Accounting Advisory - ESG Manager

CFGI; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Manager - ESG Advisory

Managers at CFGI work closely with senior management of FTSE 100, mid-cap, and start-up companies. CFGI Managers lead project teams and interact with clients and their Big 4 auditors on all aspects of engagements, including report writing and developing and managing client relationships.

Take ownership of your career at CFGI:

1. Gain exposure to a wide range of industries and/or projects.
2. Make a true business impact with your clients.
3. Own projects from start to finish.
4. Experience client interaction and thrive in a client-facing role.
5. Be consistently challenged and learn through a collegial environment created from top tier experts hired within the firm.
6. Enjoy a flexible working environment - office/remote/client site (engagement specific).
7. Create your own path.
8. Enjoy what you do!

What you might expect:

1. Working directly with a client team on any aspect of their ESG reporting journey. This may include:
2. Identify, implement or enhance their existing systems and processes for gathering accurate and comprehensive ESG data, for example, GHG emission data.
3. Prepare for reporting under various statutory and voluntary ESG frameworks including (TCFD, GRI, CPD, UKCFD, SDR, TPT, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, CSRD, California Rules, SEC Climate Rules, IFRS S1/S2 and many more).
4. Integrating ESG considerations into wider business decision-making and engaging with all levels of the business including C-Suite to do this.
5. Recommending governance and operating structures to enable the effective flow of business relevant information.
6. Performing risk assessments to help identify areas of non-financial focus. This may include single and double materiality assessments as well as stakeholder engagement.
7. Drafting narrative reporting.
8. Interpreting and providing technical guidance.
9. Working with other third-party service providers engaged by a client to ensure they are working to their agreed scope.
10. Supporting a company's response to assurance activities on ESG information.
11. Lead and mentor consultants, acting as a role model and providing creative solutions that enhance the consultant's overall experience.
12. Participate in the firm's recruiting efforts, client relationship building, and business development efforts.
13. Participate in the growth of the ESG practice taking on and owning discrete business development responsibilities such as newsletters, events, target identification and many more.

Who you are:

1. An undergraduate degree.
2. Five to seven years of experience in service provider or industry roles related to regulatory reporting. Examples include financial/annual reporting, risk reporting, ESG reporting, IT/Cybersecurity reporting.
3. Good familiarity with ESG frameworks and experience in how they practically apply to companies.
4. Experience in financial accounting, controls reporting or auditing is preferred but not required.
5. Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills with an ability to assimilate easily into teams.
6. Proactive in identifying client needs and effective in building a strong relationship with clients.
7. Highly organized and focused and demonstrates ability to set overall engagement expectations and direction.
8. Effective analytical and critical thinking abilities.
9. Entrepreneurial nature, self-motivated, ethical, and dependable.
10. High energy with commitment to quality client service, focusing on ensuring positive resolutions to conflicts.