Job Description

Roles Summary / Purpose

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Consultant / Managing Consultant to join our growing Sustainability & Climate Risk Advisory team. In this role, you will partner with leading organisations across diverse industries to design, implement, and enhance sustainability frameworks, ESG strategies, and climate-related disclosures.

The ideal candidate is not only technically proficient but also passionate about driving meaningful impact, capable of translating sustainability ambitions into actionable, measurable outcomes. We believe talent is our biggest assets. Axcelasia is committed to invest in your professional growth by providing training, and exposure across diverse ESG projects to continuously elevate your expertise and impact in this field.

Job Scope

1. Support clients in designing and implementing comprehensive Sustainability Frameworks aligned with globally recognised standards (e.g., ISSB/IFRS S1 & S2, GRI, SASB, and sector-specific guidelines), tailored to industry and stakeholder expectations.
2. Facilitate the end-to-end materiality assessment process to identify, prioritise, and validate ESG topics most relevant to business strategy, stakeholder interests, and regulatory requirements.
3. Assist clients in formalising and enhancing ESG data collection frameworks, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and assurance-readiness for sustainability reporting and performance tracking.
4. Identify, assess, and prioritise sustainability and climate-related risks and opportunities across operations and value chains. Provide sector-specific insights to integrate these into enterprise risk management and long-term business strategy.
5. Conduct scenario analysis using IPCC and NGFS-aligned pathways to evaluate the potential impacts of physical and transition risks under multiple warming trajectories. Translate findings into practical resilience and adaptation strategies.
6. Facilitate the development of climate adaptation and mitigation strategies that are actionable, measurable, and aligned with both local context and international best practices.
7. Establish greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories covering Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions in line with the GHG Protocol. 
8. Guide clients in preparing high-quality sustainability disclosures aligned with local and international requirements, including ISSB, GRI, TCFD, and Bursa Malaysia’s NSRF. Ensure outputs are investor-focused, assurance-ready, and regulator-compliant.
9. Deliver coaching and structured training sessions for associates and client teams on ESG-related topics, frameworks, and best practices to strengthen internal capabilities.
10. Support the Executive Director in managing client engagements, ensuring timely delivery, high-quality outcomes, and effective execution. Contribute to business development activities, proposals, and client relationship management where required.

Job Requirements

Qualifications/Education & Work Experience

• Preferably degree in engineering, sustainability, environmental science, economics, business management or a related field, with at least 3 to 5 years of experience in sustainability management and reporting.
• Master degree and professional certification in ESG topics are advantageous.
• Possess a deep understanding of ESG/Sustainability issues, relevant tools, standards, regulations, and frameworks.
• Sound knowledge in areas such as GHG accounting, decarbonisation pathways, climate-related risk assessment, scenario analysis and carbon markets is important, with experience in carbon and renewable energy markets being highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and project management skills.
• Candidates with growth mindset, with passion for continuous learning and innovation.
• Able and willing to travel around the country and overseas, if necessary.

Skills