Consultant, Climate Change and Sustainability Services Financial Services

Consultant, Climate Change and Sustainability Services Financial Services Geneva

Join EY and help build a better working world.

The world is facing one of the biggest challenges of humankind – constant changing of climate under today’s way we conduct economic activities. Climate change is no longer a distant sustainability concern but an immediate and systemic risk. Increasingly severe physical impacts (such as extreme weather events, resource scarcity, and infrastructure damage) combined with accelerating regulatory and market transitions are forcing governments and companies to fundamentally adapt their strategies, moving away from business-as-usual models.

When the financial services industry works well, it creates growth, prosperity, and peace of mind for hundreds of millions of people. No other industry touches so many lives or shapes so many futures. At EY Financial Services, we share a single focus — to build a better financial services industry, not just for now, but for the future.

• You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. But the right mindset is just as important in determining success. We’re looking for people who are innovative, motivated, committed, can work in an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.
• You are curious and purpose driven. We’re looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers.
• You are inclusive. We’re looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusively to build safety and trust.

• Delivery of projects to our clients on a wide range of sustainability topics we work on, such as Regulation implementation, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance engagements for our clients from financial services organizations.
• Create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural contexts, and contribute to thought leadership.
• Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives, consistently driving projects to completion making sure that the work delivered is industry leading.
• Working closely with colleagues, create a positive learning culture.
• Contribute to the development of EY capabilities in technical areas and engage with clients regarding the application of these methodologies to their businesses.
• Collaborate with colleagues outside of CCaSS to deliver multi-disciplinary and cross-geographical work.

As Consultant within the team, you will be exposed to a range of assurance and advisory work in direct exchange with the clients. It is therefore essential that you bring the competencies that will allowing you to do so:

• High motivation and shared values for sustainability, social matters, governance-related topics and finance;
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills;
• Familiarity with AI topics and tools (e.g., data analytics, generative AI) and the ability to leverage them in a consulting context;
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables in parallel projects;
• Ability to work effectively in team-oriented, multi-cultural environment.

We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, but are particularly interested in individuals that have the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in finance, economics, environmental sciences or related fields of study;
• Internship or experiences within ESG, sustainable finance environment or climate risk, ideally focusing on advisory/consulting, assurance in financial institutions or in consulting firms;
• Ideally experience in projects in the field of non-financial information and/or integrated reporting, assurance of non-financial, ESG data (as ESG specialist / Investor Relation department, controlling, financial reporting etc) or as an external consultant. Good knowledge of SDGs, GHG-accounting, PCAF, carbon foot printing or Life Cycle Analysis is a plus
• A keen interest in, and understanding of ESG as it relates to…