Transaction Services, Net Zero & Climate Risk Senior Manager

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Job description

In Deals we solve the important problems that stand in the way of value being created, sustained, realised or protected for our clients - working together to aid responsible recovery and growth.

We put together major mergers and acquisitions and resolve business crises - from international take-over bids to financial crime investigations and cases of insolvency. Our teams work on iconic deals with national and global clients as well as operating and investing in businesses, new ventures and entrepreneurs in our local market and communities. It's both a responsibility and a privilege to guide our clients through moments that matter deeply to them. Our breadth of clients in an ever-changing market means we need to be agile - responding when we need to, in a way that really makes a difference.

We draw upon our deals experience across many industries to support and partner with our clients, to positively impact society and the communities in which we operate. The insight we create, coupled with the innovative tools and methodologies we use to access and evaluate the data that matters, contributes to the success of our clients in all Deals situations. We encourage our clients to think more broadly - connecting their actions today with their successes tomorrow. We help our clients throughout the Deals lifecycle to create lasting value for their businesses.

Each of our key areas within Deals, delivers services to the market individually or together by combining our specialists to provide comprehensive client solutions.

About us

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), is a term that covers a range of issues facing the world today and here at PwC you will have an opportunity to have a purposeful career to positively contribute and make a difference.

We're helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by building credibility of non-financial and climate reporting, helping clients to transform sustainably, ensure the transition to Net Zero is fair, and ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge and sharing this story with our clients.

As part of The New Equation, PwC is investing $12bn globally over the next 5 years, creating over 100,000 new jobs with a particular focus on ESG. We're working with our Sustainability & Climate Change practice to embed ESG into our market-leading services, bringing the best of our firm together to help our clients.

This includes our Transaction Services (TS) business, which we are growing in response to the demand for advice around how Net zero, Climate change and other ESG topics impact Sustainable Value Creation (SVC) in deals. For more information on SVC, please visit:

Who we're looking for

We are looking for professionals with knowledge and experience in ESG, particularly in relation to Net Zero and Climate risk, to join our growing Net Zero & Climate / ESG (NZ&C/ESG) Transaction Services team.

As part of this team, you will be working on deals related NZ&C /ESG projects, alongside our market leading Sustainability & Climate Change team. We work across all sectors, with a variety of clients (e.g. global asset managers, UK and international corporates, sovereign wealth funds, private equity) to:

• help sellers identify and realise the value related to NZ&C / ESG inherent in businesses they are selling; and

• help buyers assess risk and identify and plan how to capture value.

This is not about "ticking the box" - this is about providing real, tangible support to our clients as they navigate the many and complex NZ&C / ESG risks and opportunities they are now facing - not the least of which are the value implications - of (i) the transition to a low carbon economy and (ii) climate change.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about these topics, and keen to help the business community lead the way to a lower carbon and more sustainable world. You are proactive in keeping up to date with the current developments in this field, as well as have a view on the practical impacts that companies and the business world can have on climate change. Experience of these topics in business is preferred, and experience in a transactional setting is a bonus.

As a member of our NZ&C / ESG TS team, you will work with diverse professionals, bringing different knowledge and experience to bear in tackling difficult problems.

You will be responsible for areas such as the following:

• Identifying and understanding key drivers of a business (financial and non-financial information) and analysing how these could be impacted by transitioning to Net Zero, and the associated climate risks - GHG accounting is a particular area of importance;

• Writing and reviewing due diligence reports for our corporate, banking and private equity clients;

• Interaction with senior levels of client management, and exposure to business owners to understand areas such as historical and projected business performance and wider commercial issues

• Assimilating information quickly and dealing with ambiguity

• Problem solving; and

• Collaborating with other teams; working as part of a larger project environment.

You will also need to be comfortable with:

• Managing a diverse portfolio of project-based work;

• Sharing your experience and developing other team members through the deal process;

• Developing internal and external networks, and adopting a business development mindset;

• Consulting with senior stakeholders internally and externally; and

• Delivering to tight deadlines.

For this role, you should come with:

• University level education or equivalent in a business or science field

• Demonstrate relevant work experience, for example advisory, consultancy or due diligence work with a sustainability focus

• Experience working with GHG accounting, science based targets, emissions baselining and development of net zero roadmaps/pathways

• Understanding of financial reporting requirements such as TCFD, EU taxonomy, SFDR would be an asset

• Good business writing and Excel skills

• Strong analytical skills and commercial awareness

• Familiarity with using data / analytics tools, such as Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI, and Excel would be ideal

• Interpersonal skills (lead teams, mentoring and developing staff, confident interacting with clients and management)

• Ability to adapt and be flexible to a changing work environment and evolving demands

Deals
Our Deals business is an exciting, fast-paced and an ever-growing business that focuses on deals and crisis situations for our clients. Collectively, we deal with the types of situations you hear about regularly in the news and we provide support, insight and analysis to the management, shareholders and financiers of business.

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