Sustainability Consulting Manager - GHG Accounting

$100,000 - $125,000/Yr

CBRE - Montpelier, VT

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Montpelier, VT

Real Estate

About the position

The Sustainability Consulting Manager - GHG Accounting at CBRE is responsible for leading carbon accounting initiatives for clients, which are essential for developing sustainability strategies and ensuring regulatory compliance. This role involves interfacing with clients, managing data related to greenhouse gas emissions, and serving as a subject matter expert in carbon accounting and sustainability practices.

Responsibilities

• Interface to collect, validate, organize, process, visualize, and report data following established greenhouse gas protocols, disclosure requirements, and reporting.
• Ensure work product has the highest levels of quality, transparency, and clarity.
• Engage with clients and deliver outstanding client care and professional oral and written communication.
• Serve as a subject matter authority on carbon accounting, both within the CBRE team and externally with clients.
• Work with other sustainability workstreams related to strategy and implementation such as decarbonization strategies, facility energy audits, overall sustainability and ESG strategy regulations and reporting frameworks, green leasing, greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, circular economy, renewable energy, electric vehicles, investor ESG certifications.
• Adapt role to evolving client needs and business opportunities related to sustainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of experience in a relevant field (e.g. sustainable business administration, engineering, consulting, accounting, design, construction, asset management).
• Knowledge and experience with greenhouse gas inventory protocols and processes or demonstrated ability to learn them quickly and independently.
• Passion for supporting groundbreaking corporate sustainability strategy.
• Proficiency in MS Excel; working abilities with additional data analysis tools preferred.
• Exemplary communication skills, both oral and written.
• Strong quantitative analytical skills.
• Outstanding project management skills, including the ability to balance multiple projects concurrently.

Nice-to-haves

• Desire and ability to integrate carbon accounting with other CBRE initiatives, services, products, and research into cohesive solutions.

Benefits

• 401(K)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance