Net Zero & Sustainable Futures Analytical Manager

Job Description

Our purpose focuses on how we contribute to society, and how our business decisions can contribute to greater trust and solving important problems. In order to achieve our purpose and deliver a first-class service to our clients, we need first-class supportinternally. The people who power us - our internal teams - have a vital role to make sure we have all the right resources, services and technology to be the best we can be. Not all of us work directly with external clients. Action on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is a central tenet of our strategy - The New Equation - and key to delivering on our purpose. PwCs UK Corporate Sustainability team have spent the last decade building a reputation as pioneers in developing impactful sustainability programmes alongside leading measurement and reporting on the firms ESG performance. As a result weve achieved a rangeof stretching targets, been awarded a platinum sustainability rating by Ecovadis for the third successive year, and were also the first business to achieve the Advancing tier of the Carbon Trusts Route to Net Zero Standard, which recognises our progress onthe journey to Net Zero. As a firm were continually finding ways to address our environmental impacts, drive efficiencies, eliminate our carbon footprint, and support nature and biodiversity wherever possible. So part of our new sustainability strategy is to drive a Net Zero and asustainable future for ourselves, our clients and wider society. We are looking to recruit an analytical, creative, and experienced sustainability professional to join our well established Corporate Sustainability team to support our Net Zero and Environment lead define, deliver and report on market leading Net Zero andsustainable future programmes. Its an exciting role, focused on driving change within the firm, complementing, but distinct from our Sustainability Reporting. As part of the team, you will report directly into the Corporate Sustainability Net Zero Lead butalso work under your own autonomy, be accountable for delivery of your projects, and have opportunities to engage with a range of internal and external stakeholders and collaborate with the extended sustainability team. Examples of upcoming projects in which you would be involved include analytical reviews of the firms total carbon footprint for compliance with best practice, identifying market leading and emerging initiatives to reduce our total carbon footprint by 90% inline with the requirements of a credible long term Net Zero reduction; implementing these recommendations; and working alongside our Infrastructure and Property team to push our renewable energy strategy. The ideal candidate will have:

• A good understanding of sustainability and ESG, ideally with knowledge of ESG measurement and reporting, and of carbon accounting in particular.
• A strategic and analytical mindset, who can helicopter up, look at things holistically and join the dots, while maintaining high quality standards in the details.
• Excellent communications skills - particularly written - to draft content for internal reports and external disclosures, and to articulate positioning papers for stakeholders.
• The ability to distil qualitative and quantitative information on leading practices, new approaches, and competitor performance.
• A practical, hands on approach, with the confidence to put forward their own ideas at appropriate times (challenge and build mindset).
• A natural collaborator, with the confidence to seek out and engage relevant internal stakeholders to gather and validate information, and to liaise with colleagues across the PwC Network as needed.
• Some understanding of broader corporate reporting principles, and the linkages with various sustainability / ESG reporting frameworks would be a distinct advantage, as would some experience of external assurance.
• Experience of analytical and visualisation tools such as Tableau, PowerBi and/or Alteryx would be desirable