Senior Account Director - Sustainability Reporting – Salary £55,000

Neko London; London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainability consultancy agency seeks a Senior Account Director to enhance their sustainability reporting services. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing client relationships, advising on reporting strategies, and a passion for sustainability. This role involves working closely with various global brands and offers opportunities for remote work.

Benefits

Opportunity to work remotely

Mentorship and leadership development

Engaging and impactful projects

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in sustainability reporting and stakeholder communications.
• Knowledge of frameworks like GRI, IFRS, ESRS, TCFD/SASB.
• Passion for sustainability and its latest developments.

Responsibilities

• Lead client relationships and sustainability reporting projects.
• Advise clients on sustainability goals and reporting strategies.
• Manage and mentor account team members involved in report production.

Skills

Client Relationship Management

Project Oversight

Consultation Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Experience in Sustainability Reporting

Knowledge of International Reporting Frameworks

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Senior Account Director - Sustainability Reporting – Salary £55,000, London

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Client:

Neko London

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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6

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

We are working with an award winning organisation that combines sustainability consultancy and a creative communications agency offering. They provide a range of services around strategy for sustainability, reporting on it, through to communications, PR and content for a diverse client roster. The agency is well established and has built a reputation based around its deep knowledge and experience in corporate Sustainability Programmes. It's known for its consultative approach, well-crafted creative output and the emphasis it places on truly understanding the brands that they work with and communicating their goals with regards to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. This allows them to produce exceptional reports and communications work that is executed to the highest standard and has meant that they have retained clients as well as winning new ones year on year.

The agency in question are looking for a talented Sustainability Reporting Consultant at a Senior Account Director level to work with global clients including some of the world’s leading brands and well know organisations. You’ll work with clients to understand and sometimes advise on their sustainability goals, programme materiality and the metrics and frameworks around these and produce high calibre reporting . You’ll need to be experienced at working on large scale reports and with frameworks like GRI, IFRS S1 and S2, ESRS (CSRD) and TCFD/SASB, and any experience of integrated reporting would be an added bonus .

The role requires someone with extremely strong project oversight skills as you work with multiple stakeholders at blue chip clients as well as internal analysts, copy & creative teams on the content of the report, required disclosures alongside the narrative and creative look and feel of the reporting. You’ll need to have very strong consultation / advisory skills and be a brilliant client leader who enjoys networking, and selling ideas and services into clients.

Clients will be at different points in their sustainability journey, so you will need to adapt to differing requirements – this may mean greater involvement in sustainability consultancy and also advising on reporting strategy over multiple years, setting out a roadmap towards particular goals and frameworks.

The role will involve managing and mentoring Account Directors on the team as well as leading project teams of analysts, researchers, copywriters, and designers - writing briefs for them and reviewing all work. You’ll be supported by an Account/ Project Support team as you work with internal teams to produce outstanding sustainability reports and some other engaging, informative and impactful Sustainability communications around this.

The successful candidate will need to have had demonstrable experience in consulting or leading the development of sustainability reporting and potentially other stakeholder comms around this. You will need to have a real passion for sustainability reporting along with a knowledge of latest developments to international legislation frameworks . You'll enjoy consulting with clients about their strategy and working with them to create outstanding reports and to communicate with their internal and external stakeholders and target audiences.

This role will require candidates who:

Are strong extremely strong client relationship builders and who work closely and in partnership with internal teams

Experienced in leading global clients to deliver an extremely high standard of reporting work and related communications

A deep knowledge and passion for sustainability is a must

Knowledgeable about international reporting frameworks and standards, such as GRI, IFRS S1 and S2, ESRS (CSRD) preferred or TCFD/SASB

Are familiar with sustainability materiality assessments and stakeholder engagement processes

Are extremely organised, innovative and have excellent communication skills

Enjoy management, mentoring and being a leader

This role would suit a Consultant / Account Director who is naturally creative and innovative, and who has extremely high standards whilst paying very close attention to detail . The role involves leading with clients and internal teams so needs someone who takes initiative and is extremely cool under pressure. The Senior Account Director will also need to be confident presenting and excited about working with a variety of clients, projects and a talented and growing agency team.

This role offers an opportunity to make a huge difference for the agency, clients and create work with meaning for some important global clients. It’s working with a highly talented team and offers the opportunity to work remotely for part or all of the working week. Please apply now or email [emailprotected] for more information.