BDO is looking to solve the problem of collecting, validating, analyzing, managing, and disclosing sustainability and ESG data to support internal decision-making, stakeholder communications, and compliance with client requirements and global sustainability standards and regulations.
Requirements
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Experience with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g. Power BI)
- Proficient with Envizi, Watershed, Persefoni, or similar GHG accounting and reporting technology
- Familiarity with Airtable project management platform
- Strong knowledge of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and GHG accounting methods (Scopes 1, 2, and 3)
- Experience with sustainability frameworks, disclosure standards, and ratings agencies (GRI, SASB, IFRS, TCFD, CDP, Ecovadis)
- Significant experience in data management and analytics
Responsibilities
- Oversees annual sustainability data collection process and collaborates with core business services teams on data validation, quality management and internal controls, and record-keeping
- Collaborates with internal stakeholders to define data ownership, improve data quality, and address gaps or inconsistencies
- Calculates annual Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions footprint and manages GHG data in BDO’s carbon accounting software, overseeing process integration, data quality and timely and accurate updates
- Translates complex sustainability data into clear insights and visualizations for dashboards, scorecards, leadership briefings, and stakeholder reporting and performance tracking
- Manages end-to-end sustainability reporting, including project management and publication of annual report, ratings agency submissions, and other voluntary or regulatory disclosures, ensuring alignment with global reporting standards and frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD, SBTi, CDP, CSRD)
- Liaises with BDO global office and member firm sustainability teams to provide annual firm emissions inputs, collaborate on process improvements and share best practices and analysis
- Implements and manages internal data controls and data assurance processes and supports external assurance of sustainability reports and data
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Management Information Systems, Data Science and Analytics, or Sustainability/Environmental Science
- Five (5) or more years of experience in sustainability reporting, GHG accounting and emissions data management
- Three (3) or more years of experience in project plan development, management, and implementation
- Strong program management and organizational skills, including the ability to create work plans, independently manage workstreams, manage projects to completion and meet deadlines
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams and manage communication across multiple levels and functional areas of the organization
