EY Türkiye - Sustainability Services - Manager / Senior Manager

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. 

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 Managers/ Managers 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 experience in the fields of ESG/ sustainability, decarbonisation and climate change, and EHS management.

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. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading client projects, where you will be expected to contribute both deep subject matter expertise in sustainability as well as building strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders alike. As an influential member of the team, you will help create a positive and proactive learning culture and will undertake coaching with team members to help them develop.

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

• Lead client projects, provide subject matter expertise and ensure quality work is produced and delivered to clients
• Manage commercial aspects of client projects such as budgeting, adhere to EY’s risk management policies and procedures, and communicate progress and escalate any significant issues to partners and clients
• Assist with generating new business opportunities, industry networks and relationships with a focus on climate change and decarbonisation agendas
• Build strong internal relationships within EY, including cross-service interactions with EY’s Global network
• Contribute to and help shape the team’s development through recruitment activities, coaching, mentoring, and training

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to clearly define and communicate complex and evolving sustainability topics to a range of stakeholders across different industries and sectors
• Proven ability to effectively manage and motivate large multi-disciplinary and diverse teams
• Confident and credible communicator who displays both technical knowledge, commercial understanding and emotional maturity
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience with managing expectation of both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability and appetite to drive business development and contribute to the growth of EY’s solutions

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

• Developing and/or implementing sustainability, ESG linked, and/or decarbonisation and net zero strategies
• Assessing life cycle greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of products and/or services
• Designing and undertaking climate risk and vulnerability assessments and developing adaptation plans using different quantitative and qualitative research and analytical techniques
• Conducting scenario analysis and qualitative/quantitative physical and transition risk assessments with an understanding of TCFD guidance and/or corporate risk reporting
• Climate and sustainability-related disclosure standards/guidance such as TCFD, IIRC, IFRS, GRI and SASB amongst others
• Strong knowledge of climate change policy and regulations across industries including, but not limited to, iron&steel, cement, transportation, energy, agriculture, consumer goods, and real estate
• Experience communicating with senior management on a range of climate change, ESG and /or risk management topics
• Experience leading successful research or commercial bids
• Strong academic background in areas such as environmental science, economics, engineering, public policy – amongst others

What we look for

We are interested in hearing from people who are enthusiastic and have a passion for sustainability! You’ll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication and relationship-building skills. We also look for a minimum of six years of related work experience from the candidate.