Senior Consultant, ESG Assurance Services

KPMG•Toronto, ON

12d•Onsite

About The Position

As part of KPMG’s Audit & Assurance practice, this role involves delivering high-quality work that supports trust, transparency, and confidence across public and private organizations. The practice fosters an environment of high challenge and high support, encouraging curiosity, critical thinking, progressive learning, strong coaching, inclusive teamwork, and a shared commitment to integrity. KPMG’s ESG Assurance Services practice provides ESG assurance services, including ESG assurance and GHG accounting services, to clients in both the corporate and public sectors. The Senior Consultant will support the delivery of these services to public and private sector clients across various industries in Toronto.

Requirements

Post-secondary degree required
3+ years in financial statement and/or ESG assurance
Enrollment or completion of CPA PEP or international equivalent per CPA Canada guidelines required
Knowledge of leading sustainability disclosure frameworks (ISSB, CSRD, GRI, SASB, Integrated Reporting etc.) and ESG issues
Excellent written and oral communication skills (including preparation of technical memos and presentations), with the ability to ‘uncomplicate the complicated’ by expressing ideas clearly, convincingly and concisely to both external and internal stakeholders
Strong project management skills, with the ability to deliver assignments on time, as well as manage competing demands, without sacrificing attention to detail
Experience with sustainability disclosure and reporting frameworks and sustainability assurance standards (e.g. ISAE 3000, ISAE 3410, ISO 14064)

Responsibilities

Executing as part of an assurance team in the delivery of sustainability-related engagements, including sustainability report assurance, greenhouse gas (GHG) assurance, GHG verifications and renewable fuels verification.
Develop and/or review of existing current state of GHG emissions inventory to assess organizational and operational boundaries, understand calculation methodologies, assess completeness and accuracy of data.
Work with broader KPMG advisory teams including Management Consulting, Risk Consulting and ESG Services, in support of ESG reporting implementation projects including process/control redesign and advising on other business implications to your clients when assessing the impact of sustainability reporting requirements.
Maintain an educational program to continually develop skills.
Coach team members to their highest potential.
Support client relationships and business development initiatives such as drafting proposals.