SATIC Sustainability Reporting

at  PwC

JOB DESCRIPTION & SUMMARY

A career in our Sustainability and Climate Change will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.
Sustainability and climate change are at the top of the agenda for many organisations, but many are at different stages in understanding how they should respond. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients balance competing economic, social and environmental goals. Our advice goes right to the heart of policy and strategy, addressing everything from the international development policies of major donors to changing regulations and consumer preferences, to the security of supply chains, climate risk and the challenges of urbanisation.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

ABOUT PWC SATIC

PwC has recently launched the South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC). SATIC is designed to innovate, build and deploy for our global clients across a range of technology and transformational solutions.
We are looking for a number of candidates who can support our global clients transform their approach to sustainability reporting. We’ll need people who understand how technology can be used to support this reporting, but also candidates with backgrounds in sustainability and delivering change for clients to tackle the biggest challenges in society.
The Sustainability delivery centre will work closely with the PwC UK Sustainability practice, where you will play an integral part in engagements, working as part of an extension of the UK team. It presents an exciting opportunity to shape a meaningful career, contributing positively to some of the most pressing global challenges.
If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Experience aligned with the outlined activities
• Understanding of the sustainability regulatory and reporting environment as well as the links and connectivity between financial and non-financial information.
• Staying up-to-date with emerging regulations and standards (e.g., TCFD, TNFD, CRSD, ESRS, ISSB, SFDR, Taxonomy Regulations, SEC Climate Rule, PRA SS3/19, GRI, SASB, WEF IBC, UN Principles for Responsible Investment)
• Knowledge of value drivers within Sustainability
• Project management skills with a demonstrated ability to work on multiple engagements effectively
• Experience in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in managing and coaching teams
• Clear and effective communication skills
• Ability to build key stakeholder relationships, both internally and with clients

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

We work across all industries - public sector, private sector and financial services clients, so value experience in one or more of these industries.
Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)
Degrees/Field of Study required:
Degrees/Field of Study preferred:
Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

OPTIONAL SKILLS

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Up to 20%

Desirable skill sets include:

• Experience managing or delivering sustainability reporting within/for a company
• Assurance experience, including evaluating controls over financial and operational (non-financial) processes

ROLE SUMMARY:

Joining PwC’s Sustainability team in SATIC presents an exciting opportunity to shape a meaningful career, contributing positively to some of the most pressing global challenges. Through speed, collaboration, and imaginative thinking we’re helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by:

• enhancing credibility of non-financial sustainability and climate reporting,
• driving sustainability transformation programmes to ensure the transition to Net Zero is fair.

We are also ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge ahead. As part of The New Equation, PwC is committing $12bn globally over the next 5 years, creating over 100,000 new jobs, with a specific emphasis on strengthening our Sustainability capabilities.
This role primarily focuses on Sustainability Reporting, providing an opportunity to work virtually with the PwC UK practice, to deliver a broad spectrum of sustainability reporting services to UK-based clients as well as clients around the world.
The next 24 months will be a critical phase for Sustainability reporting, given the numerous new and emerging Sustainability regulations expected to be applicable from 2024 onwards. As our Sustainability Reporting team expands, we are actively seeking talented professionals with a background in Sustainability Reporting or non-financial control frameworks, to play a leading role in delivering complex engagements to senior client stakeholders.
We want to help our clients to tackle their Sustainability reporting challenges and to create value not only for today, but for the future.
Qualifications / Certifications required:
We will consider a range of university degrees and professional qualifications in a relevant subject matter area. However, on top of this, candidates will be expected to demonstrate experience in client delivery across one or a number of sustainability reporting requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF ROLE:

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the project team in various Sustainability reporting activities, including:

• Current state Sustainability reporting assessments
• Regulatory impact assessments and gap analysis
• Sustainability reporting landscape reviews and horizon scanning
• Sustainability materiality assessments
• Sustainability reporting maturity assessments
• Sustainability reporting implementation design
• Sustainability reporting assurance readiness assessments
• Manage client-facing and internal engagements, overseeing progress and budgets

Serve as a subject matter expert on projects, specific topics, or reporting frameworks
Stay updated on the latest reporting developments through continuous research
Manage day-to-day relationships with key client and internal stakeholders
Identify new client opportunities and contribute to the development of sales and marketing materials, including proposals and thought leadership
Contribute to the further development of our Sustainability Reporting proposition and approach, including digital assets.

PEOPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop junior team members through effective coaching, supervision, and training
• Practise upward management and communication
• Foster a positive and inclusive team environment

Desirable skill sets include:

• Experience managing or delivering sustainability reporting within/for a company
• Assurance experience, including evaluating controls over financial and operational (non-financial) processes.

As a Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm’s/client’s expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct