Carbon Advisory - Senior Manager or Manager - Climate-related risk

BDO UK LLP; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy and business advisory firm is looking for a Senior Manager or Manager in Carbon Advisory. The role focuses on leading clients in carbon measurement, decarbonisation, and navigating net zero transitions. Ideal candidates are adaptable, client-focused, and possess strong strategic communication skills.

Qualifications

• Purpose-driven with a focus on positive societal impact.
• Enjoys working collaboratively in dynamic environments.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and strategic detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex client assignments in carbon measurement and reporting.
• Support clients in decarbonisation and net zero transition.

Skills

Adaptability

Client-focus

Strategic Thinking

Personal Organisation

Communication

Job description

Location:London, United Kingdom; Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; Bristol, United Kingdom; Leeds, United Kingdom; Birmingham, United Kingdom

Ideas | People | Trust

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious,entrepreneurially-spiritedand high‑growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

We’ll help you succeed

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships.

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.

The Senior Manager or Manager Carbon Advisory will join the Sustainability Consulting team within BDO UK’s Consulting Practice. The role involves leading complex client assignments in carbon measurement and reporting, decarbonisation, and net zero transition.

You'll be someone with:

• Be purpose-driven, seeking to deliver positive societal impact through their work
• Enjoy working collaboratively in a fast-paced dynamic environment
• Be comfortable with ambiguity and highly adaptable, seeking solutions to complex challenges sometimes using innovative approaches
• Be client-focussed, helping to deliver high quality work to help our clients succeed
• Have a high level of personal organisation and motivation
• Be able to leverage stakeholder relationships to deliver high quality, superior results
• Be able to both think strategically and have an eye for detail
• Have a talent for explaining complex technical information in non-technical terms.

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy.

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.

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