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A&A - ESG ADVISORY SENIOR MANAGER / MANAGER

Date:  7 Nov 2024
Service Line / Portfolios:  Assurance
Location: 

Singapore, Singapore, SG

Title: DELOITTE ADVISORY ESG ADVISORY SENIOR MANAGER / MANAGER ROLE

What impact will you make?

At Deloitte, we offer a unique and exceptional career experience to inspire and empower talents like you to make an impact that matters for our clients, people and community. Whatever your aspirations, Deloitte offers you a highly inclusive, collaborative workplace and unrivalled opportunities to realize your full potential. We are always looking for people with the relentless energy to push themselves further, and to find new avenues and unique ways to reach our shared goals.

So what are you waiting for? Join the winning team now.

Work you’ll do

Join our dynamic team to lead in our expanding climate & sustainability/ESG advisory business across the region. This role offers the chance for a Senior Manager or Manager based in Singapore to take a pivotal role in steering our ESG initiatives.

 

Responsibilities:

 

Collaborate closely with senior managers, directors, and partners to oversee and deliver high-impact climate & sustainability/ESG advisory engagements for our clients.

 

Play a key role in fostering teamwork and client engagement, ensuring that all stakeholders are aligned and fully engaged throughout the project lifecycle.

 

Take charge of project delivery, managing all facets of the engagement from inception through to completion. This includes setting timelines, defining the scope of work and expected deliverables, and leading the development and execution of work programs.

 

Ensure rigorous project management practices, maintaining control over the assurance testing, review processes, and draft reporting to deliver exceptional outcomes that meet our high standards.

 

Drive sustainability governance, manage ESG reporting, and assess financial impacts of sustainability practices, climate change, carbon footprint, sustainable finance, and sustainability data management and analytics.

 

Champion sustainability communication efforts, ensuring clear, impactful communication both internally and externally.

 

This role is designed for leaders who are passionate about sustainability and are eager to drive meaningful change. Your commitment to excellence, ability to lead teams effectively, and dedication to client success will be crucial in this role.

  • Manage the delivery of the overall Climate & Sustainability/ ESG advisory engagements, including identifying strategic direction of the work and supporting team members in project-related tasks.
  • Juggle multiple client requests when managing different climate & sustainability/ESG advisory engagements.
  • Support the senior manager/director in engagement budgeting and resource management process
  • Be responsible for engagement and client acceptance procedures
  • Develop/maintain strong working relationships with client’s key business decision makers to communicate value and inform them of the firm's scope of services.
  • Take responsibility for supporting the senior manager/director/partner in identifying and pursuing new advisory opportunities.
  • Identify, research, and help to resolve complex climate & sustainability/ESG assurance issues.
  • Identify/communicate trends, developments, and key performance drivers relevant to your clients and potential clients. Demonstrate a deep understanding of client industry and marketplace.
  • Develop people by encouraging junior team members to think for themselves and take responsibility for their contributions to the team. Successfully delegate to and manage all levels of staff. Conduct performance reviews, serve as a positive role model, and mentor and contribute to performance feedback/training. Foster teamwork and lead by example.
  • Actively follows the landscape for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) communications, including ESG standards.
  • Continue to broaden your knowledge and experience within the alternative asset industry and ESG/Sustainability/Diversity space by educating yourself on evolving standards and best practices as well as attending relevant industry events.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be leaders at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose and shared values, challenging themselves everyday to identify issues that are most important to our clients, our people and the communities, and to make an impact that matters. In addition to living our purpose, Senior Associates / Senior Consultants / Assistant Manager across our Firm are expected to:

 

  • Understand objectives for stakeholders, clients and Deloitte whilst aligning own performance to objectives and sets personal priorities.

  • Develop themselves by actively seeking opportunities for growth, shares knowledge and experiences with others, and acts as a strong brand ambassador.

  • Seek opportunities to challenge themselves, collaborate with others to deliver and takes accountability for results.

  • Build relationships and communicates effectively in order to positively influence peers and stakeholders.

  • Work effectively in diverse teams within a highly inclusive team culture where everyone is supported, respected and recognized for their contribution.

 

Required Skills

  • Five to eight years of working experience in advisory engagements, preferably with prior sustainability/ESG-related work experience in a consulting environment.

  • Inquisitive mind with a strong passion for sustainability and ESG issues.
  • Demonstrate strong business skills and an ability to translate recommendations and other ideas effectively and concisely in reports, presentation materials, client proposals and other written communication.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Strong project management techniques including decision-making ability, analytical skills, time management, organization, and evaluative skills.
  • Be a self-starter who takes ownership for tasks and team performance, and proactively seeks out ways to better address our clients’ needs.
  • Be a team player and leader, able to successfully guide the work of others and be committed to achieving
  • Ability to deal with ambiguity.
  • Willingness and demonstrated experience in quickly and effectively climbing learning curves.
  • Ability to identify and resolve issues or escalate as appropriate.
  • Focus on delivering high-quality work whilst maintaining excellent attention to details.
  • Demonstrate professionalism and poise in working with and presenting to clients and in developing
  • relationships with potential clients.

  • IT literacy with sound knowledge and experience of Excel/Word/PowerPoint.

 

Preferred Skills/ Qualifications

  • Strong understanding of industry/ sustainability topics
  • ISSB, (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, SASB, TCFD and the GHG Protocol.
  • Strong understanding of sustainability practices of financial institution
  • Degree or above from a recognized university or institution in a sustainability/ESG-related degree or equivalent work experience.
  • common goals.

 

We regret that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.


Due to volume of applications, we regret only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Candidates will only be contacted by authorized Deloitte Recruiters via firm’s business contact number or business email address.

 

Requisition ID:  75981

In Singapore, the services are provided by Deloitte and other related entities in Singapore("Deloitte in Singapore"), which are affiliates of Deloitte Southeast Asia Ltd. Deloitte Southeast Asia Ltd is a member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. Deloitte in Singapore, which is within the Deloitte Network, is the entity that is providing this Website.

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