Senior Associate

**Responsibilities**:

- The Senior Associate will have the following responsibilities:

- Gather GHG emissions and emission reduction targets from companies
- Estimate the carbon footprint of companies which do not disclose their GHG emissions using a set of estimation methods
- Explore a company’s direct activities and those linked with its subsidiaries
- Review, correct and validate data entries prior to client delivery, and within tight deadlines.
- Write a qualitative synthesis of a company’s involvement in such activities and input quantitative indicators to reflect such involvement
- Work transversally across 38 sectors of analysis, supported by MESG sector specialists
- Answer internal and external demands for targeting, collecting and summarizing specific research themes/activities
- Provide knowledge support in sales and client relationship activities.
- Monitor key challenges and trends associated with the research
- Bring ideas to support the continued development of the research line

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- Bachelor’s degree required, in disciplines such as Climate or Environmental science, Political science, Sustainable finance, or similar; post-graduate (Master’s) and/or 3 years of experience in related discipline (Sustainability, CSR, Sustainable Finance, ESG) is desirable;
- Good knowledge of carbon accounting standards, climate regulations and standards (TCFD, PCAF, SBTi, EU taxonomy, etc.)
- Strong attention to detail and meticulous, achieving thoroughness and accuracy in quality assurance;
- Excellent proficiency of written and spoken English (working language), with ability to analyse, synthesise and editing skills;
- Ability to collect and manipulate quantitative and qualitative data;
- Proficient in technical document research and information organisation;
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Office Package (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), ideally with proven ability to manage large datasets in Excel;
- Team spirit, communication, and good listening skills

The ESG Analytics team delivers analytical and production capacity in a centralized manner to meet the needs of all MESG’s business lines. In addition to conducting analytical work, team members serve as Subject Matter Experts regarding ESG data, analytics and opinion.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Moody’s Shared Services are the front line professionals including Finance, Technology, Legal, Compliance and Human Resources, that operationally support our business units. Exceptional Shared Services teams are vital to the international success of our business.