Métier Peoples is pleased to be exclusively partnered with a global company, in Scotland, who are recruiting for a Finance Manager with carbon accounting and sustainability reporting frameworks experience, to be based in Edinburgh or Glasgow. This job presents an excellent opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager from industry, or someone looking to make their first move out of the profession to have a real impact on the business, playing a crucial role in their sustainability journey, while accelerating personal development.
Our client is an Employer of Choice, offering an innovative environment, a top culture and excellent benefits.
The Job:
- Collaborate across Sustainability and Finance teams to ensure the organisation stays on track to reach Net Zero goals.
- Develop and automate Sustainability reporting and forecasts, including carbon footprint measurement, GHG protocol requirements, and SBTi metrics.
- Manage Sustainability forecasts and budgets, ensuring alignment with external Net Zero commitments.
- Generate financial models and insights to support sustainability-related decision-making and assess climate-related risks and opportunities for the business.
- Contribute to materiality assessments and manage metrics to guide decision-making.
- Support trade-off decisions across spending and returns, contributing to the company’s Sustainability strategy on carbon offsetting and corporate travel policy.
- Coordinate the budget and forecasting process for Sustainability, incorporating carbon accounting to strategize asset depreciation and departmental carbon budgets.
- Report on performance versus budget/forecast and integrate sustainability modelling into financial statements and planning processes.
- Establish weekly/monthly review processes to monitor the performance of key business units against departmental carbon budgets.
- Develop connections with essential partners, challenge and influence priority areas to improve impact.
- Stay updated on relevant legislation and standard methodologies to ensure compliance with international regulatory reporting obligations for Sustainability (SECR, ESOS, CRFD, and CSRD), in collaboration with Legal.
The Candidate
- Qualified (ACCA, CA, CIMA, or ICAS) or relevant financial experience
- Previous experience or knowledge of carbon management and sustainability reporting (SBTi, GHG Protocol, SECR, ESOS, CRFD)
- Previous experience in Finance Business Partnering/financial modelling
- Outstanding ability to distil and synthesize information.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, excelling in bringing clarity and structure.
- Proven experience in building and managing strong collaborator relationships.
- Highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
- A committed and productive approach.
- Strong analytical skills with a data-driven approach to problem-solving and opportunity identification.
- Excellent presentation skills with the ability to convey complex topics clearly and provide actionable recommendations.
- Commercial awareness with an understanding of business models and key performance drivers.
How to Apply:
If you are interested in a confidential discussion about this opportunity, or on your job search / the market in general, please get in touch with Amy Peoples on 07399980038 or [email protected].
