Environmental, Social & Governance Reporting & Compliance Principal

Federal Express Corporation; Memphis (TN); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Campus access Memphis

Job summary

FedEx Corporation in Memphis seeks an ESG Reporting and Compliance Principal to shape and drive the ESG roadmap. You will centralize disclosures, align governance and controls with SEC/CSRD requirements, and coordinate with global teams to ensure compliance and consistency across external reporting.

You will lead data architecture, automation, and advanced analytics to improve efficiency and auditability of ESG disclosures while partnering with finance, technology, and sustainability teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, sustainability or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years experience in ESG disclosures, sustainability, financial reporting, or auditing.
• Demonstrated leadership, analytical, written and program management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Be the ESG reporting SME across global regulations (SEC, CSRD) and trends.
• Draft ESG disclosures ensuring consistency across regulatory requirements.
• Lead benchmarking to identify best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare ESG reporting materials for management and board.
• Establish governance and control framework for ESG reporting.
• Maintain ESG internal control program components and data governance.
• Coordinate with internal/external auditors on ESG reporting and remediation actions.
• Monitor regulatory changes and implement required policy updates.
• Partner with tech, finance, sustainability and business teams to design data architecture and governance.
• Lead automation and transformation of ESG reporting using cloud tech and data engineering.
• Develop data models, automated validations and auditable ESG datasets.
• Collaborate with AI/ML and analytics to enhance ESG reporting.

Skills

7+ years experience

Strong analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Program management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's in business/finance/sustainability

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Azure

Databricks

Snowflake

Power BI

Tableau

Python

Job description

Reporting to the Manager of ESG Reporting and Compliance, the ESG Reporting and Compliance Principal will be a strategic and critical thinker with strong instincts and an endless appetite for information, the ESG Reporting and Compliance Principal shapes and coordinates our ESG roadmap and drives its successful execution through cross-functional partnership. With a keen eye for detail and strong business acumen, this role will be responsible for centralizing ESG disclosures to support all external reporting. This individual will build strong relationships with global and cross-functional teams to ensure that FedEx’s governance, strategies, policies, processes, controls and disclosures meet emerging compliance requirements, align with voluntary and regulatory reporting standards, and are consistent across all external requirements. This person will act as an enterprise expert to the FedEx approach to compliance and communicate necessary business change across its global audience.

Essential Functions

• Serves as a subject matter expert on global ESG reporting matters and ensures that reporting is aligned to the requirements of various regulations (including SEC, CSRD) and monitoring associated trends
• Orchestrates and drafts ESG disclosures across multiple regulatory requirements to ensure consistency
• Leads benchmarking to identify ESG reporting best practices and improvement opportunities
• Prepares ESG reporting-related presentations and other documents for management, board of directors, etc.
• Establishes a governance and control framework that complies with relevant ESG reporting standard and regulations, in order to ensure reporting integrity and assurance and comply with external assurance expectations
• Implements and maintains an ESG internal control program’s components, including understanding and mapping of processes, input assessment, data capture, identifying risks and controls, evaluating the processes for control readiness, executing the required changes, and communicating controls framework requirements and control best-practices to data stewards
• Coordinates with internal and external auditors in their review, oversight, and assurance of ESG reporting, including implementation of remediation actions
• Monitors changes to relevant ESG reporting regulations, standards, and disclosure requirements through regulatory monitoring governance structure, communicate information to relevant stakeholders, and implement required changes to accounting/reporting policies, practices, and processes
• Partner with technology, finance, sustainability, and business stakeholders to design, implement, and continuously improve ESG data architecture, reporting processes, data pipelines, and governance frameworks that support regulatory reporting and external assurance requirements.
• Lead the transformation and automation of ESG reporting processes through scalable data engineering solutions, advanced analytics, and modern cloud technologies to improve reporting efficiency, data quality, and traceability.
• Develop and maintain enterprise data models, automated validation routines, and reporting solutions that support accurate, consistent, and auditable ESG disclosures across a complex global organization.
• Collaborate with digital and engineering teams to identify opportunities to leverage automation, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and emerging technologies to enhance ESG reporting and compliance processes.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree/equivalent in business, accounting, finance, sustainability or a similar discipline. Advanced degree preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Seven (7) years professional experience in SOX compliance, sustainability and ESG disclosures, financial reporting, or auditing and assurance or related area.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Demonstrated leadership and critical thinking abilities.
• Strong analytical, written, communication and program management skills.
• Strong human relations, organizational/time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to navigate uncertainty, work in a fast-paced environment and complete deliverables within established deadlines.
• Strong understanding of data engineering principles, including data architecture, data modeling, ETL/ELT development, cloud-based data platforms, data governance, and data quality management.
• Demonstrated experience translating complex business, sustainability, and regulatory requirements into scalable technical solutions and reporting capabilities.
• Experience developing and maintaining automated reporting processes, data quality controls, reconciliations, and audit-ready datasets.
• Ability to partner effectively across business, sustainability, finance, technology, and engineering teams to deliver enterprise reporting and compliance objectives.

Preferred

• Command of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) along with financial & ESG compliance requirements (SEC, CA, CSRD, ISSB).
• Familiarity with mandatory and voluntary reporting regulations and standards, (ESRS/IFRS, GRI, SASB), frameworks (COSO, TCFD) and third-party ratings (ISS, S&P, Sustainalytics, MSCI).
• Financial or sustainability certifications (CPA, CFA, CSP, GRI, SASB)
• Experience designing and implementing business intelligence, and analytics solutions.
• Experience working with cloud based data and analytics platforms such as Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar technologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or related technical discipline preferred.
• Experience supporting digital transformation, reporting automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and enterprise data modernization initiatives.
• Experience developing automated data pipelines, reporting solutions, dashboards, and analytics capabilities that support regulatory reporting and business decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the following preferred: SQL, PowerBI, SAS, Tableau, Python, Power Apps, Power Automate, Databricks, Azure

Pay Transparency:

Pay: $7,083.86 - $14,166.44 USD Monthly

Additional Details:

This is a hybrid position located in Memphis, TN. Candidates must live within 50 miles of the campus location. Employees will be required to work at the FedEx campus location several times per week. This position is not eligible for relocation.

FedEx. Where now meets next.

Our vision is to be the earth’s most engaged advocates of connected commerce where open borders, new markets and fair, sustainable practices are the norm for the billions of personal supply chains being managed every day in our always on, mobile-first world. We stand for ease, access and opportunity. We lead purposeful innovation, champion entrepreneurs, advocate free trade and empower humans and their place in the era of autonomy and AI. We fight for our customers, a more sustainable planet and an ethical playing field.

FedEx inspires its more than 530,000 employees to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. FedEx is committed to connecting people and possibilities around the world responsibly and resourcefully, with a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040.

FedEx has been recognized on many different lists both for business success and for being a great employer:

• FORTUNE Magazine: No. 18 among “World’s Most Admired Companies” (2023)
• Newsweek Magazine: One of “America’s Most Responsible Companies” (2023)
• Forbes Magazine: One of “Americas Best Large Employers” (2023)
• Newsweek Magazine: One of "America’s Greatest Work Places for Diversity" (2023)
• FORTUNE Magazine: One of the “Blue Ribbon Companies” that appears on 4+ Fortune Annual Award Rankings (2023)
• FreightWaves: #1 Among the “Top 500 For-Hire Carriers” (2023)
• FreightWaves: Freight-Tech 25 Award, honoring innovation and disruption within the freight industry (2023)

FedEx Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.

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