Manager - Sustainability & Emerging Assurance

Main purpose of the job

As a Manager within Deloitte’s Assurance practice, you will work with senior managers, directors, and partners to manage and deliver climate & sustainability/ESG advisory engagements on specific clients. The scope of work includes sustainability governance and management, ESG reporting, financial impact assessment of sustainability, climate change and carbon, sustainable finance, sustainability data management and analytics, and sustainability communication. You will manage all aspects of the end-to-end engagement process, including working to agree timetables, developing the scope of work and deliverables, developing appropriate work programmes, reviewing the testing and assurance fieldwork and draft reporting and being responsible for project management.

What you will do

• Manage the delivery of the overall Climate & Sustainability/ ESG advisory engagements, including identifying strategic direction of the work and supporting team members in project-related tasks.
• Support the Partner/Associate Director in engagement budgeting and resource management process.
• Be responsible for engagement and client acceptance procedures.
• Develop/maintain strong working relationships with client's key business decision makers to communicate value and inform them of the firm's scope of services.
• Take responsibility for supporting the Partner/ Associate Director in identifying and pursuing new advisory opportunities.
• Identify, research, and help to resolve complex climate & sustainability/ESG assurance issues.
• Identify/communicate trends, developments, and key performance drivers relevant to clients and potential clients. Demonstrate a deep understanding of client industry and marketplace.
• Develop people by encouraging junior team members and successfully delegate to and manage them.
• Actively follow the landscape for ESG communications, including ESG standards.
• Continue to broaden own knowledge and experience within the alternative asset industry and ESG/Sustainability/Diversity space by educating self on evolving standards and best practices as well as attending relevant industry events.
• Conduct eminence-building activities in ESG, enhancing the firm’s profile and thought leadership in the market.
• Support business development initiatives to expand the ESG service offering portfolio and drive revenue growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Professional qualification in ACCA, CPA.
• 5–8 years’ advisory experience, ideally with sustainability/ESG exposure.
• Strong understanding of industry sustainability frameworks (e.g. GRI, SASB, TCFD, GHG Protocol).

Technical skills

• Strong project management skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in report writing and presentations.
• Strong understanding of sustainability practices within financial institutions.
• Experience in engagement and client acceptance procedures.
• Experience in budgeting and resource management.
• Ability to identify, research, and resolve complex climate & sustainability/ESG assurance issues.
• Ability to identify and communicate trends, developments, and key performance drivers relevant to clients.

Behavioral Skills

• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal abilities.
• Passion for sustainability and ESG issues.
• Strong business acumen; able to convey ideas clearly in written and verbal formats.
• Self-starter with strong organisational and decision-making skills.
• Experience guiding teams and achieving common goals.
• Focused on quality & risk.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to develop and mentor junior team members.
• Demonstrates professionalism and poise in client presentations and relationship development.
• Willingness and ability to climb learning curves quickly.
• Ability to identify and resolve issues or escalate as appropriate.

Additional Information

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

Leadership Capabilities

Living our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make.

Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people.

Performance drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders.

Strategic direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction.

Talent development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there is always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world.

Deloitte opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value differences, and embrace people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and thinking styles.

Our purpose

Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work—always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality, integrity, and positive change. Learn more about Deloitte’s impact on the world. #Makinganimpactthatmatters

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Closing date: Tuesday, 31 March 2026

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