Consultant - FS - Climate

Our Financial Services Sustainability practice are looking for an experienced Consultant/ Senior Consultant to join the team. We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our growing Financial Services Sustainability practice in Sydney, with openings at the Consultant and Senior Consultant level. While we primarily support Australia’s largest banks, superannuation funds, asset managers, and insurers, our work also spans clients beyond financial services (such as Energy and Government sectors). You’ll collaborate with organisations to build internal climate and sustainability functions, enabling them to meet upcoming requirements for climate and sustainability disclosures. What you will be doing In the rapidly evolving climate and sustainability landscape, you'll assist clients in understanding their obligations, developing robust capabilities, and crafting strategies to stay ahead of regulatory demands. Your projects may include: Integrating Climate into Business Strategy: Embed climate considerations into core business strategies to ensure alignment with sustainability goals and regulatory requirements. Support clients in setting and achieving net zero targets, including emissions reduction strategies aligned with global agreements. Sustainability Transformation Programs: Develop and implement comprehensive work programs to transform clients' sustainability practices, aligning them with regulatory requirements and industry best practices. AASB S2 Preparedness: Conduct capability assessments to evaluate clients’ current compliance posture against AASB S2 standards, define their target state, and design a clear, actionable roadmap to achieve compliance. This includes identifying gaps, prioritising initiatives, and enabling clients to build sustainable processes for ongoing regulatory alignment. Carbon Accounting: Support clients in measuring and managing their greenhouse gas emissions, including Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Help establish reliable data foundations to enable credible reporting, target setting, and assurance-readiness. As part of our team, you will also: Develop Go-to-Market Strategies: Create propositions aligned with industry trends and client needs. Enhance Market Presence: Increase the visibility of our capabilities both within the firm and externally. Contribute to Thought Leadership: Develop innovative insights in the sustainability space. Lead Business Development: Identify new opportunities, expand our network, and respond to proposals. Your skills and experience Experience 3–7+ years of total work experience, with a significant portion focused on sustainability. Proven experience in organisational change project delivery within a management consultancy or internal change function. Prior consulting experience essential. Prior financial services experience or expertise preferred. Skills Deep understanding of the evolving climate and sustainability requirements in financial services, particularly regarding disclosures. Ability to take ownership and deliver results in challenging, client-facing environments. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Collaborative team player who thrives when working with others. Proactive self-starter with a strong sense of initiative and the drive to move work forward independently. Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and navigate complex organisations. Detail-oriented, with a focus on producing high-quality work. Strong proficiency in Excel (and other analytical tools) to perform quantitative scenario analysis, embed financial materiality into climate-related assessments, and develop data-driven insights such as climate risk heatmaps. What a career at Baringa will give you PuttingPeopleFirst. Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include: Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service. Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave. Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us. Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice. Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success. Diversity and Inclusion We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. An award-winning workplace You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click hereto see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. Using business as a force for good. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve. We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. 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For further details, please contact *******@baringa.com Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at *******@baringa.com Be careful - Don’t provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs. Don't transfer any money or complete suspicious online surveys. If you see something suspicious, report this job ad. #J-18808-Ljbffr