Senior Manager, Environmental Sustainability and Carbon Accounting

ContourGlobal is an established Independent Power Producer developing, acquiring, and operating electricity generation assets worldwide. The company currently manages more than 6.2 GW of installed capacity across different generation technologies in 18 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America. With a current share of renewables capacity of 27%, the company has committed to speed up the decarbonization of its portfolio with a sustainable transition of its thermal fleet, the repowering of existing renewable assets and the organic development of new renewable projects. ContourGlobal, a KKR company since 2022, has a track record of almost 20 years of experience in partnering with communities, institutions, and customers that benefit from its power supply through long-term contracts or innovative PPAs, coupled with energy management solutions.

• Collaborate across functions to ensure Environmental Sustainability objectives, targets and programs are properly aligned with corporate objectives.
• Provide technical expertise on key issues related to Environmental Sustainability and on Sustainability risks in the development, construction, operations and maintenance of power plants.
• Provide support on sustainable financing initiatives, including development of Green Bond frameworks.
• Act as an Environmental Sustainability subject matter expert, including but not limited to Biodiversity and Nature, Water, Waste, Energy and Climate Change, including GHG emissions' and decarbonization target tracking, within the organization and supply chain, by developing an in-depth understanding of the various asset types, operational activities and processes, and data collection techniques. 
• Collaborate across functional groups and assist in the development of Environmental Sustainability training and capacity-building sessions.
• Support development of global Environmental Sustainability metrics and targets, and associated governance, including data management guidance.
• Monitor global Environmental Sustainability impacts, trends, regulatory developments, and areas of improvement.
• Manage assurance process of key Environmental Sustainability metrics and disclosures (e.g. CSRD, CSDDD etc.).
• Ensure Environmental Sustainability disclosures are accurate and reported transparently, both internally and externally, through various formats and achieving compliance with applicable requirements, where present.
• Provide Environmental Sustainability risk assessment reviews, including Energy and Climate Change aspects (emissions' profile and impacts on decarbonization pathway) of growth opportunities, including BD and M&A.
• Act as a subject matter expert on Climate-related risk frameworks, including TCFD, CFD, etc.
• Refine and improve existing GHG quantification models and processes for data collection, target-setting, tracking, management and reporting. Additionally, you will provide support for forecasting and analyzing GHG emissions.
• Represent CG’s Environmental Sustainability interests on Industry Associations, with NGOs, partners, and at conferences.
• Support operational transitions associated with ContourGlobal’s decarbonization strategy, including decommissioning and conservation efforts.
• Develop strong relationships and work collaboratively with a variety of external and internal stakeholders, aiding them in improving the consistency and quality of Environmental Sustainability performance. 
• Support CG’s drive to advance strategic initiatives, including identification of incentives, GHG reduction technologies, and technical support on major projects, financial initiatives, and other carbon management systems within the organization. 
• RFP scoping and development, consultant management, budget controls.
• Other responsibilities, as requested, from time to time.

Madrid office preferred, however,  other locations such as our CG offices in Houston, Sofia, Vienna, and Milan would be considered.

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of the society we live in and markets we operate.