Business Sustainability

7 months ago


Century City, South Africa Forvis Mazars Full time

An opportunity exists in the Business Sustainability Division of Mazars; an international professional services firm, based at Mazars House in beautiful Century City, Cape Town. Purpose: You will be a part of a dynamic team that provides comprehensive sustainability solutions and services that inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities. Your main purpose will be to consult with clients on the sustainability strategy regarding their business optimization, social equity, and environmental analysis.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Proven project management capabilities and building team capacity.
- Strong knowledge of key sustainability frameworks and requirements in Africa, the EU, and the US.
- Ability to understand our client’s business model, develop a sustainability strategy for them and assist in sustainability report compilation. The reports to demonstrate the requirements of various frameworks such as GRI, SASB, ISSB, TCFD, to mention a few.
- Compiling annual responses to investor questionnaires such as CDP and DJSI and providing clients with guidance to improve their scores and their practice.
- Assessing the client’s current sustainability performance and working with key stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and strategically manage key sustainability issues.
- Identifying and tracking ESG and sustainability trends, best practices, frameworks, and standards communicating those relevant to internal and external stakeholders and using information to develop new services and client offerings.
- Competency in carbon footprint measurements and report writing to provide the client with key reduction strategies.
- Ensuring appropriate controls and measurement systems are in place for clients to support and maintain sustainability reporting integrity and assurance.
- Working closely with various specialists to implement strategies and annual environmental and social performance for clients.
- Knowledge of value drivers within Sustainability
- Project management skills with a demonstrated ability to work on multiple engagements effectively.
- Experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in managing and coaching junior team members.
- Clear and effective communication skills
- Ability to build key stakeholder relationships, both internally and with clients

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Educational / Professional Qualifications**
- Relevat post-graduate qualification essential (sustainable development, business, finance, or accounting)
- Knowledge of the universal frameworks on sustainability and integrated reporting frameworks and standards is highly advantageous.
- Knowledge of the GRI Standards is an added advantage.
- In addition to the technical qualifications, experience and/or qualifications in a business management-related field would be beneficial (e.g. financial, change management, strategy, etc.)
- A minimum of 3 - 5 years of professional services experience within the sustainability field with a proven consulting background
- Good business developer with a good network within the business sustainability sector in South Africa
- Commitment to the B-BBEE transformation agenda

**Personal Attributes**
- Ability to work independently and a passion for learning.
- Self-starter and team player with good communication, interpersonal, and client servicing skills
- Proven ability to manage people and clients.
- Excellent technical ability in business transformation
- Motivating/Communicative leadership style with excellent verbal and written skills
- Strong project management, research, analytical and report-writing skills
- Problem solver and effective, efficient decision-maker
- Solutions Oriented
- Catalyst for change
- Ability to work in a dynamic environment, shaping and reshaping teams / services to meet evolving needs.


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