Senior Associate

Sustainability Advisory Senior Consultant

Opportunity ID : 7979

Department(s) : Advisory

Location(s) : Bethesda

Function : Environmental, Social & Governance Consulting

As CohnReznick grows, so do our career opportunities. As one of the nation’s top Professional Services and Business Advisory firms, we foster teams in Advisory, Assurance, and Tax services that value innovation and collaboration in everything they do!

We currently have an exciting career opportunity for a Sustainability Advisory Senior Consultant to join our Sustainability Advisory team.

CohnReznick is a hybrid firm and most of our professionals are located within a commutable distance to one of our offices. This position is considered remote, which means it does not require job duties to be performed within proximity of a CohnReznick office location. However, as a remote employee, you may be required to be present at a CohnReznick office with scheduled notice for client work, team meetings, or trainings.

YOUR TEAM.

The Sustainability Advisory practice helps CohnReznick clients manage ESG risk and develop and implement ESG strategies that deliver value to their stakeholders. This team helps businesses in many industries drive change by embedding ESG into their ‘business as usual’ while also bringing cross-functional teams together to scale ESG client solutions.

YOUR ROLE.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Understand sustainability issues and how they impact clients’ businesses and operating models to assess the maturity of clients’ sustainability journey.
• Conduct research on emerging sustainability and ESG reporting regulations and industry trends, including ESG ratings data from agencies such as Refinitiv, MSCI, CDP, Sustainalytics, EcoVadis, etc.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking to help clients understand any gaps relative to peers in terms of sustainability programs, reporting, and maturity.
• Knowledge of various sustainability reporting frameworks, including SASB, TCFD, GRI, CDP, ISSB, and SDGs, and how to apply them to corporate sustainability reports.
• Conduct research on emerging ESG reporting regulations, such as CA SB-253 and SB-261, EU CSRD, SEC Climate-Related Disclosures, and Building Energy Performance Standards.
• Measure social impacts of sustainability projects such as workforce development, household savings, health improvements, etc.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews in a materiality assessment and triangulate interview results with market and peer benchmarking research to help clients prioritize material ESG issues.
• Develop a strategic plan that outlines key milestones to operationalize sustainability and ESG programs for prioritized material topics.
• Understanding of the GHG protocol standard for collecting data, measuring, calculating, and reporting Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions inventory.
• Develop a decarbonization strategy for SBTi, including calculating the financial implications of different decarbonization levers in terms of investment costs and potential cost savings and emissions reduction.
• Identify and quantify climate-related risks and opportunities and their impact on a client’s business, operations, and sustainability journey, including application of climate scenarios (e.g., IPCC, NGFS, IEA) and climate hazard data.
• Use data-driven techniques to structure quantitative analyses, identify and evaluate trends, and provide solutions (such as cost-benefit, financial, and market analyses).
• Effectively produce high-quality deliverables on large, complex engagements while helping ensure projects remain on scope, schedule, and budget.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with other practices and industry groups involved in ESG engagement delivery.

YOUR EXPERIENCE.

The successful candidate will have :

At CohnReznick, we are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or one of our other roles.

CohnReznick is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive team to drive business results and create a better future every day for our team members, clients, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

J-18808-Ljbffr