Position Summary
At Deloitte, our Sustainability & ESG Services Team combines CPAs with specialists in sustainability assurance, risk, measurement, and reporting. The Sustainability team provides advisory and assurance services for clients on a broad range of aspects for clients who plan to or are already disclosing against established sustainability reporting standards or frameworks such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Task Force on Climate- Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Principles for Responsible Investing, IFC Operating Principles for Impact Management, UN Global Compact, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the GHG Protocol, CDP, and the International Integrated Reporting Council Integrated Reporting Framework. Our team includes specialists who bring industry-specific sustainability perspectives. These include understanding evolving ESG trends and market forces, why certain sustainability metrics are important from both a financial and risk perspective, and experience in advising companies as they establish and improve internal processes for collecting, analyzing, measuring, and reporting information.
Recruiting for this role ends on May 29, 2026.
Work You’ll Do
As a Sustainability Analyst, you will gather, analyze and distribute information regarding developments in sustainability to our clients and our practice. Other responsibilities would include:
- Participate in the delivery of projects for clients with a focus on:
- Research, stakeholder engagement, and analysis as part of materiality assessments and ESG risk and opportunity analyses
- Sustainability-related assurance procedures such as evaluating and testing ESG data and processes and related controls
- Corporate reporting in line with recognized ESG standards and frameworks such as GHG Protocol, TCFD, GRI, SASB, CDP, PRI, and WEF-IBC
- Decarbonization, science-based targets, energy transition, energy and carbon reporting and analytics
- Climate risk assessments and mitigation strategies
- ESG due diligence and ESG advisory projects for financial service clients
- Qualitative and quantitative research using ESG data
- Participate in client meetings
- Assist in preparation of deliverables and reports
Regardless of project type, your work will require:
- Proficiency in verbal and written communication skills essential to interacting with clients and teams
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects/assignments/ responsibilities in a fast-paced environment
- Problem solving and critical thinking skills in support of both innovative and operational enhancement opportunities
- Ability to collaborate and communicate across Deloitte team members and client stakeholders
- Ability to identify, learn, understand, and implement new concepts, frameworks and emerging technologies
- Ability to manage own personal and professional development; seek opportunities for professional growth and expansion of consulting skills and experience
- A strong understanding of Windows Based systems and proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
The Team
Our team culture is collaborative and encourages team members to take initiative and seek on-the-job learning opportunities. Audit & Assurance services are focused on engagements related to independent External Audit services, Accounting, Controls & Reporting Advisory, and Specialized Assurance & Sustainability. We bring together the diverse skills and industry experience of our people, leading-edge technology, and a global network to deliver high-quality audits of financial statements and internal controls over financial reporting, along with assurance reports and valuable advice and insights across the corporate reporting landscape. Learn more about Deloitte Audit & Assurance.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in business with a minor or dual degree focused on sustainability-related disciplines, or undergraduate degree in sustainability management, climate policy, public policy or a related-environmental, social or engineering disciplines
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available
- Strong academic record, cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
- You should reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required
- You can expect to co-locate on average 3 times a week with variations based on types of work/projects and client locations
- Ability to travel up to 50%, on average, based on the type of work you perform and the clients served
- Candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of employment
Preferred:
- Meets minimum educational requirements for CPA licensure (which may differ from the educational requirements to sit for the CPA exam) in the state of your assigned office location prior to beginning full-time employment
- Cumulative GPA of 3.2 or above
- Understanding of ESG-related standards and frameworks including GHG Protocol, SASB, GRI, TCFD, Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Strong data analytics and visualization skills, comfortable working with large datasets, both in Excel and beyond
- Experience using Tableau, ArcGIS, Python advantageous
- Sustainability certification (e.g., GRI or SASB’s Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting credential a plus)
- Familiarity or experience in any of the following fields is preferred: circular economy, sustainability target setting, carbon accounting, sustainable finance, ESG due diligence, climate change, and / or ESG governance
- Relevant work experience or work experience in a professional environment (e.g. internships, summer positions, school jobs)
- Demonstrated recent leadership, such as in a campus club, society, sports teams or other activity
Information for applicants with a need for accommodation:
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $50,775 to $101,875.
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