Accounting Advisory - ESG Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

12/23/2024

Manager - ESG Advisory

Managers at CFGI work closely with senior management of FTSE 100, mid-cap, and start-up companies. CFGI Managers lead project teams and interact with clients and their Big 4 auditors on all aspects of engagements, including report writing and developing and managing client relationships.

Take ownership of your career at CFGI:

• Gain exposure to a wide range of industries and/or projects.
• Make a true business impact with your clients.
• Own projects from start to finish.
• Experience client interaction and thrive in a client-facing role.
• Be consistently challenged and learn through a collegial environment created from top tier experts hired within the firm.
• Enjoy a flexibility working environment - office/remote/client site (engagement specific).
• Create your own path.
• Enjoy what you do!
  
  

What you might expect:

• Working directly with a client team on any aspect of their ESG reporting journey. This may include:
• Identify, implement or enhance their existing systems and process for gathering accurate and comprehensive ESG data for example GHG emission data.
• Prepare for reporting under various statutory and voluntary ESG frameworks including (TCFD, GRI, CPD, UKCFD, SDR, TPT, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, CSRD, California Rules, SEC Climate Rules, IFRS S1/S2 and many more).
• Integrating ESG considerations into wider business decision making and engaging with all levels of the business including C-Suite to do this.
• Recommending governance and operating structures to enable the effective flow of business relevant information.
• Performing risk assessments to help identify areas of non-financial focus. This may include single and double materiality assessments as well as stakeholder engagement.
• Drafting narrative reporting.
• Interpreting and providing technical guidance.
• Working with other third-party service providers engaged by a client to ensure they are working to their agreed scope.
• Supporting a company’s response to assurance activities on ESG information.
• Lead and mentor consultants, acting as a role model and providing creative solutions that enhance the consultant’s overall experience.
• Participate in the firm’s recruiting efforts, client relationship building, and business development efforts.
• Participate in the growth of the ESG practice taking on and owning discrete business development responsibilities such as newsletters, events, target identification and many more.
  
  

Who you are:

• An undergraduate degree
• Five to seven years of experience in service provider or industry roles related to regulatory reporting. Examples include financial/annual reporting, risk reporting, ESG reporting, IT/Cybersecurity reporting.
• Good familiarity with ESG frameworks and experience in how they practically apply to companies.
• Experience in financial accounting, controls reporting or auditing is preferred but not required.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with an ability to assimilate easily into teams.
• Proactive in identifying client needs and effective in building a strong relationship with clients.
• Highly organized and focused and demonstrates ability to set overall engagement expectations and direction.
• Effective analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Entrepreneurial nature, self-motivated, ethical, and dependable.
• High energy with commitment to quality client service, focusing on ensuring positive resolutions to conflicts.