Assistant Manager – ESG

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About The Role

• Lead ESG engagements, including materiality assessments, ESG strategy development, and reporting, ensuring alignment with client objectives and regulatory expectations.
• Advise clients on
• ESG frameworks such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, CDP, and Integrated Reporting,
• helping them navigate evolving disclosure requirements.
• Conduct climate risk assessments and support clients in identifying ESG risks and opportunities, contributing to the development of resilient business strategies.
• Perform
• sustainability assurance procedures in line with ISAE 3000 and ISAE 3410,
• including planning, execution, and review of non-financial disclosures.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members; review their work and provide feedback to support their development and ensure quality outputs.
• Contribute to business development through proposal writing, presentations, and client meetings, helping to grow the ESG advisory portfolio.
• Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of client engagements and maintain project documentation, while proactively managing risks and client expectations.
• Assist in managing the financial aspects of engagements such as billing and collection, ETD and client meetings and communicating issues to project leaders.
• Build strong internal relationships within the BDO Risk Advisory Services Division and across other Service Divisions.
• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff.
• Contributing to BDO’s sustainability and risk management thought leadership.

Key Attributes

• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Highly refined planning, leadership, relationship building and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities in a rapidly growing, fast-
• paced, interactive, results-based team environment is required.
• Attention to detail, analytical mind and commitment to delivering high-quality work
• Strong project management techniques, time management and analytical skills.

Key Experience Parameters

• At least
• five (5) years of post-education work experience
• in sustainability / ESG-related fields,
• including experience developing sustainability strategies, reporting and assurance, sustainable
• finance and climate risk analysis.
• Undergraduate or master’s degree from a reputable institute on sustainability, engineering, business, environmental studies, or another related program, preferably related to ESG and sustainability.
• Must possess a professional certification in ESG / Sustainability.
• Strong understanding of industry reporting frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative
• (GRI), SASB, TCFD, and the GHG Protocol.
• **Experience in managing multiple markets / geographies**
• **Exposure to GCC markets – Good to have**
• **Candidates with broader international experience across regions will be an added advantage**

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