Climate Reporting Specialist

The Climate Reporting Specialist at Alberta Investment Management Corporation will support the development of sustainability and climate-related disclosures. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, improving reporting strategies, and managing carbon emission data. The role requires 5+ years of experience in climate reporting and a relevant degree. The position offers flexible work options, allowing for remote work with regular office visits in Edmonton or Calgary.
CLOSING DATE:
February 11, 2025

Opportunity
Work our way from Edmonton, or Calgary. Our flexible work style lets you work remotely while allowing regular visits to our vibrant offices, where you can soak up our culture and collaborate with colleagues.
Posting will close Monday, February 10th at 11:59pm MT.
Reporting to the Senior Climate Reporting and Disclosure Manager, the Climate Reporting Specialist will support the development and implementation of AIMCo specific, investment-focused sustainability- and climate-related disclosures.
As the non-financial reporting function continues to broaden within the organization, the specialist will be expected to work with the Senior Manager to review and validate the development of the climate and sustainability reporting frameworks and policies, follow sustainability and climate reporting regulatory developments, manage assurance readiness, validate and corroborate climate/greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) quantification, prepare sustainability- and climate-related financial disclosures, continually improve on metrics, measurements and associated processes, review and validate complete and disaggregated information on green and transitional assets, where relevant, taxonomy or methodology being used.

Responsibilities Include:
• Partner with key stakeholders and monitor for relevant developments from regulatory bodies to ensure compliance to new and emerging sustainability- and climate-related disclosure requirements.
• Assist in advancing the reporting strategy through the review of scope, purpose, structure, and synergies across adjacent reports, such as the Annual Report and recommends fit-for-purpose governance, controls, and processes.
• Liaises with the Sustainable Investing group and other internal stakeholders to identify data sources, processes, and controls for collecting carbon emission data, inclusive of working with data owners to improve data availability, compilation, management, and QA processes.
• Plans and performs detailed process walk-throughs and develop testing procedures and reviews documentation.
• Reviews and validates the bespoke carbon emission calculations deriving from the consolidated approach for Client carbon emission reporting, which differs from the operational control approach selected for AIMCo as a reporting entity.
• Oversees design and implementation of the standard operating model, procedures and processes and monitors compliance by the team for the purpose of continuously improving operations to maximize productivity and efficiency.
• Subject matter expert on climate and sustainability financial related reporting & disclosure, including measurement, disclosure requirements, standards, framework and industry trends and legislation. Maintains departmental standards and the quality of audit engagements in line with the documented audit procedures.

Our Ideal Candidate Qualifications:
• 5+ years of progressive experience executing corporate climate and sustainability reporting and disclosure initiatives and/or experience in the review and application of generally accepted accounting principles
• University degree in Finance Accounting, Business Management, Sustainability Management or equivalent with a focus on data, analytics, and reporting. Having completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program would be considered an asset
• Experience in data science, python, SQL and analytics tools
• Experience proposing, initiating and managing cross-functional internal and external partnerships and collaborations and building strong, mutually beneficial stakeholder relationships
• Experience with key carbon emission and ESG performance indicators
• Understanding of the audit process and audit approaches, as well as expectations of the internal and external auditors
• Working knowledge and experience with TCFD, IFRS S1 and S2, CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) 1 and 2, PCAF (Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials), evolving sustainability and climate-related reporting frameworks and regulations
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, Power Point, Power BI, Financial Accounting Systems, Investment tools, and Data Analytic Tools
• The ability to grasp and translate technical concepts, to think independently, and to take the initiative required to present alternatives to resolve issues

Success Measures

Understands AIMCo's ESG taxonomy embedded into investment decisions across public equity, infrastructure asset classes or other asset classes. Ensures all evolving technical requirements driven by leading ESG reporting frameworks, standards and regulations, including CSRD, ISSB, PCAF etc. are incorporated in the Carbon Footprint Frameworks and GHG emission quantification models. Advances the climate-related financial disclosures, works on the alignment of the disclosures to the best practices and continually improves on data gathering, metrics and measurements.

Next Steps

We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.

Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.

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