Job Title:  Financial Advisory - Asia pacific - Sustainability and Climate - Senior Consultant - Mumbai

Your potential, unleashed.

India’s impact on the global economy has increased at an exponential rate and Deloitte presents an opportunity to unleash and realise your potential amongst cutting edge leaders, and organisations shaping the future of the region, and indeed, the world beyond.

At Deloitte, your whole self to work, every day. Combine that with our drive to propel with purpose and you have the perfect playground to collaborate, innovate, grow, and make an impact that matters.

The team
 

In today’s changing competitive landscape, executable strategy requires fusing insightful thinking with disciplined execution to achieve breakthrough performance. Senior executives often grapple with attaining profitable growth, strategically managing costs, and intelligently navigating risks.

What they need then are solutions that will bridge the gap between vision and execution.

Deloitte’s Sustainability & Climate (S&C) Centre of Excellence (CoE) is supporting the Deloitte member firms (Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, South-east Asia, etc.) in the Asia-Pacific (AP) region to deliver S&C offerings at scale and with cost efficiency to get ahead of peers in this competitive market. The CoE will work with the top leadership of the Deloitte member firms across the AP region and solve complex problems by bringing an approach to executable strategy that combines deep industry knowledge, rigorous analysis, and creative insights to enable confident action.

The Centre of Excellence (CoE) offers services across different S&C domains: ESG data, performance, disclosure benchmarking, and competitor analysis; GHG accounting Scope 1, 2 & 3 related services; Taxonomy and regulatory interpretation of international standards; Climate risk and resilience assessment; and GreenSpace Tech and GreenLight go-to market (GTM) and pursuit support.

Deloitte invests in outstanding people of diverse talents and backgrounds and empowers them. We are looking for people who

• Enjoy the myriad ways people, strategy, operations, and process improvements help shape the future of organizations.
• Are quick learners with the willingness to work on complex challenges and the changing future of ESG and Climate Sustainability.
• Enjoy leveraging research, analytics, and industry insights to create value for clients.
• Have an analytical mindset.

Business leaders must act with conviction, even in an era of growing complexity, uncertainty, and disruption. These business leaders need clear, concise, well-informed perspectives on the important dynamics that are currently reshaping their business environments – one of them being sustainability. Our global network of ESG professionals draws on the strength of Deloitte’s full suite of professional services and industry experience to focus solutions on the real sustainability issues affecting businesses today. We work collaboratively with our clients to link strategic vision to flawless execution to achieve tangible, long-term value. From developing a pragmatic strategy to improving operations, we have the experience and expertise to act with certainty and thrive in a constantly changing world.

Your work profile

As a Senior Consultant in our AP S&C Team you’ll build and nurture positive working relationships with teams and clients with the intention to exceed client expectations: -

The Asia Pacific Sustainability & Climate Centre of Excellence (AP S&C CoE) – ESG: Data, Disclosures, and Regulations Senior Consultant role is an exciting opportunity to work in one of Deloitte’s key priorities, with an exponential impact on the business practices of the future. You will be working on solving the full spectrum of client challenges across ESG Data, regulations, and climate risk & resilience, brought forward by the Deloitte member firms across a wide range of clients.

Working as a part of the AP S&C CoE team, your primary role will be to make direct contributions on client engagements, brought forward by the Deloitte member firms, centered around the development and implementation of the client’s strategic ESG and Climate & Sustainability initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region. The responsibilities of this role may include:

Project Delivery

• Run the data extraction, cleaning, processing, ingestion, and visualization activities for GHG accounting, ESG-related data KPI’s, etc. on partner firm engagements
• Provide GHG accounting services related to Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions, including customizing GHG data collection against standardized methodologies, conducting research for related emission factors, calculation methodologies, etc.
• Provide GHG accounting services related to Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions, including customizing GHG data collection against standardized methodologies, conducting research for related emission factors, calculation methodologies, etc.
• Maintain and update centralized database on international regulations / standards / framework taxonomies in the climate & sustainability space
• Interpret ESG related regulations / frameworks / guidelines such as International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Integrated Reporting (IR), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), among others
• Conduct due diligence on and gap analysis of client disclosures against international (and local where provided) regulations / standards
• Support partner firms with ESG reporting, disclosures, and assurances as per international (and local where applicable) regulations / standards
• Assist with benchmarking (e.g., sector averages) and competitor analysis (against peers) activities for climate and sustainability related KPIs and metrics
• Leverage Deloitte assets, tools, platforms, and ESG databases (such as, Sustainability Data Platform and other existing platforms) to deliver various engagements
• Prepare and present client deliverables in a structured format as per the objectives of the engagement
• Communicate analysis, recommendations, and project updates to internal as well as partner firm senior leadership through written reports or presentations

Stakeholder Management

• Engage in day-to-day interactions with key partner firm, and internal stakeholders
• Participate in partner firm workshops and meetings
• Handle request and queries from partner firms
• Provide guidance to consultants while delivering engagements / meeting partner firm requirements
• Liaison with internal / external SMEs from both industry and academia

Business Development

• Provide pursuit support for partner firms by preparing proposals / pitches to bring new business, leveraging Deloitte’s global credentials
• Provide support to Managers / Associate Directors in delivering proposals / pitches for potential engagements
• Conduct primary and secondary research to prepare Thought Leadership (TLs) and Point of View (PoV) documents

Other Responsibilities

• You may be required to travel in the process of fulfilling responsibilities for this role

Desired qualifications

• Practitioner with 5 to 8 years of experience in consulting, of which at least 2+ years of experience in an ESG or Climate & Sustainability role
• Stellar academic credentials (MBA/advanced degree in Environment or climate-related field); additional ESG / S&C related certifications from GRI, SASB, TCFD, or any other regulatory body preferred
• Deep understanding of key topics / areas of ESG, including Climate & Sustainability, and interpretation of national and global regulations and standards namely DJSI, ISSB, CSRD, SEC, TCFD, TNFD, CBAM, GRI, IR, SASB, CDP, and other ESG KPIs
• Knowledge of GHG accounting practices using GHG protocol and ISO 14064
• Detailed understanding of ESG risks and opportunity drivers as well as ESG rating methodologies and agencies
• Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (such as, Tableau, QlikView, Power BI, Excel based tools, SAS Visual Analytics, etc.)
• Proficiency with ESG data collection tools (such as, Enablon Sustainability Performance Management, SAP Sustainability Cloud, Gensuite EHS, and Sustainability Software, etc.) is desirable
• Experience with AI & ML tools (such as, Google Cloud, AutoM, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, IBM Watson Studio, etc.) is preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (MS Excel for conducting analysis, MS PowerPoint for creating presentation decks, and MS Word for writing reports)
• Out-of-box thinking and an inclination for problem solving
• Good business acumen and general awareness of the overall business environment, understanding the broader context in which project delivery impacts business performance
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills (written & verbal), with a confident leadership & influencing style; able to make an impact with different stakeholders
• Ability to mentor and guide consultants
• Willingness to take initiative and learn independently; a fast learner who can adapt to a dynamic ESG / Climate & Sustainability landscape, and can keep oneself updates with ESG innovations

Location and way of working

• Base location: Mumbai / Gurugram
• This profile involves occasional travelling to client location
• Hybrid is our default way of working. Each domain has customised the hybrid approach to their unique needs.

Your role as a Senior Consultant

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, Senior Consultant across our organization must strive to be:

• Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation
• Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose
• Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity
• Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future
• Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders
• Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions
• Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen
• Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities
• Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization
• Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities
• Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

the success of engagement(s)

• Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience
• Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems
• Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte
• Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive. 

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