Risk Specialist

12 Month Term Contract - Full-time

All PwC AU offices - Hybrid - Senior Manager

Our Corporate Sustainability team is instrumental in supporting the firm to realise its responsible business ambitions internally, and in the market. We support the firm in delivering on its net zero commitments, blending technical skills and strategy to advise our internal functions on issues that have real impact on our world. We’re looking for an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Risk Specialist to help drive responsible business practices within our vast community of solvers.

Use the know-how you've gained in risk management to help identify and manage the ESG issues relevant to our business (e.g. climate, nature, human rights including modern slavery). With meaningful problems to solve, you'll have plenty of opportunity to create change in areas you’re passionate about. We work from anywhere, so your strong communication skills and team ethos will get a workout.

The ESG Risk Specialist is pivotal in driving responsible business practices and is accountable for delivering ESG risk management solutions to enhance PwC’s resilience, reputation and long-term value creation. You’ll make an impact by:

• Researching and mapping key ESG risks and obligations that are relevant to our business (including a review of work done in other PwC territories). This will include understanding current public commitments and internal PwC network standards, industry best practice, and any current or incoming regulatory requirements
• Working with relevant subject matter experts to leverage existing (or develop new) frameworks to capture, manage and monitor ESG risks
• Working across various functions to identify which stakeholders should be engaged on current and emerging ESG issues and determine the appropriate governance and day to day management of individual ESG risks. This may include:
• preparing a RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted and informed) map against relevant business units/specialists
• defining first line versus second line of defence functions
  
• Reviewing the material risk profile with respect to the delivery and disclosure of our ESG obligations and public commitments
• Working with the Contracting Centre of Excellence (CCoE) to assess how to effectively manage our exposure to ESG obligations
• Working with relevant stakeholders to understand impending Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) and what it means for our current climate / sustainability management and reporting practices including climate risk assessment, climate scenario analysis and climate transition planning
• Supporting the Director, Responsible Business with a range of other ESG risk related activities
  
  

More About You

• Strong background in risk, comfortable with risk management frameworks / tools
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and interpersonal skills including ability to influence senior leadership as required
• Preference for someone who has an understanding of sustainability issues / risks including those related to environment and human rights
• Strong critical thinking, intellectual curiosity and problem-solving capabilities
• Proactive, organised and committed to quality
• Committed to living PwC’s values to:
• Act with integrity
• Make a difference
• Care
• Work together
• Reimagine the possible
  
  
  

Solve problems that matter to you.

You want a career that empowers you to make things fairer, faster and more impactful.

We’ll give you a career-boosting role that:

• Provides meaningful work and leadership opportunities
• Allows you to follow your passion for giving through social impact and volunteering programs
• Helps you prioritise your life outside of work, with lifestyle and wellness stipends up to $500 a year
• Has competitive and transparent salary packages with the opportunity for yearly bonuses and promotions
• Helps you learn and grow with our internal Academy, study support, and access to independent career coaching
• Prioritises new families with 26 weeks of parental leave
  
  
  

We're an inclusive bunch, and we try to make life easier - for our clients, our teams and our communities. If you need reasonable adjustments when applying, just let us know.

Meg Lansang is the Recruitment Manager for the role. As the team experiences high volumes of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a timely and fair process for all.

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