Director - ESG Transaction Advisory Services Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Director to join Aon's ESG transaction advisory team, one of the solution lines within Aon's M&A and Transactions Solutions (AMATS) practice.

With ESG considerations continuing to receive greater scrutiny (both in a due diligence as well as in a portfolio context), we are looking to grow the AMATS ESG team and are looking for an experienced ESG professional who, reporting into the Global Head of ESG Transaction Advisory Services, can drive revenue growth while ensuring execution excellence across multi-disciplinary teams.

The growth of AMATS globally will create opportunities for career progression with the potential to move into leaderships roles, take on greater responsibility, own and drive initiatives either within the ESG or the wider team. More broadly, as a global organisation Aon offers significant career opportunities for its high performing talent both domestically and internationally.

T his is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work both virtually and from our London office .

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive, diverse team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

• Lead the delivery and project manage ESG/ Climate engagements - in a due diligence or portfolio context - for AMATS' financial sponsor or corporate clients.
• Work in partnership with / build a strong rapport with relevant teams in AMATS as well as Aon's Risk Capital and Human Capital businesses to enable effective execution.
• Demonstrate success by leading multi-disciplinary project teams, delivering exceptional client outcomes, and driving execution excellence.

• Working alongside the AMATS coverage and other solution line teams, help to identify and target ESG / Climate pre-deal due diligence or post-deal portfolio opportunities.
• Leveraging existing external contacts as well as the AMATS client base (both corporate and financial sponsor clients), drive revenue growth for ESG transaction advisory engagements.
• Develop and maintain direct client relationships with relevant clients' ESG/ Sustainability teams.

• Building on the AMATS Climate proposition, support the refinement of the broader ESG transaction advisory offering - pre and post deal.

• Act as a subject matter expert with respect to Aon's ESG transaction advisory services - both internally and with clients.

• Expand the AMATS market presence around 'ESG advisory in a M&A/ deals context' and proactively contribute to relevant thought leadership articles, develop both internally and externally facing collateral and share insights at relevant conferences/ events.

Our Transactions Solutions (TS) capabilities deliver structured risk transfer instruments covering Warranty & Indemnity insurance and a range of risk transfer solutions for tax, litigation plus other contingent risks. Finally, we arrange credit/bonding solutions to enable clients to optimise their capital structure.

We have dedicated coverage teams across Financial Sponsors (PE and Infrastructure), Corporates plus Professional Advisors (Investment Banks, Lawyers, Big
4). We support clients across a wide range of transactions including typical buy and sell-side deals, carve-outs, public market transactions (IPO and P2P), distressed M&A plus secondary market deals. Our mix of deals include both UK domestic and international transactions, cover the full valuation range from…