Senior Consultant - Climate Change and Sustainability Services

About the role

EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services team is the largest sustainability consulting team in Oceania, advising a large proportion of the ASX 200 on climate risks and opportunities. As Senior Consultant you will join this team, working across ESG strategy, outcomes measurement, climate risk and decarbonisation, human rights and modern slavery, through advisory and assurance engagements. The role is based in Sydney and Perth and can potentially be adjusted to work flexibly with reduced hours.

Key responsibilities

• Work in a multidisciplinary team across industries, helping organisations manage and report on sustainability and climate-related risks and impacts
• Provide assurance on non-financial reporting, including sustainability metrics, emissions and energy reporting
• Contribute to strategy, solutions, methodologies, analytical frameworks and tools for clients navigating complex regulatory environments
• Help clients develop and implement sustainability strategies, targets and plans on topics such as diversity, waste, modern slavery and environmental impacts
• Analyse the effects of water, air quality and climate change on organisations and communities, ensuring the integrity of environmental data and formulating short- and long-term management objectives

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in engineering, science, economics or accounting
• Experience in climate change services (professional services, industry or government)
• Experience in financial or non-financial audit (professional services, industry or government)
• Ability to work independently across multiple engagements with overlapping deadlines
• Demonstrable experience and passion for reporting and/or assurance of greenhouse gas emissions

Required skills

• Ideally: professional services or consulting experience
• Ideally: knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice
• Ideally: practical experience with NGER, the Safeguard Mechanism and the ACCU scheme
• Ideally: climate risk assessment and disclosure, including TCFD
• Ideally: assurance standards including GAAP, ISSB and ASRS
• Ideally: decarbonisation approaches, climate risk and climate strategy

What we offer

• Career development with future-focused skills
• Flexible work arrangements
• Benefits including a yearly wellness incentive, an extra 8 weeks of flex leave per year and up to 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave
• Competitive salary of AUD 97,000 to 116,000 inclusive of superannuation, depending on skills, experience and location