Manager- Sustainable Finance

**Allow us to introduce ourselves.**

At dss+, we are not just a conventional operations consulting firm; we are implementers and change makers. Our passion lies in engaging organisations to craft resilient and sustainable businesses, guiding them through transformational changes in sustainability, safety, risk and resilience and through their energy transition. We take the complex world of risk and sustainability and translate it into actionable roadmaps that work with our client’s businesses. We implement, working side-by-side with our clients to deliver real, tangible impact and results.

dss_+_ services fall into three core areas, sustainability, operational risk management, operational excellence, each bolstered by learning, development and culture change solutions and digital technologies. Teams around the globe work with clients in metals and mining, chemicals, oil and gas, power and utilities, agriculture, food and beverage, industrial and manufacturing, and private equity.

We pride ourselves in combining industry experts and on the ground experience with strong people-centric change management capabilities. This creates the perfect blend to support our clients from intent to impact, enabling them to protect what they care for, transform their organisation, and sustain the changes required to make their vision a reality, in a practical actionable way.

**The role**

Managers play a critical role, contributing significantly to the success of our team and overall business. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on multiple client engagements simultaneously, providing you with extensive exposure and ample learning opportunities.

The Manager will primarily lead and deliver sustainability due diligence (ESG DD) projects for some of the world’s largest private equity investors. These projects typically span from a few weeks to a few months and require managing multi-disciplinary teams and client stakeholders to deliver high-quality analyses and actionable insights. In addition, the Manager will actively support projects across other Sustainable Finance focus areas - including Climate Risk and Resilience, Impact Investing, and Responsible Investment Advisory - contributing to the delivery of integrated solutions across the investment lifecycle.

You will also play a key role in business development, from opportunity identification and project scoping to drafting proposals, defining methodologies, pricing, and supporting client relationship management.

Specific **responsibilities** will likely include:

- Leading and delivering ESG Due Diligence projects across multiple sectors and geographies, identifying material sustainability risks and value creation opportunities that can impact operating expenditure (OPEX), capital expenditure (CAPEX), revenues, assets, and liabilities.

- Managing client and internal teams throughout all project phases, ensuring analytical rigour, attention to detail, and timely delivery of outputs.

- Engaging confidently with investment teams and senior stakeholders to discuss sustainability findings in an M&A context and their implications for enterprise value, risk, and reputation.

- Conducting maturity assessments of private market investors through thorough evaluations and benchmarking to gauge current responsible investment practices and identify opportunities for innovation and enhancement.

- Developing responsible investment strategies (incl. climate strategies) at both the firm and fund levels, ensuring alignment with sustainability and impact ambitions.

- Providing tailored training programmes across various asset classes (with a focus on Private Equity and Private Debt) and ESG topics to embed a culture of sustainability within firms and investment teams.

- Creating and reviewing client proprietary toolkits for pre
- and post-investment sustainability risk analysis, monitoring, and engagement to generate actionable investment insights.

- Contributing to business development activities, including scoping opportunities, developing proposals, defining methodologies, pricing projects, and supporting relationship management with existing and prospective clients.

- Designing and developing presentations, competently giving presentations to clients' higher management, and independently moderating smaller workshops.

- Mentoring Consultants and Analysts, introducing them into project phases, leading medium-sized client teams, and designing, setting up, and administering project/milestone plans.

- Extracting new know-how from project work and actively engaging in internal tasks under instruction, developing elements or modules of company assets, and supporting thought leadership initiatives.

- Educating internal and external networks on responsible investment and corporate sustainability value propositions and becoming recognized as a trusted advisor in the field.

**Who are you?**

You are passionate about the power of capital to drive systemic change and de