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Position Overview:

FactSet is committed to sustainable growth for our clients, employees, partners, investors, and the communities in which we live and work.  We continually monitor and improve our social practices, environmental and climate action, and governance initiatives while maintaining and strengthening our relationship with our stakeholders.  Our intent is to nurture our people, clients, stakeholders, and the environment to create a better tomorrow.

We are seeking a Manager, Corporate Sustainability who will be a subject matter expert with a passion for corporate sustainability to help implement our sustainability strategy across the organization and integrate environmental, social, and governance considerations into all of our business operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the FactSet cross-functional sustainability team, helping to integrate sustainability into our processes and culture.
• Actively engage and collaborate across departments and functions to help develop, establish, implement, and support corporate sustainability initiatives, including establishing appropriate frameworks, standards, and goals and monitoring compliance.
• Play a leading role in Company-wide sustainability reporting efforts, including interfacing with senior leadership and cross-functional business partners and assisting in developing a controls framework to support complete, accurate, and timely sustainability reporting.
• Manage the sustainability reporting and disclosure function, including spearheading responses to various third-party requests (including CDP, EcoVadis, and others), ESG and sustainability ratings, rankings, surveys, and company-level responses to questions on sustainability topics.
• Map our sustainability program and reporting to relevant standards (including GRI, SASB, TCFD, etc.).
• Assist with drafting and updating Company-wide sustainability policies.
• Lead the development and project management of our annual Sustainability Report.
• Participate in internal and external communications of FactSet’s sustainability accomplishments, including overseeing the sustainability-focused web pages on the public website and responding to client and investor questionnaires.
• Help develop methodologies and infrastructure to measure the progress and success of our sustainability initiatives; collect and track sustainability data.
• Monitor ongoing and rapidly changing dynamics in the sustainability reporting space, with a specific focus on the regulatory environment, ESG reporting frameworks, and investor priorities.
• Participate in measurement and reporting of greenhouse gas inventory (Scope 1, 2 and 3) and establishment and implementation of an effective emissions tracking system.
• Help identify areas for opportunity for emissions reduction, leveraging and identifying new internal and external partnerships to enable and embed sustainability initiatives into our operations.
• Assist in developing best practices for GHG management, climate risk analysis, a renewable energy strategy, and a decarbonization roadmap.
• Work with our global supplier base to establish sustainable supplier policies and build a robust global reporting system.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in sustainability-related discipline a plus.
• At least three years of relevant experience with similar sustainability programs in a corporate environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of ESG initiatives, standards, and trends, especially as relevant to the technology industry; successful track record in managing sustainability programs and processes.
• Sustainability reporting subject matter expertise; experience with ESG standards, protocols, and reporting frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD, SBTi, others).
• Proven project management experience; ability to lead and collaborate with global teams and influence and engage others in the development, planning, and implementation of strategic initiatives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to synthesize abundant information and offer recommendations and solutions; exceptional business writing and presentation skills to communicate with various stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to prioritize, multi-task, and manage deadlines for multiple initiatives.
• Highly motivated strategic thinker with creative mindset, attention to detail and nuance, quantitative and analytical skills, high level of integrity, and ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to perform in a manner consistent with the Company’s goals and culture.

FactSet is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity