Manager – Climate Finance, Climate Risk & Sustainability

About the role

KPMG's International Development Advisory Services (IDAS) practice is looking for a Manager to join its Nairobi office, which acts as the regional coordinating office for East Africa. The manager delivers advisory engagements covering climate and sustainable finance, climate and ESG risk management, sustainability strategy and transition planning, working with the thematic director.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver multiple advisory engagements: work planning, budgets, team deployment, quality, client communication and timely completion
• Lead core assignments in climate and sustainable finance, climate and ESG risk management, sustainability strategy and transition planning
• Manage engagement economics, scope and change requests, specialists and subcontractors, and escalate delivery, quality and commercial risks
• Review work products before senior review so they are evidence-based, practical and compliant with firm quality and risk requirements
• Lead climate finance strategies, investment pipelines, investment-readiness assessments, project preparation and financing solutions (green, sustainability-linked, blended and transition finance)
• Support climate risk frameworks, ESG strategies, sustainable finance frameworks, governance arrangements, roadmaps and management reporting
• Support materiality, portfolio data and methodology assessments, physical and transition risk analysis, scenario selection and stress testing, integrated into credit, investment, enterprise risk and internal control processes
• Coordinate specialist input on nature and biodiversity, carbon markets, PCAF methodologies and quantitative modelling
• Identify and qualify opportunities, build the pipeline and lead proposals, concept notes and submissions across financial institutions, corporates, governments and development partners
• Manage, coach and develop team members, allocate resources, support recruitment and capability development, and maintain compliance with independence, ethics, quality and risk requirements

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting, risk management, engineering, environmental science, sustainability, development studies, public policy or a related field; Master's degree preferred
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience, including at least five years in consulting or an equivalent advisory role in a financial institution, development finance institution, regulator, government agency or corporate
• Demonstrated experience leading consulting engagements, managing budgets and scope, leading multidisciplinary teams and advising senior client stakeholders
• Experience with financial institutions, development partners, regulators or corporates is highly desirable
• Track record in relationship management and business development
• Willingness to travel within East Africa or the rest of Africa where projects dictate

Required skills

• Development of climate and blended finance strategies, investment pipelines and financing solutions
• Understanding of climate risk, ESG and sustainable finance frameworks and implementation roadmaps
• Ability to conduct or interpret materiality, portfolio, scenario and stress-testing analyses
• Working knowledge of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 and their TCFD foundations
• Project management, analytical, report-writing and executive presentation skills

What we offer

• An opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on clients across Africa
• Continuous learning and development
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams
• Space to grow and innovate, and opportunity for international travel