Environmental Resources Management
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London, Greater London
Senior Consultant - TCFD & ESG - Financial Sector (Mid-Senior Level)
Overview
Job Description
Our Mergers & Acquisitions team is currently going through a period of significant growth in the market whilst also servicing an existing large client base. In particular, there has been a large increase in demand from Banking, Private Equity and Asset Management clients for services related to: * Advisory engagements to implement the recommendation of the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD); * Technical consulting engagements to assist in implementing FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) through use of scenario analysis * Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) framework development and implementation; and * Environmental & Social Risk management support services. The Mergers & Acquisitions team is looking to appoint an additional Senior Consultant to support delivery and sales aligned to the services described above. This position will fulfil both the role of managing and delivering engagements, while supporting roles to capture the growth in the market. The ideal candidate will need to: * Ideally have an understanding, and experience working in, or with, the finance sector combined with an understanding of sustainability issues relevant to the sectors which ERM clients invest in / lend to. * Ideally have experience working in an advisory / management consultancy capacity to senior / C suite level clients (in finance or other sectors) * Desirable to have a working knowledge of the TCFD recommendations, the Principles For Responsible Investment (PRI), GRESB, Sustainable Development Goals etc. * Have a working knowledge of the ESG topics of most relevance / interest to finance sector clients. * Project manage medium to large size advisory engagements, and portfolios of engagements for finance sector clients * Manage the expectations and demands of finance sector clients, and the often time-sensitive nature of their requests * Deliver multiple project tasks or components, including completing proposals * Have demonstrable ability to: * work under pressure and to tight deadlines * produce high quality outputs * have excellent attention to detail * have good organisational and multitasking capabilities * maintain focus and motivation * Analyse, and interpret technical information to understand and articulate commercial consequences * Supervise project team(s),coach and mentor junior staff * Establish strong, trusted advisor relationships with clients through project delivery