Manager - Assurance - Sustainability

PricewaterhouseCoopers; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Annual wellbeing allowance

Flexible working

Group-rate health insurance

Job summary

PwC NZ is seeking a Sustainability Manager based in Auckland to lead sustainability reporting and assurance engagements. You will manage day‑to‑day client relationships, coach teams, and deliver work to PwC's quality standards.

You will apply your knowledge of GHG Protocol, climate standards, and ESG reporting frameworks to help clients meet regulatory and stakeholder expectations while guiding resourcing, timelines, and budgets.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in professional services, audit or consulting with sustainability focus.
• Experience leading engagements or workstreams and coaching teams.
• Strong knowledge of GHG Protocol; familiarity with PCAF advantageous.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead sustainability assurance engagements from scoping to reporting.
• Act as day-to-day client contact and build trusted relationships.
• Coach engagement teams and review deliverables for quality and accuracy.
• Support clients on frameworks like NZ Climate Standards, GHG Protocol, and PCAF.
• Manage engagement quality, risk, timelines, resourcing and budgets.

Skills

Leadership of engagements

Project management

GHG Protocol knowledge

Client relationship skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or sustainability

Job description

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our purpose is clear: to build trust in society and solve important problems.

This is a place to keep growing. You’ll learn from the best, take on meaningful challenges, and make a lasting impact for our clients, our communities, and Aotearoa.

Ngā kōrero mō tēnei tūranga / About the role

Based in our Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland office, you’ll be part of PwC New Zealand’s ESG Reporting & Assurance team, working alongside colleagues across Assurance and PwC’s wider network.

In this team, you’ll support clients as they respond to the evolving sustainability reporting landscape and strengthen the credibility and resilience of sustainability-critical reporting.

As a Sustainability Manager, you’ll lead the planning and delivery of sustainability reporting and assurance engagements, manage day-to-day client relationships, coach team members, and help ensure work is delivered to PwC’s quality standards.

Your day-to-day could include:

• Leading sustainability assurance engagements, including scoping, planning, execution, review and reporting.
• Acting as a key day-to-day contact for clients, building trusted relationships and supporting engagement leaders.
• Coaching and guiding engagement teams, including reviewing working papers and deliverables.
• Supporting clients and teams with sustainability reporting frameworks and requirements, including Aotearoa New Zealand Climate Standards, Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards, GHG Protocol and PCAF.
• Managing engagement quality, risk, timelines, resourcing and budgets to support successful outcomes.

Ngā pūkenga ka kawea mai e koe, ka whakawhanakehia rānei i tēnei tūranga/ Skills you will bring or develop in this role

• A relevant Bachelor’s qualification in accounting, sustainability, or a closely related discipline.
• 5+ years’ experience in professional services, audit and/or consulting, with strong exposure to sustainability reporting, GHG emissions measurement, ESG reporting and/or assurance.
• Experience leading engagements or workstreams, including coaching others and reviewing deliverables.
• Strong working knowledge of GHG Protocol, with PCAF and financed emissions knowledge an advantage.
• Confidence working through complex and evolving technical matters, using sound judgement to develop pragmatic and defensible solutions.
• Strong project management capability across scope, timelines, resourcing and quality.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging with client stakeholders.
• Desirable experience includes sustainability assurance standards such as ISAE (NZ) 3000, ISAE (NZ) 3410 and/or ISSA (NZ) 5000, and experience supporting climate reporting requirements or assurance over climate metrics and disclosures.

If you don’t meet every requirement, we still want to hear from you - your skills and potential may be a great fit.

Ngā āhuatanga hirahira o te mahi ki PwC / Highlights of working at PwC NZ

• Rewards - Discretionary bonus opportunities; generous referral bonuses; retail discounts & deals
• Growth - Global network; leadership development; A.I. tools and training; formal learning pathways
• Wellbeing - $250 annual wellbeing allowance; Life & income protection; Sonder/EAP/Headspace; 15 days’ paid sick leave; group-rate health insurance (eligibility applies)
• Reputation - PwC is known for shaping tomorrow. Join us and you’ll accelerate your career while helping clients and communities solve their most important problems.
• Flexibility - Flexible working; supportive coaching culture
• Time off - Two paid recognition days off provided each year during our annual summer shutdown period; purchase up to two extra weeks’ annual leave
• Whānau & community - Paid parental leave for all parents with flexible options and financial planning support; inclusive networks; paid volunteering leave

Mō te aha natura? / What are you waiting for?

Grow here. Go further.

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Yes

Job Posting End Date

October 31, 2026