Account Manager, Reporter Services

CDP is seeking a highly motivated individual with keen interest in environmental reporting and transparency to support CDP’s corporate engagement work in CDP Reporter Services membership program. In your role as Account Manager, Reporter Services, you will work with member companies to accelerate CDP’s mission and motivate these global multinationals to limiting climate change, improving water stewardship and banning deforestation from direct corporate business practices.

You will need advanced knowledge of environmental issues and be able to get up to speed quickly with large amounts of technical CDP environmental reporting requirements across multiple sectors & geographies. You will need excellent analytical and interpersonal skills to be able to easily understand company’s needs, tailor membership delivery and identify opportunities to pitch products/services.

The account manager role covers corporates from UK and Worldwide (WW) WW is defined as companies from regions not covered by other CDP offices or partners (e.g. Russia, Middle East, Africa). The Reporter Services team sits within the wider CDP Corporates and Supply Chain (CSC) team.

The role includes:

• Managing up to 20 corporate member accounts headquartered in UK and WW region.
• Delivering the membership benefits for your corporate member accounts, including question-level gap analysis exercises of CDP climate change, forests and/or water security disclosures, data analysis & peer benchmarking and tracking delivery of these set membership benefits.
• Securing renewal and income of these existing members and cultivate new Reporter Services membership sign-up and income.
• Deepening relationships and generate further leads and referrals for relevant opportunities with additional CDP membership options for supply chain engagement, partnerships, or commitments to leadership initiatives (SBTs, RE100).
• Coordinating CDP communications to your corporate member accounts
• Record keeping of membership, invoicing, company & contact information through client relationship management systems.
• Supporting and managing projects across global Reporter Services program areas, such as product development, marketing and sales, member communications and/or events
• Supporting and managing projects across regional CSC team for regional events and webinars, communications, and business development
• Representing CDP as a subject matter expert through networking and speaking engagements at sustainability and sector-related conferences.
• Ad-hoc tasks where it may be required.

The successful candidate will have:

• Minimum BA/BSc degree (environment, geography, economics preferred)
• Keen interest in environmental corporate reporting and disclosure
• Advanced knowledge of environmental sustainability issues specifically related to climate change, water security and/or commodity linked deforestation. Experience of this in a corporate or consultancy environment is desirable.
• Proven experience in account management, business development and sales.
• Excellent communication and engagement skills, with ability to interact convincingly with people at different levels of seniority and different cultural backgrounds
• Strong organisational, planning and time management skills – both at strategic and operational levels
• High attention to detail and advanced analytical and technical skills
• Ability to work and meet deadlines under pressure, with shifting timelines and/or priorities
• Flexibility, be resourceful and hold creative problem-solving
• Knowledge of client relationship management
• Very good Microsoft Office skills, in particular Excel, ideally including macro programming or interest to master such skills
• Fluent in spoken and written English
• Willingness to travel if required

What we offer:

• Exciting and challenging tasks in an international team
• Competitive NGO salary and annual bonus (depending on company results);
• 30 days annual holidays;
• Flexible working;

The successful candidate will work five days per week and must be able to work legally in United Kingdom. This full-time role is based at our office in London, UK, due to current situation the office is closed and the role will start on a work from home basis. Competitive NGO starting salary, dependent on experience (from £32,000 – 34,000).

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To apply please complete this brief survey AND email your CV and 1 page cover letter explaining your suitability for the role to [email protected] with ‘Account Manager Reporter Services, Your First name, Surname’ in the subject by 9am Monday 8th March 2021.