THE ROLEAs a Climate Risk Sustainability Expert, you will be a key contributor to transformational projects and analysis that enable client organizations to achieve their sustainability goals. This role develops and executes cutting-edge solutions in organizational change, supply chain activation, product portfolio management, stakeholder engagement. In this role, you will be a catalyst for success, enabling organizations to thrive at the intersection of sustainability and business performance. Does this describe you?: <ul> <li>Consulting Experience:</li> <ul> <li>You have 5+ years of experience with consulting engagements focused on climate strategy, sustainability, ESG, and business risk &amp; management. For 3+ years, you have been sharpening your strategy skills and technical expertise in the field of climate risk and opportunities</li> <li>You are familiar with scenario analysis and helping organizations explore beyond typical planning horizons and increase business capacity for climate change adaptation.</li> <li>You have demonstrated experience in assessing business environmental dependencies, identifying potential business/financial impacts, and identifying underlying hazards </li> <li>You are comfortable in a client facing role and interfacing with client senior leadership </li> <li>You have a science- and metrics-based orientation, and a deep intellectual and business curiosity, combined with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex information in clear, understandable ways to internal and external audiences, including top management.</li> </ul> <li>Sustainability Expertise:</li> <ul> <li>You have experience in assessing and reporting climate change or environmental-related risks and opportunities, including an understanding of climate change science, policy frameworks, and the associated financial and non-financial impacts of an organization.</li> <li>You have experience defining and implementing sustainability strategies across the consumer packaged goods industry, including supply chain, operations, and retail.</li> <li>You have experience in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and are capable of communicating complex risk concepts and findings to clients, colleagues, and other stakeholders in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.</li> <li>You have demonstrated experience assessing corporate climate risks (physical and transitional) and opportunities, identifying business/financial impacts of climate change, and have deep knowledge of climate-related risk disclosure frameworks.</li> <li>You have an understanding of ESG integration, including corporate governance, corporate sustainability reporting, and the broader ecosystem of ESG integration into investment and lending decisions (investment ratings and indices) with the intrinsic challenges companies face in executing on a net-zero strategy.</li> <li>You have experience navigating common sustainability frameworks such as GHG Protocol, TCFD, CDP, SBTi, TNFD, CSRD, EU Taxonomy</li> <li>You are comfortable with high-level financial analysis ROI, P&amp;L, and discounted cash flow modeling.</li> </ul> <li>Strategy &amp; Transformation Team:</li> <ul> <li>You’re an entrepreneurial and motivated sustainability professional and a strategic thinker looking for a big opportunity to work with sustainability leaders and experts.</li> <li>You’re a team player that works quickly, independently and on schedule. You know how to structure your own work and build relationships with teammates and clients.</li> <li>You get excited about guiding companies to understand and design transformative and science-based climate strategies.</li> <li>You’re energized by a fast-paced and diverse role: effectively delivering Quantis’ climate risk offering in the United States, ensuring the timely delivery of the related projects, supporting the development of the offering at the group level and supporting the training of the Climate Strategy team to acquire new skills and providing expertise to the various branches </li> </ul> </ul> Core Responsibilities:<ul> <li>Client Relationships</li> <ul> <li>Develop productive relationships with clients that enable transparent and authentic communication with the client and position Quantis as a trusted partner in achieving transformational sustainability goals.</li> <li>Develop and present thoughts and ideas with clarity and in a way the client is able to understand and follow along with project highlights and needs.</li> <li>Develop and produce clear and meaningful presentations that guide clients through the work being accomplished and connecting it with client challenges, needs, and goals. </li> <li>Supporting the business development initiatives and pricing models for the Quantis transformational offerings.</li> <li>Confidently and effectively advocate for project / scope / team in face of client demands.</li> </ul> <li>Technical Knowledge</li> <ul> <li>Consulting with clients and colleagues across multiple industries (in particular Food &amp; Beverage, Agriculture, Fashion &amp; Cosmetics, Sporting Goods and Chemical sectors), to assist them in understanding and implementing climate risk strategies.</li> <li>Serving as a subject matter expert to support the United States branch in  climate risk assessment, mitigation strategies, scenario analysis, and primary risk reporting frameworks (TCFD, CDP, CSRD…). </li> <ul><li>Experience with the following topics would be a plus: GHG accounting, SBTi and Net Zero, offsetting/carbon credits</li></ul> <li>Using robust methodologies to assess clients’ climate-related risk and opportunity, develop high-quality deliverables, and conduct client meetings.</li> <li>Work under the guidance of the US Strategy &amp; Transformation Lead, and the Global Community of Climate Expertise and Strategic Insights to help shape and grow the offering in environmental risk.</li> <li>Training: as subject matter expert, contribute to the development of materials to train the global delivery teams and the branch’s consultants on climate risk and delivery of our environmental risk advisory service; participate in relevant internal discussions and guiding project teams.</li> <li>Offerings improvement: together with the strategy team and key account managers, identify needs and implement actions to revise or expand on existing practices, including the integration of relevant new innovations.</li> </ul> <li>Analysis </li> <ul> <li>Provide detailed analysis on client challenges, propose solutions, and execute on those solutions to help the client achieve their sustainability goals and overcome challenges.</li> <li>Design custom frameworks and toolboxes that fit within a client’s organization for implementing transformation potential.</li> <li>Diagnosing the limitations of client’s current state governance model for achieving sustainability targets and goals, identifying a desired future state design, and delivering a roadmap to achieve future state integrated governance model.</li> <li>Conduct high-level financial analyses on the capital and operational impacts of deploying sustainability projects and transformational opportunities.</li> <li>Support sector and client delivery teams in creating the executive narrative, drive client stakeholder consensus building, engage the broader organization, and provide data-driven decision making to our clients.</li> </ul> <li>Community &amp; Team Engagement</li> <ul> <li>Contribute internally to the development of innovative solutions, methodologies and frameworks that enable transformational sustainability goals to be achieved. </li> <li>Take ownership of internal projects to support the growth of the Strategy &amp; Transformation team. </li> <li>Operate as an effective project team leader.</li> <li>Liaison and partner with sustainability experts across all branches to create a sense of community, collaborate on deliverables, and exchange learnings to support the growth of the global transformation community.</li> </ul> </ul> To thrive in the Quantis culture, you’ll:<ul> <li>Show up as team collaborator with a win-win attitude: empathetic, attentive and supportive of colleagues.</li> <li>Take responsibility and ownership for your work: think and act with autonomy, while knowing when to ask for help.</li> <li>Take initiative if something needs to be done.</li> <li>Be positive! Use positive language, look at challenges not as bottlenecks, but as problems to solve, and see failure as a lesson learned.</li> <li>Practice open and transparent communication; welcome effective dialogue and productive disagreement with minimal tension.</li> <li>Self-Manage: be in the driver’s seat of your professional growth and ambitions all the while valuing the learning journey and opportunities within Quantis. </li> </ul> WHY YOU’LL LOVE QUANTIS Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature. We strive to be agents of change, helping companies transform from business as usual to business at its best. We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We’re contributing to this transformation by combining the latest science with strategic business insights. Our advice enables global leaders in our focus sectors to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement the changes and operate within planetary boundaries.  Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis. Join us! Learn more <a href="https://quantis-intl.com/about/our-story/whowhatwhere/">about Quantis and our Mission</a>.  Some logistics to consider:·      Location: Boston, MA·      Frequent collaboration with other Quantis branches (France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany) via web-conferences ·      Ability to travel (eventually), approximately 10% Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a positive and unique working environment. The compensation target for this role ranges from $118,000/year-$130,000/year. Quantis Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Statement At Quantis, the principles of DEI have always been an essential part of our identity, our values and our mission. Our commitment is to elevate the voices of all Quantisians to foster an inclusive culture where all employees feel that they belong and are valued. Our goal is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of all the places where we live and work. This extends to our clients, their clients, and their entire value chain as sustainable thinking and collective representation are integral components of our purpose to transform the way that businesses operate. Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a positive and unique working environment.   To learn about the Quantis Spirit and what makes us exceptional, check out our <a href="https://quantis.com/who-we-are/discover/about-quantis/">Braver New World</a>  video.

Quantis partners with leading consumer goods and financial services organizations to drive sustainable transformation to operate within planetary boundaries. We balance the latest science with business acumen to guide our clients to future-proof their business and thrive in a new planetary economy. We believe in the power of business to create a sustainable future where nature, people &ndash; and business &ndash; can thrive.

Sustainability Expert - Climate Risk

THE ROLEAs a Climate Risk Sustainability Expert, you will be a key contributor to transformational projects and analysis that enable client organizations to achieve their sustainability goals. This role develops and executes cutting-edge solutions in organizational change, supply chain activation, product portfolio management, stakeholder engagement. In this role, you will be a catalyst for success, enabling organizations to thrive at the intersection of sustainability and business performance. Does this describe you?: <ul> <li>Consulting Experience:</li> <ul> <li>You have 5+ years of experience with consulting engagements focused on climate strategy, sustainability, ESG, and business risk &amp; management. For 3+ years, you have been sharpening your strategy skills and technical expertise in the field of climate risk and opportunities</li> <li>You are familiar with scenario analysis and helping organizations explore beyond typical planning horizons and increase business capacity for climate change adaptation.</li> <li>You have demonstrated experience in assessing business environmental dependencies, identifying potential business/financial impacts, and identifying underlying hazards </li> <li>You are comfortable in a client facing role and interfacing with client senior leadership </li> <li>You have a science- and metrics-based orientation, and a deep intellectual and business curiosity, combined with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate complex information in clear, understandable ways to internal and external audiences, including top management.</li> </ul> <li>Sustainability Expertise:</li> <ul> <li>You have experience in assessing and reporting climate change or environmental-related risks and opportunities, including an understanding of climate change science, policy frameworks, and the associated financial and non-financial impacts of an organization.</li> <li>You have experience defining and implementing sustainability strategies across the consumer packaged goods industry, including supply chain, operations, and retail.</li> <li>You have experience in qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and are capable of communicating complex risk concepts and findings to clients, colleagues, and other stakeholders in a clear, concise, and compelling manner.</li> <li>You have demonstrated experience assessing corporate climate risks (physical and transitional) and opportunities, identifying business/financial impacts of climate change, and have deep knowledge of climate-related risk disclosure frameworks.</li> <li>You have an understanding of ESG integration, including corporate governance, corporate sustainability reporting, and the broader ecosystem of ESG integration into investment and lending decisions (investment ratings and indices) with the intrinsic challenges companies face in executing on a net-zero strategy.</li> <li>You have experience navigating common sustainability frameworks such as GHG Protocol, TCFD, CDP, SBTi, TNFD, CSRD, EU Taxonomy</li> <li>You are comfortable with high-level financial analysis ROI, P&amp;L, and discounted cash flow modeling.</li> </ul> <li>Strategy &amp; Transformation Team:</li> <ul> <li>You’re an entrepreneurial and motivated sustainability professional and a strategic thinker looking for a big opportunity to work with sustainability leaders and experts.</li> <li>You’re a team player that works quickly, independently and on schedule. You know how to structure your own work and build relationships with teammates and clients.</li> <li>You get excited about guiding companies to understand and design transformative and science-based climate strategies.</li> <li>You’re energized by a fast-paced and diverse role: effectively delivering Quantis’ climate risk offering in the United States, ensuring the timely delivery of the related projects, supporting the development of the offering at the group level and supporting the training of the Climate Strategy team to acquire new skills and providing expertise to the various branches </li> </ul> </ul>&nbsp;Core Responsibilities:<ul> <li>Client Relationships</li> <ul> <li>Develop productive relationships with clients that enable transparent and authentic communication with the client and position Quantis as a trusted partner in achieving transformational sustainability goals.</li> <li>Develop and present thoughts and ideas with clarity and in a way the client is able to understand and follow along with project highlights and needs.</li> <li>Develop and produce clear and meaningful presentations that guide clients through the work being accomplished and connecting it with client challenges, needs, and goals. </li> <li>Supporting the business development initiatives and pricing models for the Quantis transformational offerings.</li> <li>Confidently and effectively advocate for project / scope / team in face of client demands.</li> </ul> <li>Technical Knowledge</li> <ul> <li>Consulting with clients and colleagues across multiple industries (in particular Food &amp; Beverage, Agriculture, Fashion &amp; Cosmetics, Sporting Goods and Chemical sectors), to assist them in understanding and implementing climate risk strategies.</li> <li>Serving as a subject matter expert to support the United States branch in &nbsp;climate risk assessment, mitigation strategies, scenario analysis, and primary risk reporting frameworks (TCFD, CDP, CSRD…). </li> <ul><li>Experience with the following topics would be a plus: GHG accounting, SBTi and Net Zero, offsetting/carbon credits</li></ul> <li>Using robust methodologies to assess clients’ climate-related risk and opportunity, develop high-quality deliverables, and conduct client meetings.</li> <li>Work under the guidance of the US Strategy &amp; Transformation Lead, and the Global Community of Climate Expertise and Strategic Insights to help shape and grow the offering in environmental risk.</li> <li>Training: as subject matter expert, contribute to the development of materials to train the global delivery teams and the branch’s consultants on climate risk and delivery of our environmental risk advisory service; participate in relevant internal discussions and guiding project teams.</li> <li>Offerings improvement: together with the strategy team and key account managers, identify needs and implement actions to revise or expand on existing practices, including the integration of relevant new innovations.</li> </ul> <li>Analysis </li> <ul> <li>Provide detailed analysis on client challenges, propose solutions, and execute on those solutions to help the client achieve their sustainability goals and overcome challenges.</li> <li>Design custom frameworks and toolboxes that fit within a client’s organization for implementing transformation potential.</li> <li>Diagnosing the limitations of client’s current state governance model for achieving sustainability targets and goals, identifying a desired future state design, and delivering a roadmap to achieve future state integrated governance model.</li> <li>Conduct high-level financial analyses on the capital and operational impacts of deploying sustainability projects and transformational opportunities.</li> <li>Support sector and client delivery teams in creating the executive narrative, drive client stakeholder consensus building, engage the broader organization, and provide data-driven decision making to our clients.</li> </ul> <li>Community &amp; Team Engagement</li> <ul> <li>Contribute internally to the development of innovative solutions, methodologies and frameworks that enable transformational sustainability goals to be achieved. </li> <li>Take ownership of internal projects to support the growth of the Strategy &amp; Transformation team. </li> <li>Operate as an effective project team leader.</li> <li>Liaison and partner with sustainability experts across all branches to create a sense of community, collaborate on deliverables, and exchange learnings to support the growth of the global transformation community.</li> </ul> </ul>&nbsp;To thrive in the Quantis culture, you’ll:<ul> <li>Show up as team collaborator with a win-win attitude: empathetic, attentive and supportive of colleagues.</li> <li>Take responsibility and ownership for your work: think and act with autonomy, while knowing when to ask for help.</li> <li>Take initiative if something needs to be done.</li> <li>Be positive! Use positive language, look at challenges not as bottlenecks, but as problems to solve, and see failure as a lesson learned.</li> <li>Practice open and transparent communication; welcome effective dialogue and productive disagreement with minimal tension.</li> <li>Self-Manage: be in the driver’s seat of your professional growth and ambitions all the while valuing the learning journey and opportunities within Quantis. </li> </ul>&nbsp;WHY YOU’LL LOVE QUANTIS&nbsp;Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature. We strive to be agents of change, helping companies transform from business as usual to business at its best.&nbsp;We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We’re contributing to this transformation by combining the latest science with strategic business insights. Our advice enables global leaders in our focus sectors to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement the changes and operate within planetary boundaries.&nbsp;&nbsp;Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis.&nbsp;Join us!&nbsp;Learn more <a href="https://quantis-intl.com/about/our-story/whowhatwhere/">about Quantis and our Mission</a>. &nbsp;Some logistics to consider:·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Location: Boston, MA·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Frequent collaboration with other Quantis branches (France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany) via web-conferences ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ability to travel (eventually), approximately 10% Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a positive and unique working environment. The compensation target for this role ranges from $118,000/year-$130,000/year.&nbsp;Quantis Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Statement&nbsp;At Quantis, the principles of DEI have always been an essential part of our identity, our values and our mission. Our commitment is to elevate the voices of all Quantisians to foster an inclusive culture where all employees feel that they belong and are valued. Our goal is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of all the places where we live and work. This extends to our clients, their clients, and their entire value chain as sustainable thinking and collective representation are integral components of our purpose to transform the way that businesses operate.&nbsp;Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a positive and unique working environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To learn about the Quantis Spirit and what makes us exceptional, check out our <a href="https://quantis.com/who-we-are/discover/about-quantis/">Braver New World</a>&nbsp; video.&nbsp;

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