About the job

Do you want to be part of a leading Nordic sustainability scale-up whilst contributing to the global corporate sustainability transition? This is your impact opportunity.

With a unique offering that combines cutting-edge ESG software with specialised advisory services, e-learning and independent assurance, Position Green’s full-cycle solutions fuel the journey of competitive businesses – from compliance to sustainable impact.

Position Green provides clients with a range of needs-driven products and solutions that deliver both flexibility and optimal synergies. It combines cutting-edge technology with human expertise to drive sustainability performance. Integrated alignment with relevant sustainability standards, ESG regulations and best practices ensures compliance and a data-driven approach that creates real-world impact.

The new role as Sustainability Assurance Senior Associate will be crucial to building and developing our service offering, as well as ensuring efficient and high-quality assurance deliveries. This is a great opportunity if you want to develop and be part of our journey to something bigger.

As a Sustainability Assurance Senior Associate you will play a key role in our newly formed assurance team, working in close collaboration with other divisions at Position Green, particularly the ESG reporting team.

The team will be based in Oslo while working closely with our colleagues across the Nordics, US, and UK to ensure effective cross-boarder collaboration and deliveries.

Areas of responsibility:

In general, the candidate will be responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and reporting of assurance projects. Typical areas of responsibilities will include:

• Developing and implementing assurance plans
• Identifying risk areas and developing assurance procedures to address those risks.
• Interacting with clients to discuss assurance results and recommendations.
• Preparing assurance reports and present findings to management.
• Staying current with industry developments and regulatory requirements.
• Managing the budget for assurance projects and ensuring that projects are completed withing their budget constraints.
• Ensuring that the assurance function is compliant with company policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting/auditing or ESG reporting.
• 2+ years of relevant experience either with managing and performing audit or assurance projects.
• Strong understanding of reporting and preferably auditing or assurance principles.
• Experience with Advisory is beneficial.
• Proficiency in using audit or assurance software and related tools are beneficial, but not a requirement.

Personal skills

To thrive in this role you have the ability to adapt to changing business environments, regulations and technology. You have an analytical mindset and can create structure in a dynamic work environment and have interpersonal skills to build strong working relationships.

• Proactive and goal oriented.
• Positive and eager to take part in our growth journey.
• You enjoy teamwork and are motivated by a high paced environment.
• Ability to work well both independently and in teams.

What do we offer?

As our new colleague you will take part in a fast-paced and exciting scale up environment. You get to work in a company where you can have a great impact on accelerating the sustainability transformation in the global business community.

We have flexible work hours, a trusting leadership model and we value our employees.

What’s next?

If the above sounds interesting to you, we will be happy to receive your CV and cover letter. We will be reviewing applications on a continuous basis. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please get in touch with Hanne Eline Fagereng, Head of Assurance, hanne.fagereng@positiongreen.com.