Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. We deliver award-winning enterprise software solutions through the use of embedded digital innovation and a single cloud-based platform to help businesses be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™.

At IFS, we're flexible, we're innovative, and we're focused not only on how we can engage with our customers, but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society's greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and accept that there are so many different perspectives in this world. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We're looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can 
#MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs.

If you want to change the status quo, we'll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Accountabilities

• Providing ESG support to IFS Group, and Chief Sustainability Officer
• Improving ESG data management, working across functions to set up regular reporting and monitoring of strategic data points
• Lead on Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) action plan, regularly connecting with stakeholders and aligning on progress
• Managing the annual sustainability and ESG reporting, including the IFS Group Sustainability Report, KPI reporting, the development of climate-related reporting, and related assurance activities.
• Promoting best practices across Group, using global standards and frameworks such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
• Driving internal and external communication to stakeholders on the Group’s ESG performance and credentials.
• Working closely with colleagues to improve understanding and integration of material ESG factors into business decisions and the product lifecycle, covering both risks and opportunities.
• Assessing the positive financial impact of ESG initiatives.
• Remaining up-to-date on ESG trends and developments, translating these into actionable improvements .
• Supporting assessment of climate change risks and opportunities across the software technology industry and application to IFS Group.
• Assisting on any ad-hoc projects related to Sustainability
• Working closely with Double Materiality Analysis, analyzing its key findings and incorporating them into overall IFS sustainability strategy

Qualifications

To be considered you will have:

• Experience working in ESG & sustainability, in-house or at a consultancy
• Expertise with common ESG & sustainability standards, frameworks and measurement (GRI, SASB, CSRD, TCFD)
• The ability to partner across functions and levels of the business to achieve results
• Excellent organisational skills
• Fully competent in Microsoft Office (incl. Excel).
• University educated in a relevant subject (or equivalent work exposure)
• Comfort working in a matrix organisation and with a regional or global remit

In addition it would be beneficial to have:

• Previously worked on the implementation of a sustainability strategy
• Excellent project management skills
• Experience of ESG strategy development and implementation within a private equity held company

Additional Information

To be successful you will have:

• Exceptional communication & stakeholder management skills to work with key business partners to implement the sustainability strategy
• Ability to work autonomously with a hands-on approach.
• Strong commercial mindset, with a focus on pragmatism.
• Strong analytical & numerical skills, with the ability to carry out research and analyze data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to quickly see the motivations of multiple relevant disciplines within the organization.