Job Description – ESG Professionals – Asia Pacific
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a term that covers a range of issues facing the world today. At PwC, it’s an opportunity to have a purposeful career and to positively contribute to one of the most pressing problems of our time by helping to reshape the whole economy and the society in which we live.
Through speed, collaboration, and imaginative thinking we’re helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by building credibility of non-financial and climate reporting, helping clients to transform sustainably, ensuring the transition to Net Zero is fair, and ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge and sharing this story with our clients.
As part of The New Equation, PwC is investing $12bn globally over the next 5 years, creating over 100,000 new jobs with a particular focus on strengthening our ESG capabilities across the firm. We’re working to combine our world-leading Sustainability & Climate Change practice with our market-leading consulting services, bringing the best of our firm together to help our clients. Together, we can build more sustainable businesses for a stronger world. Join us on this journey as we create real, transformative impact.
Responsibilities:
As a Manager / Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.
Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinions from all, including quieter members of the team.
Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
Move easily between big-picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realizes they are required.
Contribute technical knowledge in the area of specialism.
Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients, and stakeholders to build trust.
Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.
Requirements:
Demonstrates intimate knowledge of and/or success in directing efforts in the following areas:
ESG/Sustainability Strategy; Climate Risk Modeling and Management; Sustainable Supply Chain; Social – Human Right Due Diligence; ESG Due Diligence; and/or Sustainability/ESG Reporting
An ability to analyze strategic, operational, risk, and financial implications of sustainability trends and translate these into commercial impact
Demonstrates proven extensive abilities involving leadership, strategic and creative thinking, problem-solving, and individual initiative, to accomplish and/or manage the following results:
Advising clients on ESG-related solutions and products
Participating in business development activities
Contributing to recruiting and developing ESG talent
Building productive and collaborative relationships with team members and proactively providing and seeking guidance, clarification, and feedback
Managing a team to a successful project conclusion through problem-solving global, enterprise-wide strategy issues
Identifying and addressing client needs: building, maintaining, and utilizing networks of client relationships
Communicating effectively in an organized and knowledgeable manner in written and verbal formats
Conducting and managing market research and quantitative and qualitative analyses, including the timely synthesis of complex data into meaningful insights, and the ability to readily grasp analytical frameworks and employ them effectively to either qualitative or quantitative evidence
Life at PwC
Our culture and benefits are something we’re proud of, with PwC, you’ll belong to an inclusive community where differences are both embraced and the underlying driver in everything we create together.
As part of PwC’s global strategy, The New Equation, which responds to fundamental changes in the world, including technological disruption, climate change, fractured geopolitics, and the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, you will have the opportunity to engage with the Centres of Excellence for specialists on key ESG topics, including climate risk and supply chain, as well as attend a global ESG Acarealizeich will enable all PwC partners and, staff to integrate the fundamentals of ESG into their work.
We empower you with the technology, coaching, flexibility, and trust needed to make a meaningful difference while supporting you in bringing your whole self to work each day. We’re committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce because we know it’s only by working together that we can realize the potential of our people, clients, and society around us.
