OUR IMPACT

The Corporate Planning & Management (CPM) division integrates financial planning, spend management, third-party risk management, product management and engineering teams to support strategic decisions across the firm.

Finance & Planning drives business planning, budgeting, and analytics across revenue, expense, liquidity, and capital. The pillar includes divisional CFOs providing strategic finance advisory, Product Finance managing non-compensation expense governance, and Corporate Insurance & Advisory overseeing the firm's insurance needs and risk mitigation.

Global Procurement strategically manages third-party engagement, optimizing value and mitigating risks across the supply chain. Key functions include Strategic Sourcing, Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Procure to Pay (P2P), Travel, and Sustainable Operations.

Product & Reporting manages the product lifecycle for CPM technology platforms and delivers comprehensive reporting, dashboards, and analytics. The team oversees financial planning and analysis systems, spend management tools, and TPRM solutions while providing stakeholders with actionable insights for evidence-based decisions.

CPM Engineering provides engineering solutions enabling third-party spend management, data automation, budget planning, financial forecasting, and expense allocation aligned with strategic objectives.

CPM Management provides strategic oversight, operational support, communications and change management, and risk governance across the division.

YOUR IMPACT

Professionals in CPM have an analytical mindset, exhibit intellectual curiosity and are from diverse academic backgrounds. This role sits within the Sustainable Operations team within the Global Procurementpillar. Sustainable Operations leads the firm's emission reduction strategy and manages sustainability risks within the supply chain, supporting broader environmental and social goals.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Sustainability Associate to join our team. The candidate will play a key role in advancing our sustainability initiatives and performance. The Sustainability Associate will focus on environmental reporting and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculations within our operational boundaries for both voluntary and regulatory reporting purposes. They will also support the development, implementation and monitoring of goals to advance our sustainability efforts.

The role requires collaboration with different functions across the firm on a regular basis, an ability to work independently, and ability to interact with senior professionals across the firm. It also entails in-depth analysis and reporting for senior management, requiring diligence and a commercial mindset. The candidate is required to work closely with global counterparts and should have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Job responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Strong Background in sustainability reporting: Proven experience in sustainability reporting and disclosures. Deep understanding of frameworks such as GHG Protocol, CDP, CSRD, ISSB, and TCFD.
• Strong Background in GHG Emission Accounting: Proven experience in Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions data and methodologies such as the GHG Protocol and able to effectively track, calculate, and report emissions data. Own and improve upon sustainability data management, leading the identification and resolution of data quality issues when observed. Develop insights and actions across GHG emissions, energy, water, and waste data aspects.
• Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Ability to interpret complex data, think critically, and recommend impactful sustainability initiatives based on data-driven insights.
• Effective Communication and Reporting Skills: Prepare sustainability reporting for stakeholders, including supporting our annual sustainability reports, regulatory disclosures, and internal communications and presentations tailored to various stakeholders, including executive teams and external auditors.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Able to collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather necessary data for sustainability reporting and ensure integration of sustainability initiatives into business operations.
• Decarbonization: Develop and deploy sustainability projects, incl. data collection, analysis, and implementation of strategies to reduce emissions across operations and supply chain.
• Carbon credits: Prepare long-term strategic procurement of high-quality carbon credits for our operational and business travel needs.
• Renewable electricity: Monitor existing renewable electricity agreements and track associated EACs for retirement each year; support and execute long-term strategy for markets not yet covered by long-term arrangements.

Qualifications:

• Passion for corporate sustainability and performance and risk management.
• 4-6 years of experience in sustainability reporting, analysis, or related role. Degree preference for candidates with a Masters / Post-graduate or equivalent degree in environmental/sustainability management, and/ or has experience working for organisations (incl. not for profits) on sustainability -related matters. Relevant accreditations are a plus (e.g. ISSB FSA, LEED/BREEAM/WELL, Certified Energy Management).
• Strong Microsoft 365 suite skills, in particular Excel and PowerPoint; must be able to organize and manage complex workbooks and tabular models.
• Numerate; ability to analyse numbers and draw insightful conclusions.
• Experience leveraging Generative AI tools: The ideal candidate will have experience leveraging Generative AI (GenAI) architectures and their strategic application within the sustainability landscape (e.g., improving sustainability workflows, materiality & feasibility assessments, emissions data synthesis).
• Attention to detail; takes initiative to learn about sustainability topics outside core role to broaden their knowledge and apply to day job; self-starter with ability to drive and deliver projects.
• Ability to multi-task and deliver under pressure; comfortable working in a dynamic environment and able to navigate a degree of ambiguity.
• Manage relationships with relevant local and global teams, and particularly across strategic sourcing, product finance, communications and business functions.
• Strong work ethic, high level of motivation, results oriented, taking accountability for delivering quality output, with excellent numerical skills with good attention to detail.