Job Title:  Assistant Manager | ESG | Mumbai | Sustainability

Your potential, unleashed.

India’s impact on the global economy has increased at an exponential rate and Deloitte presents an opportunity to unleash and realise your potential amongst cutting edge leaders, and organisations shaping the future of the region, and indeed, the world beyond.

At Deloitte, your whole self to work, every day, combine that with our drive to propel with purpose and you have the perfect playground to collaborate, innovate, grow, and make an impact that matters.

Your work profile

Assistant Manager –ESG/ Carbon Management/ Sustainability. We are seeking a skilled ESG professional with 3–4 years of experience specializing in carbon management, GHG accounting, and decarbonisation strategies. The role will focus on supporting clients in measuring, managing, and reducing emissions, aligned with global frameworks and evolving carbon markets.

You will be working on solving full spectrum of sustainability and climate change challenges across a wide range of clients across industry sectors. You will not just be working on ideas and recommendations to solve the client’s challenges, in most cases you would also be walking with the client in implementing those recommendations and in advising clients as they establish and improve internal processes for collecting, analyzing, measuring, and reporting information.

Continuous learning at a team level and at an individual level will be your responsibility and ensuring that you have lots of fun while doing all this is our responsibility.

Desired qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct GHG inventories in line with GHG Protocol, including Scope 1, 2, and Scope 3 emissions.
• Analyze and support Scope 3 value chain assessments, including supplier and downstream emissions.
• Support in developing decarbonisation strategies and net-zero roadmaps across sectors.
• SUpport in identifying and evaluate emission reduction opportunities (energy efficiency, renewables, process optimization).
• Support carbon footprinting and lifecycle assessments (LCA).
• Provide advisory on carbon markets, carbon finance, and emissions trading mechanisms.
• Assist in climate risk assessments and TCFD-aligned disclosures.
• Conduct ESG and climate-related due diligence and contribute to ESDD assignments.
• Support sector-specific decarbonisation analysis (e.g., power, manufacturing, infrastructure).
• Prepare high-quality technical reports, client presentations, and data analysis outputs.
• Engage with clients to support data collection, validation, and strategy implementation.
• knowledge on carbon markets in India and globally

Sector Exposure

• Power & Renewables
• Oil & Gas
• Waste Management
• Transmission & Distribution
• Manufacturing (incl. Paper, Textile)
• Infrastructure & Real Estate

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD degree in environment and related field, Environmental Engineering, Climate Science, Sustainability, Energy, or related field.
• 3–4 years of relevant experience in ESG, climate, or carbon consulting.
• Understanding of:
• GHG Protocol (Scopes 1, 2, 3)
• Carbon accounting and reporting frameworks (CDP, TCFD, SBTi)
• Decarbonisation levers and sectoral transition pathways
• Carbon markets, offsets, and trading mechanisms
• Experience with data analysis, carbon modeling, and emissions estimation tools.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and report writing skills.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience supporting net-zero strategies or science-based targets (SBTi).
• Familiarity with carbon pricing, voluntary carbon markets, and climate finance instruments.
• Exposure to lender/DFI or ESG due diligence assignments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work in cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

·      Excellent communication skills (oral and written)

·      Strong network in climate change and sustainability fraternity

·      A fast learner who can pick up a new sector, industry, or a concept very quickly

·      Out-of-box thinking and an inclination for problem solving

·      A thorough team player and proven ability to lead teams

·      Research, analysis, macroeconomic modelling, and problem-solving capabilities

·      Adaptability to travel and change

Location and way of working

·      Base location:

Preference - Mumbai, Bengaluru, NCR

Hyderbad

·      This profile involves frequent travelling to client locations

·      Hybrid is our default way of working. Each domain has customised the hybrid approach to their unique needs.

Your role as a Consultant

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, Consultant across our organization must strive to be:

·      Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation

·      Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose

·      Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity

·      Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future

·      Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders

·      Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions

·      Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen

·      Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities

·      Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization

·      Effective communication – Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities

·      Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for

the success of engagement(s)

·      Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience

·      Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision

·      Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems

·      Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte

·      Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviours and attitudes to become more inclusive. 

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