Principal Consultant Strategy, Transformation & Reporting

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of sustainability consulting engagements ensuring projects are delivered on time within budget and to agreed quality standards.
• Provide senior-level technical oversight expert input and quality assurance on deliverables.
• Build and maintain trusted client relationships acting as a senior advisor on reporting and sustainability strategy governance and performance.
• Draft review and present high-quality reports presentations and workshops in line with agreed project scope and objectives.

• Lead the development of proposals related to mandatory and voluntary sustainability reporting sustainability strategy materiality assessments human rights and other ESG-related topics.
• Support opportunity conversion through client relations pitch delivery and senior-level technical input.
• Contribute to the development refinement and scaling of STaR service offerings including delivery tools growth strategy and tactics proposal templates and internal capability-building materials.
• Act as an internal subject-matter expert on several areas of sustainability frameworks governance and reporting.
• Contribute to thought leadership brand development and marketing content related to our growth strategy.

• Manage and mentor senior and junior consultants supporting performance management professional development and career progression.
• Contribute to strategic internal initiatives proposition development innovation and continuous improvement across the STaR practice.
• Actively engage in personal and professional development through the Anthesis Centre of Excellence (ACE) and regular coaching with the line manager.

Skills Knowledge & Expertise

• A degree/relevant qualification in a related field (sustainability finance enterprise risk management corporate governance or related disciplines)
• More than 6-years experience in various sustainability advisory fundamentals such as double materiality assessments sustainability strategy setting mandatory and voluntary sustainability reporting human rights climate risks and opportunities or others.
• Lead small teams to deliver complex projects aligned with global sustainability frameworks such as GRI SASB IR TCFD UNGPs ASRS AASB S1 & S2 IFRS ISSB S1 & S2 ESRS CSDDD BCorp or others. Considering the Australia-location for this role experience guiding clients to comply with ASRS or ISSB is highly valued.
• Design and implement sustainability governance structures policies and management systems to support responsible business practices.
• Present reports that convey key messages inform strategic decision-making and enable executive and board-level decisions.
• Support organizations in identifying assessing and managing sustainability-related risks and opportunities including supply chain social and governance risks.
• Integrate sustainability considerations into broader corporate strategy and business operations aligning sustainability objectives with commercial priorities.
• Lead stakeholder engagement activities including collaboration with senior management boards investors and external stakeholders.
• Provide team leadership and capacity building including mentoring technical guidance and contribution to STAR training initiatives.
• Oversee project budgets and resourcing ensuring financial discipline and feasibility of STAR initiatives.
• Strong working familiarity with MSOffice Suite is required with high levels of numeracy and good Excel programming and workbook skills preferred.