Senior Manager - ESG Reporting

Job details

Location: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, South Coast - Southampton, Watford

Capability: Audit

Experience Level: Senior Manager

Type: Full Time

Service Line: AAA

Contract type: Permanent

Job Description

Accounting Advisory Services, ESG Reporting Senior Manager Team:

ESG Reporting, Accounting Advisory Services

Summary Of Role

We have a unique opportunity for a Senior Manager to join our ESG Reporting unit in the Accounting Advisory Services (AAS) team. The team provides expert ESG reporting advice to clients across a range of complex sustainability reporting issues.

You will have a client facing role and lead projects of varying scale and complexity, focusing on the application of ESG reporting regulations, in particular: the CSRD, ISSB, TCFD and other recognisable frameworks. You will often work as part of cross-functional teams including Strategy, Assurance, Corporate Reporting, Audit and Tax.

You will also drive business development activities with clients and contribute to the team’s growth and success. As a Senior Manager, you will engage directly with your clients responding to a range of technical queries, drawing on your own expertise and identifying when additional input is required from other colleagues and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across the business. A member of the leadership team, you will be expected to actively promote and exemplify the department’s cultural values to your staff.

You will lead teams and supervise the work of employees based in the UK and offshore locations. You will also manage the performance of a small team of staff.

Description Of The Role

• Managing client ESG reporting related engagements. This will include leading teams and, in some instances, leading AAS input into larger, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Assessing the impact of new and existing ESG reporting standards (e.g., CSRD, ISSB), advising clients on their application and the impact on the operation of an organisation.
• Taking ownership for the delivery of quality, efficient and profitable engagements.
• Acting as an SME on ESG related specific topics.
• Leading business development effort in a sector / AAS service line.
• Building and maintaining excellent relationships with senior client staff and colleagues across various KPMG departments.
• Developing and delivering accounting training to clients and internal KPMG teams.
• Contributing to practice and risk management, including thought leadership.
• Performance managing junior team members, ensuring that you are having rich development conversations that supports their growth and career progression.
• Actively contributing to the AAS strategy, team management and other non-delivery aspects of the role.
  
  
  

Role Dimensions

Technical core competencies required for the role

Our Global Technical core competencies provide clarity and consistency of expectations to ensure the minimum technical requirements are being met by level to drive quality, which is fundamental to achieving our ambition to become the most trusted and trustworthy firm.

The relevant competencies for this role are:

• Technical knowledge: Understands relevant ESG reporting standards, regulations and accounting literature. Exhibits and stays current on appropriate industry and specialised knowledge.
• Technology skills: Uses firm-approved tools and innovative technology solutions to increase quality, productivity, and data insights.
• Engagement management: Manages and executes the engagement, including project management, team management and remediation of deviations from the plan and timeline.
• Documentation: Completes documentation demonstrating an unwavering focus on quality.
  
  
  

People & Culture

• Embrace and embed our culture ambition of high challenge, high support which is grounded in Our Values.
• Operate with a curious and sceptical mindset ensuring that this is embedded in your everyday work.
• Actively lead and embed a coaching culture to get the best out of others in an environment where everyone in the team feels empowered to speak up or challenge where appropriate.
• Be accountable, professional and act in the public interest, working for the benefit of shareholders and wider society.
• Be inclusive and embrace the opportunity to work with other teams across the firm in an integrated way. Have a sense of community, purpose and fun.
  
  
  

The Person Experience And Knowledge Requirements

• Experience of working within an ESG / accounting advisory function of a professional services firm / corporate business sector at Senior Manager level. (E)
• Detailed knowledge and experience of CSRD and double materiality assessments, ISSB, TCFD, EU Taxonomy and GRI. (E)
• Experience of developing and presenting accounting training courses. (E)
• Experience in the Financial Services sector. (D)
• Experience of managing teams, coaching and mentoring junior staff. (E)
• Proven track record of managing and delivering high quality, complex projects with stakeholder deliverables. (E)
• Business development experience with new and existing clients within the corporate sector. (E)
  
  
  

Behavioural Attributes and Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication, and presentation skills; able to communicate complex matters in a clear and compelling manner.
• Highly effective stakeholder management and relationship building skills; credible and confident with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; able to analyse and interpret complex technical information.
• Effective problem solver; makes pragmatic and logical decisions, drawing on own and others’ technical accounting expertise to provide high quality solutions.
• Self-driven and resilient; able to thrive in a high-pressure environment.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Professional qualification from a recognised accountancy / ESG certification body. (E)
  
  
  

E - Essential, D - Desirable

KPMG Overview:

KPMG in the UK is part of a global network of firms that offers Audit, Legal, Tax and Advisory services. Through the talent of over 16,000 colleagues, we bring our creativity, insight and experience to solve our clients’ and communities’ biggest problems. We’ve been doing this for more than 150 years.

We aim to be universally recognised as a place for great people to do their best work. A firm known for our collaborative and inclusive culture, using technology to empower and equip our people to deliver outstanding work with real flexibility – through inspiring workspaces, innovative ways to collaborate and hybrid ways of working.

With offices across the UK, we work with everyone from small startups and individuals to major multinationals, in virtually every industry imaginable. Our work is often complex, yet our mission is simple: To support the UK in a connected world. It guides everything we do, underpinned by our values: Courage, Integrity, Excellence, Together and For Better.

Why Audit at KPMG?

Audit is the largest of our UK practices. Some of the world’s biggest companies rely on us to provide independent insight, challenge and expertise, so the work we undertake affects investment decisions, inspires confidence in public sector expenditure and supports our economic growth. Today, more than ever in disruptive times, audit is a function needed by society, and in the future, so we can capitalise, and grow. As part of the Audit team, you’ll be helping to build the confidence and trust that business and society need to thrive. We want to lead the conversation when it comes to shaping the future of the profession. And given the scale and variety of our audit engagements in both the UK and globally, we are well placed to create change. If you share our commitment to achieving excellence and working to the highest audit standards, are a natural collaborator who values different perspectives and relishes the opportunity to develop and progress - then KPMG could be the place where you can thrive.