ESG Reporting Manager (Sustainability)

Department: Business Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Description

Hybrid: 2 days per week our London Bridge in-office

The ZPG Group is looking for a highly motivated ESG Reporting Manager; reporting to the Group Finance Director. The role will lead the preparation and delivery of the Group’s future sustainability reporting, in particular (but not limited to), SECR, CSRD, CFD and ESOS. It will incorporate a broad range of responsibilities through collaboration with various business functions (including Finance, HR, Legal and Compliance, IT and Procurement), including facilitation of working groups and assisting in the preparation of papers for a range of governance committees and forums, such as the Group Audit Committee.

The business:

The ZPG group consists of the RVU and Houseful Divisions and include some of the UK’s most well recognised, trusted and innovative digital brands. These brands, including Confused.com, Zoopla, Uswitch, Money.co.uk and Tempcover, aim to empower consumers to make better property and household related decisions. Alongside these household names, ZPG is also one of the leading residential property software and data providers with a range of industry-leading products including Hometrack, Alto, Calcasa and many others.

ZPG continues to focus on its goal of providing significant value and an ever-improving experience to customers and consumers. This approach, led by its management teams, is in turn supported by private equity investors, Silver Lake and Red Ventures, each of which provides unique expertise in product, technology, and marketing. This, combined with ZPG’s long-term strategic thinking, enables the Group to make investments and other decisions that might not be possible in a public market context.

The ZPG group's results are consolidated in the accounts of Zephyr Midco 2 Limited.

What you'll be doing:

Spearheading the delivery of specific ESG disclosure requirements, with a particular focus on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive as mandated by the European Union
Responsibility for the annual Double Materiality Assessment, as prescribed by the CSRD
Responsible for the collection and improvement of ESG related data collection across the business, including the implementation of tooling as appropriate
Working collaboratively with various departments to produce ESG disclosures for inclusion in external reporting documents, ensuring robust, timely, auditable and transparent reporting processes
Oversee and coordinate the work of external parties, including advisors and consultants, to support the compliance with relevant regulations
Leading responses to auditor queries in relation to ESG assurance and necessary disclosures
Regular horizon scanning of upcoming ESG legisation that may impact the business (or key value chain partners) ensuring future readiness
Management of the Group’s Carbon Accounting Tool including the data collection, analysis and measurement across all emission categories
Preparing and supporting annual disclosures, e.g. SECR, CDP, CFD, TCFD, TNFD, IFRS S1/S2
Work closely with the finance team to provide information on financial risks and opportunities relating to ESG, and produce the annual climate-related financial disclosures (CFD) report.
Providing responses to Group-level ESG requests for our lenders, investors and suppliers.

What we're looking for:

Minimum of 5 years of work experience, with at least 2 in regulatory reporting, including at least one of financial, risk, or ESG-related reporting.
Experience with efficiently delivering projects with multiple work streams and stakeholders, ensuring timely production and delivery of high quality, accurate disclosures.
Confident and effective communicator who can form good working relationships across functions and business areas within the complexities of the Group structure, and tailor reports and presentations to different audiences.
Familiarity with CFD, or other ESG reporting frameworks, with demonstrated experience in implementing standards or frameworks
Comfortable with ambiguity, excelling in bringing clarity and structure.
Exceptionally analytical and data-literate, proficient in Excel and modelling

Our commitment to you:
At RVU, we are dedicated to developing valuable, inclusive, and user-friendly products and services that deliver positive outcomes for all of our customers. To achieve this it’s essential that our teams reflect the diverse range of people in our community. We believe in being the change we wish to see in the world, by embracing our differences and holding ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and wider community members.

What we offer:

We want to give you a great work environment, support your growth both personally and professionally, and provide benefits that make your time at ZPG even more enjoyable. Here are some of the benefits you can look forward to:

10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews
A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week and up to 22 working days per year to “work from anywhere”
Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
A one-off £300 “Work from Home” budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days “My Time” per year
Private medical cover, critical illness cover, dental plans and employee assistance programme
Employee discounts programme
A healthy learning and training budget
Electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
Free in-office gym, accessible 7 days a week
Free breakfast in the office daily
You’ll be equipped with great technology (choice of Mac or Windows)
Free access to the Calm and Peppy app for physical and mental health
Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected

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