ESG Reporting & Compliance Principal

Description

• Reporting to the Manager of ESG Reporting and Compliance, the ESG Reporting and Compliance Principal will be a strategic and critical thinker with strong instincts and an endless appetite for information, the ESG Reporting and Compliance Principal shapes and coordinates our ESG roadmap and drives its successful execution through cross-functional partnership.
• With a keen eye for detail and strong business acumen, this role will be responsible for centralizing ESG disclosures to support all external reporting.
• This individual will build strong relationships with global and cross-functional teams to ensure that Fed Ex’s governance, strategies, policies, processes, controls and disclosures meet emerging compliance requirements, align with voluntary and regulatory reporting standards, and are consistent across all external requirements.
• This person will act as an enterprise expert to the Fed Ex approach to compliance and communicate necessary business change across its global audience.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on global ESG reporting matters and ensures that reporting is aligned to the requirements of various regulations (including SEC, CSRD) and monitoring associated trends.
• Orchestrates and drafts ESG disclosures across multiple regulatory requirements to ensure consistency.
• Leads benchmarking to identify ESG reporting best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Prepares ESG reporting-related presentations and other documents for management, board of directors, etc. Establishes a governance and control framework that complies with relevant ESG reporting standards and regulations, in order to ensure reporting integrity and assurance and comply with external assurance expectations.
• Implements and maintains an ESG internal control program’s components, including understanding and mapping of processes, input assessment, data capture, identifying risks and controls, evaluating the processes for control readiness, executing the required changes, and communicating controls framework requirements and control best-practices to data stewards.
• Coordinates with internal and external auditors in their review, oversight, and assurance of ESG reporting, including implementation of remediation actions.
• Monitors changes to relevant ESG reporting regulations, standards, and disclosure requirements through regulatory monitoring governance structure, communicate information to relevant stakeholders, and implement required changes to accounting/reporting policies, practices, and processes.
• This position will be hybrid in Memphis, TN and candidates must live within a 50-mile radius. This position is hybrid, meaning that employees will be required to work at a Fed Ex office location up to several times per week.

• Master’s degree in business, accounting, finance, sustainability or a similar discipline plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or 5 years of professional experience in SOX compliance, sustainability and ESG disclosures, financial reporting, or auditing and assurance or related area.
• As an equivalent alternative, the employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  * in business, accounting, finance, sustainability or a similar discipline plus 7 years of experience in the job offered or 7 years of professional experience in SOX compliance, sustainability and ESG disclosures, financial reporting, or auditing and assurance or related area.

• Power BI;
• Databricks;
• Environmental data proficiency;
• Data architecture;
• SQL;
• Data flow diagrams;
• Power Automate;
• Demonstrated leadership and critical thinking abilities;
• Strong analytical, written, communication and program management skills;
• Strong human relations, organizational/time management, and problem-solving skills; and,
• Ability to navigate uncertainty, work in a fast-paced environment and complete deliverables within established deadlines.

* Employer will accept one (1) year of directly related experience in lieu of one (1) year of education. This position will be hybrid in Memphis, TN and candidates must live within a 50-mile radius. This position is hybrid, meaning that employees will be required to…