Senior Sustainability Associate - ESG

ZS is a place where passion changes lives. As a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life and how we live it, our most valuable asset is our people. Here you’ll work side-by-side with a powerful collective of thinkers and experts shaping life-changing solutions for patients, caregivers and consumers, worldwide. ZSers drive impact by bringing a client first mentality to each and every engagement. We partner collaboratively with our clients to develop custom solutions and technology products that create value and deliver company results across critical areas of their business. Bring your curiosity for learning; bold ideas; courage and passion to drive life-changing impact to ZS. 

Our most valuable asset is our people.  

At ZS we honor the visible and invisible elements of our identities, personal experiences and belief systems—the ones that comprise us as individuals, shape who we are and 

make us unique. We believe your personal interests, identities, and desire to learn are part of your success here. Learn more about our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and the networks ZS supports to assist our ZSers in cultivating community spaces, obtaining the resources they need to thrive, and sharing the messages they are passionate about.  

At ZS, ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) is a core activity at the heart of our business and operations. Our strategy is core to our vision and mission, ZS engages with our employees, clients, suppliers, and community members in advancing our ESG work. ZS also engages with those in our value chain to meet strict client expectations and growing regulations.

Senior Finance Associate – Sustainability Controllership

We seek a Senior Finance Associate who will support Global ESG initiatives. This Chicago-based employee will be a connecter between Sustainability, Finance and our other ZS internal functions and be a core contributor to global sustainability initiatives, supplier engagement, audits, and reporting.

What You’ll Do:

Support Global sustainability priorities for ZS, including:

1. Sustainability & Emissions Reduction Strategy: Support implementation and advocacy of emissions reduction strategies across ZS to meet targets, including data collection and continual improvement, scope 1-3 emissions reduction initiatives, office operational improvements, and integrating sustainability into ZS internal processes.
2. Environmental Reporting: Participate in yearly environmental measurement and reporting cycles, like; global emissions inventories and audits, service-level emissions allocations, GRI metric preparation and sustainability documentation for ESG reports, and submission to environmental platforms (EcoVadis & Carbon Disclosure Project [CDP]).
3. Supplier Engagement: Coordinate with ZS procurement team on supplier sustainability engagement, supplier emissions data gathering, supplier metrics preparation (e.g., supplier diversity), and monitoring of supplier compliance with ZS expectations and code of conduct.
4. Compliance and Risk Management: Coordinate climate risk and opportunity financial analysis, guide environmental aspects of materiality assessments, and support client questionnaires and reporting.
5. Vendor Management: Manage budgeting, analyses, contracting, and activity with vendors such as emissions auditors, renewable energy providers, and strategy partners.

What You’ll Bring:

• BA/BS degree in Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Environmental Management or related field required with 2-5 years’ work experience in a related field.
• High motivation, strong work ethic and personal initiative
• Ability to think strategically and willingness to dive down into the details.
• Willingness to take on new challenges, step towards a problem, and prioritize continual learning of sustainability and ESG on-the-job.
• Strong interpersonal skills. E.g., collaborating with stakeholders across different teams, levels, geographies and presenting sustainability to audiences of varied base-line knowledge
• Excellent organizational and task management skills
• Carbon accounting, emissions calculations/auditing experience r and experience with net zero planning and strategy preferred.
• Exercises good judgement on when challenge versus lending support.
  
  

Perks & Benefits:

ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.                

We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working.  A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.

Travel:

Travel is a requirement at ZS for client facing ZSers; business needs of your project and client are the priority. While some projects may be local, all client-facing ZSers should be prepared to travel as needed.  Travel provides opportunities to strengthen client relationships, gain diverse experiences, and enhance professional growth by working in different environments and cultures.

Considering applying?

At ZS, we're building a diverse and inclusive company where people bring their passions to inspire life-changing impact and deliver better outcomes for all. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize the value that candidates with all backgrounds, including non-traditional ones, bring. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements listed above.

ZS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities without regard to any class protected by applicable law.

To Complete Your Application:

Candidates must possess or be able to obtain work authorization for their intended country of employment.An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required to be considered.

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