Consultant - Risk Consulting

Marsh; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Marsh is seeking a Climate & Sustainability Risk consultant to join its Risk Consulting team in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. The role is hybrid, requiring at least three days in the office, and supports projects across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

You will help deliver projects on physical and transition risk, decarbonisation and sustainability, translating data into strategic client insights and managing smaller engagements end to end.

Qualifications

• A degree in business, environmental science, management, policy, engineering or another relevant field.
• Three to five years of relevant experience in sustainability, climate change or catastrophe analytics, either in consulting or in-house.
• Experience with disclosure standards and frameworks such as ASRS, IFRS/ISSB, ISO14001, GHG Protocol, SBTi and TCFD.
• The ability to work with data and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of consulting projects, including data analysis and qualitative research.
• Translate analysis into clear strategic implications for clients across their climate and sustainability journey.
• Manage the delivery of smaller engagements end to end.
• Produce high-quality outputs, including reports, numerical insights and presentations.
• Contribute to proposal development.
• Research emerging climate and sustainability trends and understand their implications for clients.
• Provide practical advice to clients on project approaches, methodology and tools to support sustainability programmes and initiatives.

Skills

Data analysis

Communicate findings

GIS / Spatial data

Problem solving

Education

Degree in business/environmental science/engineering

Tools

ASRS

IFRS/ISSB

ISO14001

GHG Protocol

SBTi

TCFD

Job description

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Climate & Sustainability Risk consulting team at Marsh Risk Consulting. This role will be based in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

This role sits within Marsh’s growing Climate & Sustainability practice in the Asia Pacific region and supports client work across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. You will help deliver impactful consulting projects across physical risk and resilience, transition risk and decarbonisation, and sustainability.

We will count on you to:

• Support the delivery of consulting projects, including data analysis and qualitative research
• Translate analysis into clear strategic implications for clients across their climate and sustainability journey
• Manage the delivery of smaller engagements end to end
• Produce high-quality outputs, including reports, numerical insights and presentations
• Contribute to proposal development
• Research emerging climate and sustainability trends and understand their implications for clients
• Provide practical advice to clients on project approaches, methodology and tools to support sustainability programmes and initiatives

What you need to have:

• A degree in business, environmental science, management, policy, engineering or another relevant field
• Three to five years of relevant experience in sustainability, climate change or catastrophe analytics, either in consulting or in-house
• Experience with relevant disclosure standards and frameworks such as ASRS, IFRS/ISSB, ISO14001, GHG Protocol, SBTi and TCFD
• The ability to work with data and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

What makes you stand out:

• Comfort working with large data sets, particularly spatial data and GIS tools
• Experience in natural catastrophe modelling and the insurance industry
• Experience in sustainability-linked finance, climate risk or ASRS/IFRS reporting

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being

About Marsh:

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Applications will only be considered from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a Criminal & Bankruptcy check prior to commencing of employment.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.