Senior Manager, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Assurance, Belfast

Senior Manager, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Assurance, Belfast

Location: Belfast

Date: 24 Mar 2025

Requisition ID: 1591234

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The opportunity

The Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team are looking for a Senior Manager to help grow our presence in Belfast. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and expand a high-performing sustainability team, supporting clients as they navigate the evolving ESG, climate risk, and decarbonisation agenda.

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Lead sustainability consulting and assurance offerings while building out EY’s Belfast CCaSS hub;
• Provide technical expertise in climate change, sustainability strategy, and ESG reporting;
• Play a key role in business development and client relationship management;
• Mentor and develop junior team members, ensuring the long-term success of the Belfast practice.

Your key responsibilities

As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with many of the world’s largest and most influential companies across industries and sectors. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading client projects, contributing both deep subject matter expertise in climate change and building strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders alike.

As a Senior Manager in Belfast you will be responsible for:

• Leading and delivering client engagements, providing subject matter expertise and ensuring high-quality outputs are produced and delivered to clients;
• Managing commercial aspects of client projects, including budgeting and communicating progress;
• Driving business development by building new relationships with clients and internal teams;
• Developing sustainability service offerings, particularly in climate risk and emerging ESG frameworks;
• Strengthening internal collaboration across EY’s sustainability, assurance, and consulting teams;
• Building and mentoring the Belfast team, providing coaching and professional development support.

Skills and attributes for success

We’re looking for someone with:

• Strong technical expertise in climate change, ESG reporting, and decarbonisation;
• Experience in business development and managing client relationships;
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders;
• Leadership experience, including mentoring and managing teams;
• A commercial mindset, with an ability to identify and develop new service opportunities.

To succeed in the role, you will ideally have experience/qualifications in some of the areas below:

• Supporting companies with ESG reporting in accordance with mandatory and voluntary reporting frameworks.
• Developing and/or implementing carbon reduction roadmaps and transition plans.
• Conducting greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) footprinting and risk assessments.
• Designing climate risk and vulnerability assessments.
• Experience developing sustainability-related reports and disclosures.

What we look for

We are interested in hearing from people who are enthusiastic and have a passion for sustainability! You’ll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication and relationship-building skills.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Apply now.