Digital Assurance and Transparency - Environmental Social and Governance - Senior Associate

Line of Service

Assurance

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Assurance

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

Our Digital Assurance and Transparency practice (DAT) is at the forefront of innovation, supporting both delivery of quality, tech-enabled solutions focused on trust and transparency and value-add growth in business and social issues that are top of mind with our clients. You’ll work closely with clients, your Digital Assurance and Transparency team, and our external audit teams to understand the systems and technologies our clients use and how they can mitigate risk. As a Digital Assurance and Transparency professional, you’ll be part of an organization with a focus on quality, value, innovation, emerging technologies (e.g. cloud, digital assets), and growth and gain experience across several of our specialized areas of focus throughout your career.

A career within the Environmental Social and Governance team in our Digital Assurance and Transparency practice enables you to have the opportunity to work with a diverse team of professionals that have a blend of sustainability, finance, accounting, and industry expertise who are focused on providing audit and consulting services to our clients to help them build trust with their stakeholders. The practice specializes in providing audit and consulting services in significant areas such as climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, human capital, Environmental Social and Governance reporting frameworks, and sustainable finance.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Description

● We are looking for an extremely self-motivated individual
who will relish the opportunity to join a growing part of the
PwC business, using their skills in developing key internal
relationships.
● You will play an integral role in PwC’s ESG services
provided to clients.
● Understand the process workflow related to work requests
from initiation through completion, understand how
workflow is managed within the firm's workflow
management tool, understand optimal and required manner
in which to document results of work performed
● Participate in a wide range of projects and collaborate across
multiple work streams or teams ; consistently demonstrating
creative thinking, individual initiative and timely completion
of assigned work
● Consistently demonstrate teamwork dynamics by working
as a team member: understand personal and team roles;
contribute to a positive working environment by building
solid relationships with team members; and proactively
seek guidance, clarification and feedback.
● Serve as participant on communications with numerous
engagement teams
● The individual should have the ability to work effectively
under pressure without compromising professional standards

or quality of the work being performed.
● As part of the ESG team members will assist territory
engagement teams with multiple ESG specific related
activities as given below.
● Desktop research including both qualitative and quantitative
aspect of various ESG / sustainability matrices (GHG, D&I
etc.) for companies in diversified sectors and comparing with
multiple framework and rating requirement to support the
landscape assessment
● Supporting the assurance process for non-financial data
including substantive testing / analytical Procedures / test of
details for various ESG / Sustainability matrices (GHG, D&I,
Waste, Water, Biodiversity etc)
● GHG Inventory Workbook and IMP preparation as per GHG
protocol
● Documentation of current ESG process, creation of
guidelines, checklists, policies, procedures, and other related
program content, to align with best practice and frameworks
as part of ESG readiness program
● Perform work and provide related deliverables in accordance
with SDC User Guide instructions as applied to engagement
team work request submissions
● Maintain working knowledge of SDC User Guides
● Monitor time and manage deadlines
● Adhere to PwC SDC policies and procedures
● Participate in training, coaching and other developmental
opportunities

Knowledge Required:
● Detailed knowledge of Global sustainability frameworks /
standard such as CSRD, ESRS, SASB, TCFD, CDP, GRI, GHG
protocol and ESG ratings (MSCI, Sustainalytics) etc
● Basic understanding of audit concepts, business processes and
regulations specific to non-financial data

● Basic understanding of concept of carbon neutrality and Net Zero,
environmental due diligence
● Experience with the Microsoft Office suite of products (i.e. Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.). including basic understanding of
data visualization and analytics. Strong excel skill including an
understanding of the v-lookup, text, reference, Match, Index and
logical and information functionality in excel.
● Team Player, committed to provide high quality and adhering to
engagement deadlines
● Strong organizational and interpersonal skills;
● A highly motivated team player with excellent oral and written
communication skills;
● Willing to take up additional responsibilities;
● Demonstrates high attention to detail and ability to handle large
amounts of technical information

Minimum Qualifications:
● Bachelors or Masters Degree in Accounting and Statistics/
Sustainability Management and related fields / Management
Information Systems/Engineering
● Minimum 4 years’ experience

Certification(s) preferred:
● SASB FSA Level 1 /Level 2
● Chartered Accountant
● ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas Validation and Verification
● GRI/TCFD Certification
● ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Climate Change, Climate Change Risk Management, Communication, Compliance Auditing, Creativity, Data Analysis and Interpretation, Data Ingestion, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Data Transformation, Data Visualization, Double Materiality Assessment, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Environmental Geoscience, Environmental Regulation, GHG Reporting, Green Taxonomy, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 8 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date