Consulting Senior Associate, Private Markets Value Creation

The Consulting Senior Associate role at Environmental Resources Management focuses on driving sustainable value through ESG and impact strategies for private equity and infrastructure investors. Located in various cities including Chicago and New York, the position involves advising investment teams, conducting market assessments, and leading strategic engagements to enhance value and competitive positioning. The role requires strong analytical skills and a passion for sustainability.
## Drive Sustainable Value at the Intersection of Strategy and Impact

Join ERM's Private Markets ESG & Impact Value Creation team and help some of the world's most influential private equity and infrastructure investors unlock growth through sustainability. This is a high-impact opportunity for experienced strategy professionals who want to apply analytical strengths and commercial mindset to ESG initiatives that shape long-term value across global portfolios.

As a Consulting Senior Associate in Private Markets Value Creation, you'll work at the intersection of strategy, finance, and sustainability—advising investment teams, influencing C-suite decisions, and guiding portfolio companies toward meaningful, measurable impact. If you're passionate about market analysis, growth strategy, and embedding ESG into business performance, this role offers a strategic platform to deepen your expertise and accelerate your career. This position can be based in Manhattan, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, or Houston.

## Why This Role Matters

Private markets investors are increasingly turning to ESG and impact strategies to enhance value, strengthen competitive positioning, and future-proof their portfolios. You'll directly contribute to shaping these strategies—helping investors navigate sustainability trends, identify value creation opportunities, and translate ESG insights into commercial outcomes. Your work will influence investment decisions, operational priorities, and long-term business strategy across diverse sectors.

## What Your Impact Will Be

You'll lead strategic advisory engagements that help clients develop and implement ESG & impact strategies that unlock long-term value. Your responsibilities will include translating sustainability insights into top- and bottom-line growth, strengthening commercial positioning through market and customer analytics, and building financial models that quantify ESG's contribution to performance. You'll communicate complex strategic recommendations to investor and executive audiences, collaborate with global experts to deliver integrated ESG solutions, and mentor rising team members while strengthening client relationships.

### Core Responsibilities

In the client and project leadership space, you'll lead the development and execution of ESG and impact strategies that deliver competitive advantage and measurable value. You'll conduct market assessments to identify sustainability trends, customer dynamics, and emerging opportunities, then create pricing strategies aligned with ESG value propositions to strengthen market positioning. Financial modeling is central to this role—you'll build and analyze models to quantify the revenue and profitability impact of ESG initiatives and identify both top- and bottom-line growth opportunities connected to sustainability.

Partnership with private equity investment teams, operating partners, and portfolio company leadership will be crucial as you embed ESG into business strategy and develop compelling presentations that translate complex ESG insights into clear strategic recommendations. On the team side, you'll work with ERM's global network of subject-matter experts to deliver integrated solutions, provide coaching and support to junior consultants, and strengthen client relationships through excellent service delivery and thought leadership.

## What You'll Bring

You'll need a Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Sustainability, or a related field, or equivalent experience. Entry level to 2.5 years in top-tier strategy consulting is required, with a focus on strategy development, market analysis, and financial modeling.

Your technical skill set should include strong Power. Point storytelling and presentation development, Excel modeling capability (advanced is a plus), and experience designing and executing strategic initiatives that drive value. Familiarity with ESG and sustainability concepts and their financial implications is essential, along with strong analytical and quantitative skills and the ability to derive insights from complex data. The ideal candidate is proactive, adaptable, results-driven, collaborative, and passionate about sustainability.

Please note: This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

## Preferred Qualifications

Direct experience supporting investment teams or portfolio companies, experience presenting to executive-level audiences, and understanding of private equity and/or infrastructure investing are highly valued. Experience in sectors such as technology, healthcare, infrastructure, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, business services, or manufacturing is a plus.

## Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated annual base pay is $72,000–$95,293 (USD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay; casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible.

ERM offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees. Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

## About ERM

As the world's largest global pure play sustainability consultancy with more than 50 years of experience, ERM partners with the world's leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations. The organization takes pride in creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment and sees diversity as a strength that helps create better solutions for clients. ERM's diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across their organizations to operationalize sustainability through their unique "boots to boardroom" approach—combining comprehensive service models with deep technical expertise in environmental, health, safety, risk, and social issues.

ERM is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.