Principal Consultant, Climate Change (Principal Level)

ERM’s Climate Risk and Nature Positive team, within our broader Corporate Sustainability Practice, is growing quickly.

We are looking for consultants to support us in helping our clients shape and deliver on their climate and nature strategies.

There is a significant opportunity for individuals with strong technical and quantitative skills to work closely with clients and develop market-leading offerings to meet our clients’ needs.

This position will focus on quantifying the financial and environmental impacts of climate change and nature positive strategies, especially within the agricultural sector. 

As a senior manager, you will contribute your leadership, client relationship, and technical consulting skills to support the growth of ERM’s business and client base in the U.S., while networking with ERM's global team to share multi-disciplinary resources and best practices.

You will also develop opportunities to present at leading conferences and write peer-reviewed papers on issues that are important to our clients.

Recent projects have involved risk and opportunity assessments of biodiversity and habitat changes, air quality and water quality, and climate risks.

The work has focused on a variety of sectors, including agriculture; tech; retail; oil & gas; pharma & chemicals.

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior professional looking to advance their career level with a global environmental leader.

Key Responsibilities

As a key member of the Climate and Nature Positive, you will:


* Apply quantitative methodologies to climate risk and opportunity assessments, including financial statement analysis, discounted cash flow modelling, cost-benefit analysis, and uncertainty analysis such as Monte Carlo simulations.


* Engage directly with corporate clients, including senior leadership, to provide education on climate and nature related topics, and present your own analytical work and defend quantitative results.


* Build economic and quantitative models for measuring and valuing corporate financial risks and opportunities that can support both climate and nature related impacts.

Incorporate a wide range of data sources into your analyses including corporate financial data, geospatial climate data, academic research and industry-specific reports.


* Support the development of junior staff to drive project execution, upskill staff, and lead by example.


* Facilitate client workshops and meetings with corporate senior management.


* Develop internal business strategies to achieve client-related sales activities, including helping draft client proposals and develop new service offerings;

Qualifications

Required:


* Masters or PhD and 8+ years of relevant environmental/agricultural economic experience, including consulting for private-sector clients.


* High degree of technical competence in statistics, econometrics, and financial analysis.


* Experience working on multi-disciplinary teams and desi...