About the role

This role is focused on the operational mechanics of inventorying, measuring, and reporting progress toward public targets and required disclosures in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space. Successful candidates should have a working knowledge of GHG Protocol, with experience managing a GHG inventory (and associated other items).

This role can be performed on a remote basis but will require the selected candidate to be located within the Eastern Time Zone.

What you’ll do

Disclosures

• Responsible for coordination with internal stakeholders to manage ongoing globally standardized environmental sustainability dataset showing progress towards clients internal & external sustainability objectives, financial compliance, and more. Provides client with one global view of all sustainability data.
• Assist in the annual disclosure process, including timely and accurate initial preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual GHG inventory, catalogues supporting data for audit, and solicits commentary as necessary.
• Review with decarbonization program manager, or stakeholders as appropriate to validate normalized savings, carbon reductions, develop exception reports for senior management, explanation of potential variances and year-over-year trends
• Assist in the development, implementation and subsequent monitoring of systems and processes to ensure data accuracy.
• Reviews regional data for accuracy, leverage exception reporting process and identify data points which require additional investigation or proof of efficacy. Coordinate with regional operations teams to obtain validation or make corrections as necessary.
• Coordinate with other services providers to advise of data quality issues provides support and assists with resolution as appropriate.
• Leverage appropriate digital reporting platform (to catalog data) and review source documentation (e.g. utility bills).
• As requested, compare collected data (financial, environmental, other) against industry benchmarks and prepare reports of findings.
• Lead the analysis of various informational outputs from partner systems, internal program components and system tools.

Consumption Reporting

• Coordinate energy and sustainability initiatives, monitor compliance, analyze, and communicate externally facing reporting.
• Review consumption data and validate energy, cost, or carbon savings resulting from operational programs which curtail energy consumption.
• Monitor and track, carbon, water use and waste diversion rates, spending trends.
• Support the CBRE leadership with status reports as required outlining progress against the carbon, water, and waste goals.
• Ensure detailed investigation of significant variances are undertaken to ensure root cause is well understood and communicated.
• Configure and Manage Energy Star Portfolio Manager (ESPM). Provide ongoing data assurance data is up to date and accurate.
• Review non-telecom utility bills (i.e., electricity, natural gas, oil and municipal water and sewer) for accuracy and verify that they follow associated rates and tariffs.
• Responsible for ongoing collection and analysis of monthly electricity, waste/recycling, water/sewer and natural gas/oil usage data with commentary on actual usage versus expected usage, coordinate with appropriate stakeholders to explain relevant variances.

Financial Reporting

• Responsible for monitoring and assisting in the preparation of annual budgets for global energy consumption, carbon reduction, water conservation and waste reduction projects and providing monthly budget forecasts to appropriate client stakeholders.
• Leverage globally approved budgeting methodology in coordination with leadership to create a site level budget for water and waste projects within each region and present for approval.
• Track savings (or cost increases) at the budget level to calculate and report regularly on the ROI for water and waste initiatives.
• Coordinate with CBRE field personnel to obtain detailed variance explanations when required.
• Provide data to support a global review of performance against budgets for all carbon, water and waste projects, including detailed review of relevant variance explanations.
• Communications
• Draft occupant communications for periodic distribution that suggest ways business units and employees can participate to contain energy consumption, carbon emissions, waste, and water consumption.

Process Improvement

• Develop, recommend, and implement continuous improvement strategies to improve data ingestion, quality, timelessness, required data transformations and more such that client environmental, consumption and financial data is comparable, accurate and timely. Transformations would include, units, time periods, carbon factors and more to provide a common basis of analysis.
• Responsible for maintaining a digital integration framework which facilitates the timely centralized collection of global sustainability data from multiple collection methodologies and source systems.
• Work and coordinate with CBRE platform to enhance current service offering.
• Will coordinate and assign tasks to co-workers within a work unit and/or project but is not responsible for formal supervision of employees.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university in Economics, Engineering, Sustainability or other related field and a minimum of one year of related experience and/or training.
• CAP or CEM certification preferred but not required.
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management experience preferred.
• Knowledge of the corporate real estate outsourcing industry, knowledge of operational sustainability including industry trends and major public ESG initiatives.
• A successful applicant must have strong skills in the following areas/categories: Strong client-facing communications, project management, Team management.
• Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret sophisticated business documents. Possess excellent writing skills for reports, manuals, speeches, articles, and communications using distinctive styles and various delivery methods. Ability to respond effectively to complex inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, supervisor, and/or management. Ability to make effective presentations on sophisticated topics to an internal department, large group of employees, clients, and/or management. Ability to influence and negotiate effectively with client groups to take desired action.
• Requires intermediate knowledge of financial terms and principles. Conducts intermediate financial analysis. Ability to calculate intermediate figures such as percentages, discounts, and averages.
• Ability to solve problems involving several options in situations. Requires intermediate analytical and quantitative skills.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Intermediate skills with remainder of MS Office Suite. Ability to learn and utilize applications such as Capturis, Envizi, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, and Tableau.

Why CBRE?

• FORTUNE’s Most Admired Real Estate Company in 2023 and 4 of last 5 years!
• Forbes Named one of the best large employers in America!

Disclaimers

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

The minimum pay for this position is $70,000 annually and the maximum pay for this position is $110,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program.

CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We also provide reasonable accommodations, as needed, throughout the job application process. If you have a disability that inhibits your ability to apply for a position through our online application process, you may contact us via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

NOTE: Some, but not all, of our positions may have an additional requirement to comply with COVID-19 health and safety protocols, including COVID-19 vaccination proof and/or rigorous testing. If you have questions about the requirement(s) for this position, please inform your Recruiter.

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