Climate Risk Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance climate risk indicators along with a comprehensive climate risk framework addressing both physical and transition risks.

• Create physical and transition risk indicators utilizing a hazard × exposure × vulnerability framework as defined by the IPCC AR6.

• Establish thresholds, normalization processes, scoring and classification logic, and aggregation methodologies from grid cell to asset, basin, and portfolio levels.

• Assist in the development of scenario analyses that align with IFRS S2 and ESRS methodologies.

• Select, process, and validate climate projection datasets across various emissions scenarios, timeframes, and baseline periods.

• Draft indicator specifications, data dictionaries, and methodology notes for implementation by Product and Engineering teams as well as for CSRD limited-assurance disclosures.

• Provide insights on the financial ramifications of climate scenarios, including cost modeling and financial impact assessments for sectors such as manufacturing, technology, and textiles.

• Create a library of resilience and adaptation opportunities related to climate change risks.

• Validate indicators by comparing them against observed data and established benchmarks.

• Conduct sensitivity analyses and articulate uncertainty and confidence levels to platform users.

• Assist in the preparation of CSRD (ESRS) and IFRS S2 climate-related disclosures, mapping necessary data points and metrics.

• Monitor and interpret the evolving regulatory guidance surrounding ESRS/CSRD and IFRS.

• Collaborate with the Professional Services team to translate technical climate and disclosure requirements into internal frameworks and deliverables.

• Aid in gap analysis for CSRD requirements and support preliminary/dry-run and first-time disclosure activities.

• Ensure consistency with Waterplan's existing water risk indicators.

• Facilitate internal training and knowledge-sharing sessions on climate risk and disclosure topics.

• Primarily engage in internal consultations with the Professional Services and Product teams, with occasional requests for client involvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Climate Science, Environmental Science, Sustainability, or a related field; MSc/PhD in Climate or Atmospheric Science, Hydrology, Geosciences is preferred.

• Over 7 years of senior-level experience in climate risk and resilience assessment, corporate sustainability, or climate disclosure consulting.

• Ideally, proven experience in leading or managing climate/CSRD-type engagements from start to finish.

• Solid understanding of climate-related financial disclosure frameworks, including IFRS S2.

• Knowledge of CSRD/ESRS requirements is essential.

• Familiarity with physical and transition risk scenarios and data, including NGFS scenarios, IEA pathways, carbon price trajectories, and sector decarbonization pathways (SBTi, TPI).

• Ability to translate climate scenarios into financial impact assessments.

• Experience in integrating climate risk into enterprise risk management or disclosure frameworks.

• Strong data analysis capabilities.

• Comfortable navigating evolving regulatory guidance.

• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to convey technical climate concepts into clear, internal guidance.

• Interest in software, technology, or digital transformation is advantageous.

• Preferred experience with double materiality assessments (CSRD/ESRS, TCFD/IFRS regarding financial materiality).

• Exposure to climate disclosure requirements across multiple countries or jurisdictions is a plus.

• Experience in developing climate risk deliverables into a data/indicator model suitable for a software platform is preferred.

• Strong organizational abilities and attention to detail.

• Self-motivated, proactive, and capable of managing ambiguous or changing requirements.

• Collaborative, able to work effectively within a cross-functional, distributed team.

• Skilled in multitasking across various workstreams and adapting to shifting priorities.

• Capable of working independently and achieving results with minimal oversight.

• Proactive in identifying gaps, risks, and unresolved questions before they escalate into blockers.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible remote working environment.

• Unlimited paid time off (PTO).

• Engage in a mission that contributes to a water-secure future.

• Opportunities for growth at the forefront of water security and sustainability.

• A workplace that emphasizes diversity and inclusion.

• Collaborative and distributed team dynamics.