Job Description

Sustainability Strategy - Senior/ Manager

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Sustainability Strategy

Businesses are facing numerous market pressures across stakeholders to embed sustainability and relevant environmental, societal and governance (ESG) considerations as part of businesses core planning and operations activities. These considerations are usually highly contextualized, cutting across different knowledge domains, such as climate impact/ decarbonization, circular economy, equal opportunity and access. New shared value (for shareholders and stakeholders) can be unlocked through responsible transformations characterized by a shift in the value paradigm, digital and technology enablement, as well as partnership and ecosystem innovation. Sustainability at Accenture will focus on the following 4 defined growth areas:

Net Zero Carbon Industry Transitions;

Responsible Supply Chain, Product Design & Circular Economy;

Sustainable Technologies / Green IT & Cloud;

Sustainability Measurement, Analytics & Ledger.

Your Role:

Sustainability Strategy you will be responsible for delivering client value within the agreed timeframe and budget. You understand the client s unique situation and develop deliverables that exceed expectations. You are able to perform complex analyses to support business case realization while keeping the broader perspective in mind. You will work in a technology inspired and innovative environment in which you are able to identify what is required to solve client challenges and build and maintain strong client relationships.

Typical activities include:

Application of consulting skills: Supervising and supports the structuring and on-time delivery of the overall project issues, analyses and deliverables; synthesizing and preparing storylines and cogent documents with minimal supervision; leading project teams across the full range of topics within, our functional practices

Leadership of projects: Structuring the project plan; ensuring full consistency with Accenture methodologies, communication standards and best practices; tracking progress of the team against the work plan; Ensuring the quality of project deliverables; balancing the competing demands on the team

Business development: participating in client development efforts, and around engaging clients on business issues and collaborating on the writing of proposals; developing points of view on issues facing the industry.

People development: Eliciting maximum team performance potential from the team through feedback, coaching and creating opportunities for team members to grow; providing regular feedback to team members highlighting strengths and development needs; motivating team performance

Building and sustaining Communities of Practice (CoP): Taking ownership and proactive measures to curate, evolve and sustain the CoP; connecting and bringing together the different synergistic capabilities across BUs/GUs to enable a coherent, impactful, yet differentiated delivery of service proposition; leveraging global expertise, approaches and insights while factoring in local context and nuances; actively contributing to the CoP asset and knowledge base; expanding the reach and influence of the CoP across internal and external avenues.

Qualifications

Your Experience: We re looking for Senior/ managers with,

A university degree in Business or Engineering is required and candidates typically also have an MA, MSc, MBA or PhD degree.

Specialization in or dedicated exposure to sustainability-linked curriculum as part of tertiary education qualification (or above) is preferred

Minimum 4 to 8 years of business consulting in an international firm, or equivalent experience in the industry with exposure to sustainability strategy and initiatives development and associated business partners and stakeholder management, is required

Experience in shaping and leading sustainability consulting engagements is required

Proficiency, or equivalent experience, in at least 2 of the following subject matter areas, is required:

Sustainability-linked strategy development and execution, e.g. corporate sustainability strategy, CSR strategy, ESG strategy, sustainable products/ services strategy, clean energy strategy

At least 2 specialized sustainability knowledge and experience domains, across:

Net Zero Carbon Industry Transitions;

Responsible Supply Chain, Product Design & Circular Economy;

Sustainable Technologies / Green IT & Cloud;

Sustainability Measurement, Analytics & Ledger;

Digital and innovation

Sustainability-linked certifications (carbon footprinting/ audit, life-cycle analysis etc.)

Intellectual capacity and ability to think in new, innovative ways to understand complex issues and develop creative solutions are critical to success as a business strategist. We seek people who are adept in

Problem solving: structuring, issue identification, data gathering and analysis, synthesis and recommendation development Board / CEO level communication skills, both written and oral in English

Business judgement, including understanding of client organizations and dynamics

Client interaction skills, maturity and empathy, and ability to work effectively within a consulting team

Demonstrated leadership potential and drive

Strong, well-structured communication skills, both written and oral, including in English

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

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