Sustainability Advisory - Consultant

Job description / Role

The EY Clean Energy and Sustainability Services Team in MENA is actively looking for a market-facing junior associate to join our Climate Change & Sustainability team, helping clients to develop their strategy, including approaches to sustainable procurement, sustainability digitization, carbon measurement and management, resource efficiency, business model innovation, program and risk management, sustainability reporting and verification.

We are at the forefront of current trends in sustainability and we engage with client staff at all levels to provide insight into these developments. We want candidates who are dedicated and capable of helping us develop our dynamic sustainability practice that is focused on making the difference for our clients as they navigate this agenda. If you are interested in being part of a growing team, serving clients and reaching your full potential, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:
- Advise EY's clients on sustainability related services
- Maintain a strong client focus across multiple client engagement teams, sharing responsibility, providing support, developing relationships and maintaining communication with senior team members.
- Perform sustainability-related audit procedures; evaluate and test processes and related controls; participate in client meetings and assist in preparation of reports.
- Highlight potential opportunities for new engagements. Seek, develop and present ideas to apply EY's services.
- Gather, analyse and distribute sustainability intelligence to our clients and the practice

Requirements

- 1-2 years of relevant work experience, for example applying audit and analytical techniques in relation to non-financial performance information, including environmental data
- Ideally experience in large organizations in the field of Sustainability strategy and implementation. Prior consulting experience an advantage
- Understanding of the key sustainability issues and how they link to business value
- Strong commercial skills - an entrepreneurial mind set and good understanding of business processes
- Strong technical, quantitative and analytical skills
- Ability to think laterally and adapt previous experience and solutions to new projects
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic team and environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Flexible in attitude to deal with GCC mindset
- Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline, for example engineering or environmental science
- Relevant professional qualifications an advantage

Our Assurance group is one of the most trusted, respected and influential organizations in the industry. As part of our team, you will provide peace of mind to clients by using your skills and experience to give companies, investors and regulators confidence in the validity of financial statements and business-critical information or processes.

Groups (or, as we call them, sub-service lines) within Assurance include External Audit, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Financial Accounting Advisory Services and Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services.

About the Company

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

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The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region