Job Description
ESG Reporting Manager - ESG Manager - ESG Consultant - Sustainability Consultant - Sustainability Specialist but this is a Reporting job.
Overview
Our client are looking to recruit a fixed term Reporting Manager (circa 6-8 months) to support the existing reporting team in the delivery of their ESG reporting. This role will manage the delivery of their current ESG reporting suite under the guidance of the Hof ESG Reporting/ESG Reporting Manager and support the team in the preparations for upcoming mandatory reporting requirements, in particular the upcoming implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements for the 2025/26 financial year.
Responsibilities and key skills
* Working with the lead ESG reporting manager to deliver the 2024/25 ESG reporting suite across the Responsible Business report and data appendix, annual report, summary reports, and responsible business pages of our clients website.
* Project manage the data collection process for responsible business key performance indicators (KPIs), including the data review and audit process (see points below). Please note that the reporting manager will be supported by the current ESG reporting manager and an external consultancy who advise on our KPIs and carry out a validation of data submitted by retail banners and Business Units.
* Manage the audit and assurance of responsible business data, including owning the relationship with external audit providers and internal audit team (where applicable).
* Work with internal teams/consultants to improve quality of responsible business data
* coordinating the responsible business reporting team which includes internal and external specialists, eg copywriter, design agency, web agency, and internal/external communications to successfully deliver the corporate responsible business reporting to a high standard, to time and budget
* Where necessary, supporting the wider Reporting team on preparation for upcoming requirements, eg CSRD.
Key skills:
* Technical expertise and experience in sustainability reporting
* Understand of best practice reporting standards (eg GRI, SASB), frameworks and regulations
* A good understanding including of key ESG issues inc. climate change and carbon emissions, human rights and modern slavery issues, diversity and inclusion, circularity, etc.
* Strong project management and organisation skills, with experience managing multiple projects and stakeholders at the same time
* Skilled in analysing, synthesizing and presenting technical information in a simple, business-focused format.
* Experience of report design and content creation, including briefing agencies and providing constructive feedback on design and copy
* Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a degree of ambiguity.
* Able to build effective and strong working relationships at all levels of the business.
* Ability to manage and coordinate changing priorities, capable of multi-tasking.
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