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Manager - ESG Assurance

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Job Title/Req Number: Manager - ESG Assurance

Base Location: London plus network of 20 offices nationally: www.kpmg88careers.co.uk/experienced-professional/#LeBlender.OfficeLocations

At KPMG ESG is a cornerstone of our business. Underpinning the service, we offer across our capabilities we do work those matters, ensuring that we use our diligence and expertise to support sustainable, meaningful change that will enable our firm, our clients and our communities to thrive both now and in the future.

KPMG is one of the world's largest and most respected consultancy businesses. We've supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We've proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

We've set ambitious environmental targets, approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative, to help combat climate risk and drive our ESG journey - such as becoming Net Zero by 2030. We're making progress but we're holding ourselves to account to push further too, and our people have a huge role to play as we strive to achieve more.

Why Join KPMG as a Manager - ESG Assurance

As the ESG Assurance market transitions from voluntary led assurance to mandatory assurance under regulations such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), we have an exciting opportunity for a manager to join our growing sustainability/ESG ('Environmental, Social and Governance') and non-financial information assurance business team, within our wider Audit function. We provide assurance for large corporate companies across a range of sectors, on a wide variety of topics.

These include Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, waste, water, community investment, sustainable supply chains, health and safety (H&S), diversity, gender pay gap, responsible investing and other non-financial information, as well as regulatory assurance for a range of industries. This is a great opportunity to work within one of the sector's fasted growing areas and be at the forefront of driving sustainability within the corporate world.

What will you be doing?

  • Managing assurance engagements including working to agree timetables; developing the scope of work and deliverable; developing appropriate work programmes; reviewing the testing and assurance fieldwork; completing engagement and client acceptance procedures; resolving day to day issues; drafting final reporting and project management.
  • Completing the first review of documentation on the assurance file in line with KPMG's quality standards and our internal KKPMG Execution Guide for Assurance (KEGA). It will be your responsibility to ensure this task is conducted in a thorough and complete manner.
  • Managing engagements in line with the assurance standards ISAE (UK) 3000 and ISAE 3410 or equivalent.
  • Juggling multiple client requests when working on different sustainability/ESG Assurance engagements.
  • Coaching and overseeing work performed by junior staff and Assistant Managers.
  • Performance managing junior team members, ensuring that you are having rich development conversations that supports their growth and career progression.
  • Supporting the Senior Manager in engagement finances and budgeting.
  • Building relationships with internal and external stakeholders and acting as an ambassador for the firm.
  • Supporting the Senior Manager/Director/Partner in identifying and pursuing new assurance opportunities.
  • Identifying, researching and helping to resolve sustainability/ESG assurance issues.

What will you need to do it?

  • Experience in financial statement audit. (E)
  • Experience in a sustainability/environmental related field, including delivering and managing sustainability/other assurance engagements for large clients under ISAE (UK) 3000. (D)
  • Strong understanding of industry reporting frameworks and regulations such as the CSRD, ISSB, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), TCFD and the GHG Protocol. (E)
  • Experience in the review and development of Audit/Assurance working papers. (E)
  • Understands relevant technical reporting standards, regulations and ESG literature. Exhibits and stays current on appropriate industry and specialised ESG knowledge, and leverages methodologies to deliver assurance engagements.
  • Professional scepticism and issue identification: Applies professional scepticism, objectivity and independence to identify and support resolution of potential assurance issues.
  • Engagement management: Manages and executes the engagement, including project management, team management and remediation of deviations from the assurance plan and timeline.
  • Evaluation of assurance results: Evaluates evidence from assurance procedures to determine if assurance objectives were achieved.

Skills we'd love to see/Amazing Extras:

  • Managing engagements in line with the assurance standards ISAE (UK) 3000 and ISAE 3410 or equivalent.

To discuss this or wider ESG roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

Our Locations:

We are open to talk to ESG talent across the country but our core hubs for this role are:

  • London
  • Leeds
  • Manchester

This position will largely be based in London.

With 20 sites across the UK, we can potentially facilitate office work, working from home, flexible hours, and part-time options. If you have a need for flexibility, please register and discuss this with our team.

Find out more:

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Manager - ESG Assurance

KPMG United Kingdom
Birmingham, UK
Full-Time

Published on 15/12/2024

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