ESG Reporting Accountant, M&G

• Qualified Accountant with some experience or knowledge of sustainability reporting
• Some understanding of key reporting regulations including TCFD, SDR and SFDR
• Experienced in production and delivery of disclosures in a financial services organisation, or experience of auditing such disclosures
• An understanding of controls
• Experience of working with external auditors or knowledge of key audit concepts
• Good analytical skills in relation to financial metrics or sustainability metrics
• Proactive self-starter who takes ownership, and has a strong track record of driving delivery of results
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence effectively with productive, successful relationships with demanding senior stakeholders
• Able to apply logic and problem solving to complex accounting problems
• Ability to understand complex data
• Ability to assess, react quickly and decisively to problems, taking tough decisions where needed or escalating issues as appropriate
• Ability to make decisions while managing ambiguity
• Able to align actions with vision and purpose

Desirable

• We are looking for an ESG Reporting Accountant to join the Group Sustainability team for a 6 month period. It’s an exciting time to be involved in this fast-moving space, with companies coming under growing pressure to disclose more information on their sustainability efforts, and with regulations and disclosure frameworks evolving to allow for reporting in more standardised and comprehensive formats
• The ESG Reporting Accountant is responsible for leading on the delivery of the Group’s subsidiary sustainability reporting under TCFD, SDR and SFDR and plays a vital role in the delivery of the Group Sustainability Report in the Annual Report and Accounts. The role includes the end to end production of reports including managing the external audit relationship and ensuring complete, accurate and compliant reporting of external disclosures
• The role will incorporate a broad range of responsibilities including: supporting on the sustainability reporting change agenda; peer analysis; presentation of papers at governance forums; managing key controls and associated risks; and content drafting through collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Working collaboratively with various subject matter experts to design ESG disclosures for inclusion in external reporting documents including the Group’s Annual Report and Accounts
• End to end production of entity reports including planning, managing change, understanding peers, metrics analysis, content drafting and content verification
• Coordinating responses to auditor queries in relation to ESG disclosures
• Responsibility for the team’s Key Controls and risk management returns
• Taking personal accountability for maintaining and enhancing controls you are responsible for to support improvement of the overall control environment
• Keeping abreast of developments in the ESG disclosure space (peers and regulations) to ensure all disclosures are in line with latest requirements of various regulatory bodies and emerging best practice
• Supporting the team planning including management of governance processes
• Writing governance papers for submission to boards and committees
• Supporting the project team where necessary in tasks associated with the implementation of new sustainability regulations

• End Date: October 3, 2026