The Role

SustainGRC is scaling its ESG and sustainability intelligence suite — spanning CSRD/ESRS, GRI, ISSB, double materiality, financed emissions (PCAF), climate risk, and more — into UK financial services and GCC enterprise markets. We need a practitioner who understands ESG not as a reporting exercise but as a data and assurance discipline operating under regulatory scrutiny.

This is a a flexible engagement: review the platform, validate framework alignment, provide structured feedback. As we scale, you flex into delivery — client workshops, implementation guidance, regulatory submissions.

What You’ll Do

Platform Innovation

• Assess ESG modules against CSRD/ESRS, GRI Standards, ISSB/IFRS S1–S2, and FCA SDR requirements
• Validate double materiality methodology, IRO tracking, and data lineage against assurance-grade standards
• Identify gaps, market readiness signals, and quick wins for UK financial services prospects
• Produce a concise Framework Alignment Report for internal and client-facing use

Advisory Support

• Advise on disclosure methodology, assurance readiness, and audit trail requirements across frameworks
• Support pre-sales — technical credibility in prospect conversations with CSOs, CFOs, Heads of Sustainability, and Audit Committees
• Validate client ESG data architecture against third-party assurance and regulatory submission requirements

Deployment

• Deliver client-facing workshops on materiality assessment, climate risk disclosure, and financed emissions measurement
• Guide implementation engagements aligned to CSRD, FCA SDR, and ISSB requirements
• Support regulatory submissions and assurance readiness assessments

What We’re Looking For

Core

• Working knowledge across at least three of: CSRD/ESRS, GRI, ISSB/IFRS S1–S2, PCAF, FCA SDR
• Background in carbon accounting, sustainability assurance, ESG advisory, climate risk, or non-financial reporting within regulated environments
• Familiarity with double materiality, Scope 3 accounting, and financed emissions methodology
• 7+ years relevant experience preferred; strong regulatory foundation and commercial instinct considered
• Arabic advantageous for GCC client-facing engagements

What Matters Most

• Assurance credibility — you can hold a room with a CFO, external auditor, or sustainability committee
• Commercial instinct — you understand the difference between technically correct and commercially deployable
• Entrepreneurial drive — you see a market opportunity and want to own a piece of it

Why This Role

• You wont be a part of a generic ESG tool. It is an agentic governance infrastructure that enterprises will rely on for regulatory disclosure, external assurance, and board accountability. You will shape the product. Your credibility opens doors.
• The EU Omnibus adjustment has narrowed CSRD scope — but mandatory disclosure for large listed companies, financial institutions, and GCC sovereigns is accelerating, not retreating. FCA SDR enforcement is live. ISSB adoption is moving. This is precisely where we are deploying.

What We Offer

• Flexible engagement — advisory equity, project fees, revenue sharing or performance-based; structure that fits your situation
• Peer advisory standing — your views shape product and go-to-market, not a review checklist
• Clear delivery channel — as deals close, you step into client engagements with visibility and compensation
• Thought leadership platform — content, framework briefings, and analyst relations tied to your name and credentials
• UK and GCC market entry at the infrastructure layer — the regulatory wave rewards early positioning

How to Apply

Send three things:

1. A brief note on your experience with specific ESG frameworks and where you’ve applied them under assurance conditions
2. Your CV
3. One example of ESG delivery work — a materiality assessment, disclosure review, or client engagement you’re proud of

We’ll start with a focused 30-minute conversation about the platform, your read on the UK and GCC market, and how you’d structure the engagement.