, materiality assessment, and sustainability reporting  
  • Creating and supporting growth opportunities through the active development of market facing material and stakeholder networks, and leveraging existing client relationships 
  • Developing and maintaining tools to conduct qualitative and qualitative analysis 
  • Preparing written reports of a high quality and standard, working to budgets and timelines 
  • Facilitating solution development workshops with various stakeholders 
  • Participating in engagement with Client Boards, Senior Management and staff to ensure objectives are met and risks are mitigated. 

What you’ll need to succeed 

This is a client-facing consulting role utilising your ESG/sustainability expertise gained within a professional services or consulting firm. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to delivering exceptional service outcomes for all clients.  

  • Working knowledge of the regulatory and commercial sustainability landscape and applied experience in delivering solutions for clients in response to ESG challenges would be highly regarded 
  • Climate risk assessment and disclosure experience, including knowledge of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) Framework 
  • Knowledge of national and global sustainability reporting environment that embraces Australian Sustainability Reporting Standard, GHG Protocol, SBTi, UNSDG, SASB, and GRI 
  • An understanding of national climate related policies and the NGER, Safeguard Mechanism, and Emissions Reduction Fund legislation 
  • Demonstrable practical experience in strategic analysis, quantitative analysis or project management, applied in relation to sustainability and climate change desirable 
  • High attention to detail with strong analytical and research skill 
  • The confidence and ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
  • Ability to challenge clients thoughtfully, while developing relationships to support their ESG aspirations. 

What we will offer you 

Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm. Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.    

Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.  

We provide our people with various health and wellbeing, social, financial, and professional development benefits to help realise what’s possible.   

Participate in fitness challenges, join the BDO run club, or take advantage of exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance, gym, and wellness facilities via our BWell program.  

Access financial benefits from travel perks, retail discounts, free breakfast daily, vehicle financing support, employee referral rewards, study, and professional development support.   

Our leave options cater to the unique needs of our people; and include cultural and religious leave, paid leave for fertility and IVF treatments, blood donor leave, enhanced family support, plus options to purchase additional leave. You can also give back and get involved in community initiatives via our BCaring program.    

With a strong focus on learning and growth, we provide extensive technical training, dedicated leadership development programs, professional memberships, subscriptions and more.   

Our culture is underpinned by our core values (ONE, BOLD, HUMAN, STRIVE, and HEART). Find out more about our inclusive culture and hear from our people via our social channels and career pages. 

For further information please contact Max Sheehan, Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner via email - max.sheehan@bdo.com.au

Apply now to join #teamBDO. 

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