Director - Sustainability, ESG, and Climate Data

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

Our Perks:

• Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Mental health coverage
• Quarterly Wellness stipend
• Fertility benefits
• Complete list of benefits here

CLA is currently seeking a Director for our Sustainability, ESG, Climate Data team. As a Director, you will be a member of our national Assurance Consulting Team (ACT). The Sustainability, ESG and Climate Data team is growing and requires outstanding, innovative, and engaging professionals to join our team. Our team is privileged to be working on one of the most pressing and topical business and societal issue of our time. Through our services, we help our clients understand, engage with and act on their sustainability-related risks and opportunities. As a Director, you will lead and develop the Sustainability and ESG practice across a range of industries to assist companies in establishing or improving their climate related insights and current ESG reporting process. The Director will report to the Managing Principal of Assurance.

How you'll create opportunities in this Director role:

• Serve as senior subject matter advisor on engagements actively directing engagement team members.
• Build internal awareness materials and develop learning plan to upskill and help scale our ESG practice.
• Lead practice efforts on proposal development
• Lead attestation engagements.
• Participate in conferences and speaking events to support client and market development.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in related field.
• ESG related certification.
• A background in leading Sustainability and ESG engagement teams in a variety of industries.
• 5+ years of recent strategy or data & analytics consulting experience from an accounting firm, management consultancy or ESG consultancy; minimum three years in reporting (GHG protocols, reporting frameworks).
• Extensive experience in project management including planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing staff, clients and/or partners towards the successful completion of a project.

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Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

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