Senior Manager, ESG Data & Tech Lead

Overview
At KPMG, you'll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics are increasingly reshaping the business landscape, affecting financial performance and long-term business success. KPMG supports organizations in integrating ESG matters into their operations. This includes a multi-disciplinary group of professionals offering a curated range of skills and experience, including ESG strategy, sustainable finance, climate change and decarbonization, social and economic impact measurement, reporting, and assurance. We help our clients to effectively navigate the complex changes, challenges, and opportunities along their ESG journey.

Our ESG Data and Tech team supports the growing need for data and technology solutions to meet various ESG requirements. This team serves ESG core and extended teams and the Canadian Decarbonization Hub with specific talent, capabilities, and offerings needed to design, develop, and deliver ESG & Decarb solutions for our clients.

The senior manager will play a key role in leading the delivery of high-quality sustainability and ESG-related services, focusing on ESG data and technology in addition to:

• Leading by example and being an authentic and active advocate of responsible business.
• Have clear points of view on major sustainability megatrends.
• An deep understanding of current state of ESG reporting and data management software markets
• Have a navigable route to underlying service offerings (existing or new).
• Support firm-wide sustainability propositions.

What you will do

• Coordinate ESG team members to define ESG Data & Tech solutions/offerings based on growing ESG Data & Tech requirements
• Review and respond to RFPs pertaining to ESG Data & Tech use cases (ESG reporting, decarbonization, nature and biodiversity, sustainable finance, and climate risk)
• Go to Market alliances to support and build out ESG Data & Tech solutions
• Outline the technical requirements for a specific application, software, or platform (e.g., data ingestion, storage, data enrichment)
• Converse with clients to understand current state technology and future initiatives
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop skills.
• Create a learning environment through the leadership of team members.

What you bring to the role

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Environmental Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field
• Experience leading Data & Tech delivery teams
• Understanding of building ESG data estates and centralized data repositories
• Strong understanding of Data & Tech and Data Engineering foundations for grafting D&A solutions to ESG D&A solutions
• Strong understanding of ESG reporting frameworks and standards (CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, GRI, TNFD, SASB)
• 5+ years' experience with implementation projects in Data & Tech
• Experience working with enterprise systems (e.g., ERP)
• Experience working with Cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, GCP
• Understanding of data platform services (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Alteryx)
• Experience designing data platforms for large, complex organizations
• Strong relationship management skills with an ability to establish productive relationships between various leaders, departments, and partners across the organization
• Independent research and analytical skills with a keen interest in staying updated on new standards, certifications, and technologies.

Providing you with the support you need to be at your best
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