Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Managed Services

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Sustainability and Climate Change will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

Sustainability and climate change are at the top of the agenda for many organisations, but many are at different stages in understanding how they should respond. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients balance competing economic, social and environmental goals. Our advice goes right to the heart of policy and strategy, addressing everything from the international development policies of major donors to changing regulations and consumer preferences, to the security of supply chains, climate risk and the challenges of urbanisation.

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.

About PwC SATIC

PwC has recently launched the South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC). SATIC is designed to innovate, build and deploy for our global clients across a range of technology and transformational solutions.

We are looking for a number of candidates who can support our global clients transform their approach to sustainability reporting. We'll need people who understand how technology can be used to support this reporting, but also candidates with backgrounds in sustainability and delivering change for clients to tackle the biggest challenges in society.

The Sustainability delivery centre will work closely with the PwC UK Sustainability practice, where you will play an integral part in engagements, working as part of an extension of the UK team. It presents an exciting opportunity to shape a meaningful career, contributing positively to some of the most pressing global challenges.

If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you.

Role Summary:

Joining PwC's Sustainability team in SATIC presents an exciting opportunity to shape a meaningful career, contributing positively to some of the most pressing global challenges.
Through speed, collaboration, and imaginative thinking we’re helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by:

enhancing credibility of non-financial sustainability and climate reporting,

driving sustainability transformation programmes to ensure the transition to Net Zero is fair.

We are also ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge ahead. As part of The New Equation, PwC is committing $12bn globally over the next 5 years, creating over 100,000 new jobs, with a specific emphasis on strengthening our Sustainability capabilities.

This role primarily focuses on Sustainability Reporting, providing an opportunity to work virtually with the PwC UK practice, to deliver a broad spectrum of sustainability reporting services to UK-based clients as well as clients around the world.

The next 24 months will be a critical phase for Sustainability reporting, given the numerous new and emerging Sustainability regulations expected to be applicable from 2024 onwards. As our Sustainability Reporting team expands, we are actively seeking talented professionals with a background in Sustainability Reporting or non-financial control frameworks, to play a leading role in delivering complex engagements to senior client stakeholders.
We want to help our clients to tackle their Sustainability reporting challenges and to create value not only for today, but for the future.

Qualifications / Certifications required:

We will consider a range of university degrees and professional qualifications in a relevant subject matter area. However, on top of this, candidates will be expected to demonstrate experience in client delivery across one or a number of sustainability reporting requirements.

Experience required:

Experience aligned with the outlined activities

Knowledge of asset managers, banks and insurers from working within the business or providing professional services consulting support to firms in the financial services sector.

Experience of having worked on implementations of new financial services regulations.

Up to date with emerging regulations and standards such as TCFD, CSRD, SDR, SS3/19 and global transition planning activities, such as the Transition Plan Taskforce in the UK

Project management skills with a demonstrated ability to work on multiple engagements effectively

Experience in a fast-paced environment

Experience in managing and coaching teams

Clear and effective communication skills

Ability to build key stakeholder relationships, both internally and with clients

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the project team in various Sustainability reporting activities, including:

Current state Sustainability reporting assessments

Regulatory impact assessments and gap analysis

Sustainability reporting landscape reviews and horizon scanning

Sustainability materiality assessments

Sustainability reporting maturity assessments

Sustainability reporting implementation design

Sustainability reporting assurance readiness assessments

Manage client-facing and internal engagements, overseeing progress and budgets

Serve as a subject matter expert on projects, specific topics, or reporting frameworks

Stay updated on the latest reporting developments through continuous research

Manage day-to-day relationships with key client and internal stakeholders
Identify new client opportunities and contribute to the development of sales and marketing materials, including proposals and thought leadership
Contribute to the further development of our Sustainability Reporting proposition and approach, including digital assets

People Responsibilities:

Develop junior team members through effective coaching, supervision, and training

Practise upward management and communication

Foster a positive and inclusive team environment

Desirable skill sets include:

Demonstrable financial services expertise including qualified accountants with experience auditing financials services companies or investment funds

Development of sustainability strategy and models to support: Economic and financial modelling skills

Data collection and management

Financial accounting and annual reporting under IFRS

Helping organisation to achieve net zero ambitions:

International funding grant application and reporting Carbon modelling & accounting

Build/construction and environment impact (infrastructure, real estate

and urban development, energy efficiency, renewables, building retrofit)

Industry experience required:

We work across all industries - public sector, private sector and financial services clients, so value experience in one or more of these industries.

Add-on to job advert: Agencies please note: This recruitment assignment is being managed directly by PwC’s Talent Acquisition team. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners in the rare instance we require additional talent options. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s received will be treated as a direct application. Your respect for this process is appreciated.

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

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

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Optional Skills

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Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

Job Posting End Date

September 30, 2024