ESG Reporting Manager

Kingfisher; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement retailer in Greater London is seeking someone to lead their ESG reporting efforts. In this position, you will manage the annual reporting commitments, ensure accurate KPI data collection, and serve as the subject matter expert in ESG reporting. Candidates should have strong corporate responsibility experience, project management skills, and the ability to engage with senior stakeholders. The company offers a competitive benefits package and a flexible working environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working hours

Inclusive environment

Qualifications

• Strong track record in corporate responsibility.
• Proven expertise with ESG frameworks and regulations.
• Experience managing deliverables in a global team.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of annual ESG reporting commitments.
• Manage data collection for responsible business KPIs.
• Serve as ESG reporting subject matter expert for the company.

Skills

Corporate responsibility experience

ESG reporting frameworks

Project management skills

Cross-functional team management

Stakeholder engagement

Strong written communication

Presentation skills

Job description

Overview

We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher – and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas – to life. That's right, we're big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that's where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

This role will lead the development and delivery of Kingfisher's ESG reporting requirements and play an integral role within the ESG Reporting team to evolve reporting processes to be future fit and agile in response to a changing regulatory environment. Together with the ESG Reporting team and wider Responsible Business team you will play a part in ensuring that our ESG disclosure approach is pragmatic, meets regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations, is aligned to material ESG topics, and supports our 2030 Responsible Business strategy and our Purpose "Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone."

What's the job?

• Lead the delivery of Kingfisher's annual ESG reporting commitments including the Responsible Business report and data appendix, annual report, banner summary reports, and responsible business pages of Kingfisher.com.
• Manage the data collection process for responsible business key performance indicators (KPIs) across the group, including the data review and validation to ensure accurate disclosure.
• Manage the audit and external assurance of responsible business data, including owning the relationship with external audit providers and internal audit team (where applicable).
• Managing the responsible business reporting delivery team which includes internal and external specialists to successfully deliver the corporate responsible business reporting to a high standard, to time and budget.
• Serve as the ESG reporting subject matter expert for the KF Group, closely monitoring regulatory requirements and translating these back to the business in a clear and accessible way. Have strong technical competencies and understanding of ESG reporting frameworks and directives (i.e. SASB, TCFD, SECR, CSRD, ISSB).
• Work with the Annual Report and Accounts team to ensure responsible business content required by regulation and internal/ external stakeholders is integrated into the annual reporting cycles.

What you'll bring

• Strong track record of corporate responsibility experience
• Proven expertise in ESG reporting frameworks, regulations and requirements
• Proven project and programme management skills
• Experience managing cross-functional teams and deliverables
• Strong collaboration and facilitation skills, thriving in a matrix global organisation where partnership is critical to drive new thinking and practice
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, especially at senior levels and strong written communication skills
• Strong presentation skills; comfortable representing the team with senior stakeholders and externally

Be Customer Focussed - constantly improving our customers experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human - acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing
• I am respectful

Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile - working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive - acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable - championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.