Senior Associate 2- Sustainability

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career within Assurance Support services, will provide the opportunity to support our engagement teams and clients by providing advice and counsel on accounting, financial reporting, and strategic business issues. In joining, you’ll help ensure a complete and relevant exchange of information among our consultants and in turn with engagement teams and clients, provide expert advice on a variety of specific topics, support engagement teams in resolving complex issues, and support clients and their subsidiaries in evaluating the potential impact of accounting and reporting standard setting initiatives. You’ll develop strong relationships with our engagement teams and established audit clients and enhance our ability to meet greater investor expectations with the challenges of an increasingly complex business environment.

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.

Purpose of Job

To perform decommissioning, asset retirement, mine rehabilitation and closure liability assessments and audits. Perform reviews of environmental license and permit condition compliance auditing processes related to closure. To support sustainability and integrated reporting client engagements, mainly in the areas of auditing of contents and non-financial data.

Key Outputs

• Auditing of asset retirement, mine rehabilitation and closure liability estimations, including the auditing of systems, controls and quantitative and qualitative data and information, along with assessing the liability estimation report content as a whole.
• Auditing of non-financial data information for use in integrated reports, including the auditing of systems, controls and quantitative and qualitative data and information.
• Supporting the broader team on methodology will involve developing tools and techniques, presenting on internal training, being part of internal teams to evolve and develop this specialty and being the technical support to specific engagements.

Specific Outputs with regard to Client Assignments Include:

• Ensuring proper planning and documentation of fieldwork.
• Managing teams.
• Identifying weaknesses in procedures, systems and controls.
• Assessing and analysing information obtained and interpreting findings.
• Performing gap analysis between current state and desired future state.
• Attending and documenting meetings with Senior Execs and Board members.
• Compiling management reports.
• Leading site visits.
• Coaching junior team members.
• Delivering value-added services to clients.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients.

Experience

• 3-5 years working experience in related fields; i.e. decommissioning, mine closure, sustainability and non-financial assurance.

Qualifications

• B.Sc (Env), M.Sc (Env) or related.

Competencies / Attributes

• Practical understanding of environmental legal requirements.
• Experience in mine closure and rehabilitation liability estimations.
• Aware of auditing methodology and documentation.
• Strong technical skills in the area of sustainability principles.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including written documents.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Attention to detail and willingness to work overtime.
• ISO 14001 Management System experience (will be an advantage).
• Knowledge of contaminated land and groundwater impact liability estimation (will be an advantage).
• Experience in performing EMP performance assessments, ROD and environmental performance reviews, water use compliance audits and waste license compliance audits.
• Auditor characteristics as specified in ISO 19011.
• Building and sustaining relationships.
• Being passionate about customer service.
• Leading and contributing to team success.
• Developing self and others through coaching.
• Acquiring and applying commercial and technical expertise.
• Being curious – learning, sharing and innovating.
• Demonstrating courage and integrity.
• Willing to travel.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

December 1, 2024