EY Türkiye - Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) - Consultant / Senior Consultant

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Today, a company’s value is increasingly reflected not just in its short-term financial performance, but also in its ability to deliver value to multiple stakeholders, including consumers, employees, governments and wider society. How organisations respond to global challenges such as climate change and inequality are critical in how they deliver and demonstrate value to stakeholders.

The opportunity

The Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team are looking for Senior Consultants/ Consultants to join our growing practice supporting a wide range of clients in responding to the fast-evolving and growing sustainability and decarbonisation agenda. We work closely with companies to help them manage the risks and opportunities that arise from an accelerating transition to a low-carbon world, responding to new and/or enhanced regulations, adapting business models, products and services, as well as improving transparency and disclosures. This is a very exciting time to join a high-profile team where you will be surrounded by a wide range of sustainability professionals.

We welcome applicants with a variety of backgrounds and a passion for sustainability! Experience in the fields of ESG/ sustainability, decarbonisation and climate change, and EHS management will be an asset.

Your key responsibilities

As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with many of the world’s largest and most influential companies across industries and sectors. As CCaSS Senior Consultants/ Consultants you’ll spend most of your time in assisting clients to identify, measure, and manage their business and reporting risks as they transit their organizations in respond to changing regulations and new trends in sustainability management and reporting. Accurately analysing client issues and opportunities, deploying the account management framework, EY client programs, and growth platforms, to build constructive dialogue with key stakeholders. You enjoy actively contributing to the growth and development of the CCaSS practice by taking operational responsibility and accountability for engagement team support and delivery by:

  As Senior Consultants/ Consultants in the team you can expect to be involved in some of the following activities:

• Communicating EY’s scope of services and providing guidance in the delivery of Climate Change & Sustainability Services, with an emphasis on complex and/or specialized issues within Assurance and/or technical sustainability reporting and advisory capacities
• Partnering with clients to identify and diagnose their needs and the ability to cross-sell services; and completing high level technical reports and proposals
• Managing complex technical issues in technical discipline area
• Demonstrating knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice in area of technical discipline

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong drive to excel professionally, and to guide and motivate others
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills both in English and Turkish
• Dedicated, innovative, resourceful, analytical and able to work under pressure
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment
• Proven knowledge and experience in international sustainability standards, frameworks and indices such as IIRC, GRI, CDP, TCFD, BIST Sustainability Index, ESG Indices
• Preferably having conducted sustainability assurance projects (ISAE 3000 Revised; ISAE 3410)

To succeed in the role, you will ideally have experience/qualifications in some of the areas below:

• Strong academic background in areas such as environmental science, economics, engineering, public policy – amongst others
• 1 - 6 years of work experience in professional services of Climate Change & Sustainability consulting experience
• Knowledge and interest in sustainability related areas or topics

Other areas we’re interested in seeing

• Professional presence with the ability to engage management level clients as well as internal leadership stakeholders
• Ability to analyse complex or unusual issues in the context of client engagements and deliver insightful and pragmatic solutions

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. If you’re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities, and are committed to seeking out new ways to make a difference, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers

• Support, coaching and feedback from engaging colleagues
• Effective communication and support from global sustainability professionals network with EY
• Access to alsmost hundred tools and developments happaning worlideide in EY
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that is right for you