Manager - Climate Change and Sustainability - Vancouver, Canada - EY

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Vancouver, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you.

And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY has a well-established Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice to respond to our client's growing need of guidance in three key areas: social and environmental sustainability, climate change and health, safety and environment (HSE).

Our services are varied, but include strategy and implementation, impact measurement, assessment of policies, programs and management systems, assurance over sustainability-related data and greenhouse gas emission verification.

We are looking to expand our team of professionals focused on providing high value, independent, trusted advice to our clients as they transition to a more sustainable economy.

Our clients include many of today's leading global companies, innovative growth companies, government and other Publicly Accountable Enterprises

The opportunity

EY's commitment to the quality and integrity of our services is exemplified by our methodologies and our rigorous quality controls applied to every client engagement.

Together with our substantial investments in technology, knowledge, and learning resources for our professionals, we deliver high quality services for our clients and their stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities
The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. That means you'll need to think on your feet and challenge existing practices to develop answers to complex issues.

As a Manager, your responsibilities are to:

Directly support client engagements and help build our practice as we address to the growing interest in the energy transition and carbon markets. The position will support our growing CCaSS practice on engagements related to climate change and decarbonisation, as well as support other EY service line teams seeking to understand emerging climate-related risks and opportunities stemming from regulatory action or stakeholder pressure,
Identify/communicate trends, developments, and key performance drivers relevant to clients and potential clients. Demonstrate a deep understanding of client industry and marketplace.
Develop people by encouraging individuals to think for themselves and take responsibility for their contributions to the team. Successfully delegate to and manage all levels of staff. Conduct performance reviews serve as a positive role model and mentor, and contribute to performance feedback/training. Foster teamwork and lead by example.
Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery. With guidance from leadership, maintain an educational program to continually develop skills.

Skills and attributes for success

Be a selfstarter who takes ownership for tasks and team performance, and proactively seeks out ways to better address our clients' needs
Be a team player and leader, able to successfully guide the work of others and be committed to achieving common goals
Ability to design and execute a logical phased approach to understand complex or unusual issues client issues, and design, recommend and implement insightful and pragmatic solutions
Ability to take a pragmatic approach to issues that underpin client relationships while demonstrating and living the firm's values
Demonstrate professionalism and poise in working with and presenting to clients or EY executives, and in developing relationships with potential clients
Demonstrate strong writing skills and an ability to translate recommendations and other ideas effectively and concisely in reports, presentation materials, client proposals and other written communication
Be technically comfortable at the interplay of climate change, energy systems and the economy to focus on the energy transition and resilience building, and its associated risks and opportunities for our clients conducting climate risk assessments working with climate data models and processing georeferenced climate hazard indicators evaluating climate adaptation strategies and resilience building opportunities
Share our passion for helping businesses and other clients become more sustainable
Willingness for outoftown travel, either domestically or internationally (may be required approximately 20% of the time)

To qualify for the role, you must have

Advanced degree(s) in Engineering or Environmental Science alongside competence in Energy, Sustainability, Business/Economics or vice versa
8+ years of professional experience climate resilience building ideally in a consulting role with some responsibility for business development/sales.
An indepth and uptodate awareness of the pressure facing corporations to