Senior Associate - ESG & Social Impact

Line of Service: Tax

Industry/Sector: Not Applicable

Specialism: General Tax Consulting

Management Level: Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary:

At PwC, our people in workforce consulting focus on providing consulting services related to human resources, talent management, and organisational development. They analyse client needs, develop people and organisation strategies. These individuals offer guidance and support to help clients optimise their workforce, enhance employee engagement, and drive organisational effectiveness.

Those in workforce strategy at PwC will specialise in providing strategic consulting services to help organisations optimise their workforce and talent management strategies. You will work closely with clients to analyse workforce trends, develop workforce planning strategies, and design talent acquisition, development, and retention programmes to align with business objectives and drive organisational success.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is a term that covers a range of issues facing the world today. At PwC, it’s an opportunity to have a purposeful career and to positively contribute to one of the most pressing problems of our time by helping to reshape the whole economy and the society in which we live.

Through speed, collaboration, and imaginative thinking we’re helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by building credibility of non-financial and climate reporting, helping clients to transform sustainably, ensure the transition to Net Zero is fair, and ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge and sharing this story with our clients.

We’re working to combine our world-leading Sustainability & Climate Change practice with our market-leading consulting services, bringing the best of our firm together to help our clients. Together, we can build more sustainable businesses for a stronger world. Join us on this journey as we create real, transformative impact.

We are seeking highly experienced ESG & social impact specialists for our amazing team to provide solution-focused approaches to a wide range of Environmental, Social, Governance challenges.

As Social Performance Professional, you will:

• Establish relationships with clients and be seen as a trusted advisor on ESG, Just Transition & Sustainability matters in the market.
• Work closely with clients and engagement teams to assist in adapting to a wide range of ESG Frameworks.
• Assist to develop and implement corporate approaches, social performance management frameworks, strategies and stakeholder/rightsholder engagement.
• Have the ability and expertise to be involved with the provision of expert technical support for the development of ESG and social related projects, including but not limited to workforce, supply chain engagement, community engagement and stakeholder/rightsholder engagement.
• Assist in delivering training to build capability and capacity.
• Managing or coordinating small or medium size projects or whole elements of larger multidisciplinary or global projects.
• Assisting in business development and pitching assignments to engage potential clients.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
• Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
• Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
• Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
• Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
• Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
• Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
• Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

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Travel Requirements: Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship? No

Government Clearance Required? No

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