We're looking for someone with experience in sustainability, environmental and carbon data who loves to get stuck into the data, creating models and insightful analysis. Data analysis plays a key role in measuring, managing, and reducing our negative impacts to climate and other planetary issues, and working toward evidencing our positive impact in the long run.
You could be a Sustainability Manager, Carbon Accountant, Carbon Specialist, or an Accountant / Data Analyst with experience in the space, looking for your next exciting opportunity in sustainability.
Our Virgin Family
Join the Virgin Group – a diverse collective driving change, enhancing customer experience, and having a blast. We're daring, disrupting industries from finance to space, united as part of the Virgin Family.
Virgin Management, the heart of Virgin, nurtures the brand globally. Our diverse, 180-strong team in London and New York, supports every facet of the Virgin empire, including Virgin Unite, our entrepreneurial foundation, and Virgin Start-Up, empowering UK entrepreneurs.
Responsibilities
- Collect and manage data related to the carbon emissions across the Virgin group.
- Build models or create scenario analysis from the data to provide meaningful insights on trends and our progress against emissions reduction targets, in collaboration with the sustainability team.
- Develop framework, process, and control to standardise data collected including implementation of robust review controls and manage assurance engagements.
- Ensure compliance with industry-leading greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting standards, such as the GHG Protocol.
- Be the in-house expert on relevant regulations and reporting standards.
- Conduct life cycle assessments to evaluate the environmental impact of investments, operations, products, and/or services core to our business.
- Create and co-develop sophisticated types of environmental analysis, which help bring detail to a business’ climate impact.
- Engage stakeholders, including colleagues across Virgin, and with our external service providers and partners.
- Partner with colleagues and consultants to co-develop and inform risk registers and develop reporting under TCFD.
What you’ll need
- Knowledge of carbon data, including scope 1, 2 & 3.
- Comfortable handling large data sets, building models and creating meaningful data analysis.
- Experience applying reporting frameworks (e.g., IFRS).
- Experience with non-financial data reporting.
- Comfortable working with specialised software tools and platforms for carbon accounting, emissions tracking, and data analysis.
- Experience as a qualified management accountant, carbon accountant or sustainability carbon specialist with built environment experience.
- Project management experience.
- Experience managing and dealing with multiple workstreams and senior stakeholders.
Additional Information
Role type: Permanent
Location: London hub (1-2 days per week) & your home space.
Salary: £68,000 - £75,000 plus bonus.
Working hours: Full time - We embrace flexible working.
Benefits: Our benefits package offers unlimited leave, healthcare, family support, a pension plan, and more.
Closing date: 13 March 2025.
We pride ourselves on welcoming people from all walks of life. Any uniqueness is a strength and will be considered an asset to our workforce.
Ready to turn your career into the ultimate adventure? Virgin's got the map, the compass, and the crew. Your great adventure awaits!
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