Strategic ESG Reporting & Compliance Lead

FedEx Corporation; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

FedEx Corporation is seeking an ESG Reporting and Compliance Principal in Memphis, TN, to shape the ESG roadmap, centralize disclosures, and ensure governance, controls, and policies meet evolving compliance requirements. The role partners with global teams to align reporting with SEC, CSRD, and other standards.

This position leads data architecture design, automation of ESG reporting, and cross-functional collaboration with technology, finance, sustainability, and business units to deliver

Qualifications

• Seven (7) years professional experience in SOX compliance, sustainability and ESG disclosures, financial reporting, or auditing and assurance or related area.
• Bachelor's Degree/equivalent in business, accounting, finance, sustainability or a similar discipline. Advanced degree preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership and critical thinking abilities.
• Strong analytical, written, communication and program management skills.

Responsibilities

• 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 standards 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.

Job description

FedEx Corporation is seeking an ESG Reporting and Compliance Principal in Memphis, TN, to shape the ESG roadmap, centralize disclosures, and ensure governance, controls, and policies meet evolving compliance requirements. The role partners with global teams to align reporting with SEC, CSRD, and other standards.

This position leads data architecture design, automation of ESG reporting, and cross-functional collaboration with technology, finance, sustainability, and business units to deliver