Senior Consultant to Manager – Financial Services – Climate & Sustainability

Senior Consultant to Manager – Financial Services – Climate & Sustainability

New York, NY, United States of America

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Posted: 19/12/2024 - Application Deadline: -

About Baringa:
We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.
You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organizations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.
As a Certified B Corporation, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.
We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.
Our Financial Service practice is looking for an experienced Senior Consultant or Manager to join the team.
Through continued expansion, we are looking for an experienced Senior Consultant or Manager to join and support the growth of our US Financial Services practice. This is an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurial team members who want to make a direct impact.
As part of our core consulting team, you will work closely with our clients on challenging and rewarding engagements. You will also help us to build our US practice by supporting rewarding internal initiatives, generating tangible outcomes.
What you will be doing
Our clients face the corporate world’s biggest challenges while delivering society’s most crucial project – climate change. We assist our clients in:

• Shaping decarbonization and climate transition plans, executing sustainability strategies
• Conducting comprehensive risk and opportunity assessments, including materiality and double-materiality assessments (DMA)
• Engaging across all lines of defense and functional teams including business, finance, risk, sustainability, data, operations, governance and HR
• Enhancing operating models and supporting workforce and performance management
• Drafting sustainability and climate-related reporting efforts for both voluntary and mandatory disclosures
• Enhancing risk management frameworks to integrate climate and sustainability factors
• Establishing and enhancing ESG and commercial due diligence to shape investment strategies
• Establishing and enhancing ESG data governance and ecosystems
• Conducting training, learning and development sessions on sustainability frameworks and methodologies

Your skills and experience
Our Senior Consultant position requires 4+ years of relevant experience (Manager 6+ years) in a consulting or industry role, with experience in ESG and Sustainability initiatives.
We are interested in individuals who can bring delivery, advisory experience and expertise in the following areas:

• Knowledge of US financial services regulatory landscape and experience in meeting non-ESG regulatory requirements (e.g., CCAR, resolution planning, 10-k financial reporting)
• Strong understanding of ESG industry frameworks, research papers with deep knowledge in multiple domains (e.g., decarbonization solutions, ESG frameworks and regulations – ISSB, TCFD, PCAF, etc., climate risk stress testing, sustainable finance product strategies)
• Strong understanding of risk management across different domains (e.g., credit risk, market risk), finance and regulatory reporting
• Ability to work across our Financial Services team and build our global business to drive business development opportunities in other domains (e.g., risk, finance, tech, data)

What a career at Baringa will give you
Putting People First.
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognize the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Salary range: $122,000 - $185,000
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage. These benefits utilize comprehensive networks to offer coverage throughout the United States
• Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance
• Participation in our 401k retirement plan; we contribute 3% of your annual base salary and match up to an additional 2% if you contribute to the plan
• Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dep-care FSA
• Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work
• Paid Parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers
• Opportunities to grow your skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources
• Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years

Diversity and Inclusion.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.
An award-winning workplace.
You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.
Using business as a force for good.
At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.
Join us
All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.