Senior Consultant – Reporting and Investors, Sustainability Advisory

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Join Arcadis to drive real impact. Arcadis is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our U.S.-based Sustainability Advisory this role you will help shape the future of sustainability by leading sustainability initiatives for complex client engagements. As a trusted advisor youll collaborate with diverse teams and industry leaders to solve some of the worlds most urgent challenges including climate change and the transition to net zero. We offer a supportive culture that values integrity professional growth and innovation. If you are passionate about making a measurable difference and thrive in a fast-paced client-focused environment we want to hear from you.

At Arcadis you will have the opportunity to drive transformational change for clients and communities by addressing some of the worlds most critical climate and resilience challenges. As a leading global consultancy we combine deep technical expertise with innovative digital solutions to help organizations understand quantify and manage sustainability challenges.

This hybrid role is preferably located in Washington DC New York City or Chicago. The ideal candidate for this role will be a highly organized self-starter with strong project management and communication skills proven experience delivering sustainability reporting programs to global portfolios and ability to collaborate across internal functions cultures and geographies.

Role accountabilities:

As a Senior Consultant in our Sustainability Advisory team you will lead the delivery of sustainability reporting projects with investors and financial institutions but additionally across multiple other sectors such as real estate retail manufacturing infrastructure technology and transportation. You will serve as the primary point of contact for clients ensuring that all deliverables are accurate timely and client-ready. Your role will include developing and implementing reporting strategies managing project teams and providing quality assurance for technical analyses. You will also play a key role in mentoring junior staff identifying opportunities to expand client relationships leading workstreams within larger programs and supporting the development of Arcadiss broader sustainability offering. This position requires strong consulting experience the ability to communicate complex topics clearly and a thorough understanding of the latest sustainability frameworks and standards including GRESB CDP DJSI Ecovadis and ISSB S2.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead complex reporting portfolios and projects. Lead projects from concept to delivery.
• Deliver projects or workstreams on broader sustainability topics. Topics may include GHG accounting ESG strategy climate risk decarbonization biodiversity and others to meet diverse client needs.
• Owning client relationships. Act as a trusted advisor anticipate needs and consistently deliver high-quality client-ready work directly and through others.
• Driving results independently. Take a challenge brainstorm solutions and deliver proposals analyses client communications and deliverables with minimal supervision. Track schedules deliverables budgets and staffing on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Coaching and elevating junior team members. Guide project teams give actionable feedback and help colleagues grow.
• Ensuring quality and accountability. Review analyses ensure deliverables meet the highest standards and keep projects on time and on budget.
• Developing and upholding technical standards. Establish document and enforce rigorous technical standards and best practices to ensure consistency reliability and excellence in all deliverables.
• Championing innovation. Identify new ways to create value for clients and help improve reporting processes.
• Communicating with clarity. Present complex topics in simple compelling terms to executives and stakeholders including developing executive-level presentations for c-suite level audiences.
• Demonstrating responsiveness in high-pressure situations. Proactively manage demanding client requests and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines adapting quickly to shifting priorities.
• Staying current with the latest frameworks and standards. Maintain deep expertise in relevant guidelines such as GRESB CDP Ecovadis DJSI and the GHG Protocol.
• Collaborating across teams and geographies. Navigate a matrix organization and work with colleagues worldwide

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors Degree in relevant field of study.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in sustainability consulting or closely related fields with a focus in voluntary sustainability reporting.
• Proven experience leading reporting projects and teams.
• Extensive experience preparing GRESB Infrastructure responses in-house or as a consultant.
• Track record of reliable on-time delivery and transparent communication.
• Strong analytical and communication skills including senior-level presentations.
• Ability to work independently prioritize and juggle multiple projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional certifications in relevant sustainability disciplines.
• Experience across multiple sectors.
• Extensive experience leading GRESB Real Estate responses in-house or as a consultant. Experience in other relevant protocols (CDP Ecovadis DJSI GHG Protocol).

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $89496 - $165951. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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