ESG Senior Analyst

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Date: 19 Feb 2025

Location: San Juan City, Philippines

Company: inchcape

Inchcape is the leading global automotive distributor operating in more than 40 markets. We partner with some of the biggest brands in the business to power better mobility today and in the future.

 

Our diverse global team of over 20,000 talented people foster an inclusive and collaborative culture, championing a brilliant experience for our customers and partners. We’re a dynamic and fast-growing business, dedicated to shaping a successful and sustainable future for the industry.

 

Here, you will unlock your full potential with career opportunities and learning experiences. You’ll work with cutting-edge technology, ground-breaking innovation, and forward-thinking colleagues. If you are highly driven with a can-do attitude, and you bring out the best in yourself and others, then join us to power new futures.

 

 

 

Position Title:

ESG Analyst

 

Scope of Role

The following outlines the scope of this role in relation to the overall Business Unit and company

Company Overview

Inchcape plc is the world’s leading automotive distributor with a global operation spanning over 40 markets. Inchcape plc has over 160 years of history and innovation to the automotive services sector.

Our global purpose is bringing mobility to the word’s communities; for today, for tomorrow and for the better.

Our Europe & Africa region includes Greece, Bulgaria, Belgium, Romania and Northern Europe markets including Poland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. We are the distributor of many automotive brands in the region, including Toyota, BMW, VW, JLR, Ford and more recently some Chinese brands including BYD and GAC.

The core of the Inchcape spirit is to create an incredible customer experience for the best car brands in the world.

Business Unit Overview

This role will sit in the Regional FP&A Finance function, supporting our 11 markets in Europe and Africa. FP&A sits withing the Regional Finance function. The role will support a key strategic priority for the Group and our Region – to be the lowest carbon route to market for our OEM partners.

 

Position Overview

 

Support the region in data collection, sustainability project tracking, and providing business intelligence to executives and market stakeholders, for the regions Scope 1, 2 and controllable Scope 3 emissions

 

Reports to

Europe and Africa FP&A Business partner (solid line)

Regional Financial Controller, Europe & Africa (dotted line)

Direct Reports (Team)

Nil

 

Key Working Relationships

 

Market and Regional FP&A teams, Group FP&A and Sustainability teams, market controllable emissions working group leads, DAP (Power BI) team, external consultants such as the Carbon Trust

 

 

The following job description acts as a guide to the main responsibilities of the respective role. It must be read with reference to the related policies, procedures and processes of Inchcape Australia Limited.

Additional duties/responsibilities may be assigned subject to the needs of the business and individual capability.

 

Key Responsibilities

Listed below are the key and most significant responsibilities of this role

Key Responsibility

Description

New process set up

  • Develop, implement, and educate markets on new ESG reporting processes. There is an element of process transformation here as the work transitions from markets to the CoE in Manila.
  • Critically review and analyse collected market data to provide insights. Handle data volumes, run analytics, (potentially on Power BI), develop/introduce automation, etc. in conjunction with in-house Digital Analytics Team
  • Manage a forecasting model that monitors new ESG projects and prepare ESG reporting to the Regional Transformation Committee

Data Collection

 
  • Work with market Sustainability leads & FP&A to setup central data collection processes, and then work with each market to establish and standardise processes for each market to gather and ingest data
  • Work with DAP and other internal Subject Matter Experts’ (SME) to automate data ingestion, with a continuous improvement mindset
  • Collect and ingest into the carbon model, emissions data, on a monthly basis, and prepare insights for presentation to market and regional stakeholders each month
  • Assist Group FP&A and carbon trust with queries, and work with markets to close out queries

Data Quality
  • Implement an internal programme to provide confidence in the accuracy of the data submitted by markets.
  • Support any future requirements around external verification demands, by acting as point of contact, supplying data requested and fielding queries.

Business Insights

 
  • Work with the DAP team to update / feed monthly data into Power BI, to provide dashboard reporting to markets
  • Track progress on actuals vs forecast / annual plan and share insights with market and regional stakeholders
  • Prepare quarterly reforecasts based on YTD + latest project status
  • Providing project analysis support for new ESG projects, before submission to Regional Transformation Committee and /or IC

 

Communications and Engagement

 

 
  • Provide SME support to region and market stakeholders on carbon accounting (SBTI framework)
  • Deliver training (provided by Group) to new starters in markets

 

Reporting
  • Support markets in region subject to statutory reporting in preparing emissions reporting for government authorities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Person Specification

Listed below are the specific requirements necessary to fulfil this role

Experience requirements

Listed below are the experience requirements necessary to fulfil the performance requirements of this role.

Essential Requirements:

  • At least 5 years in a reporting type role

 

Desirable Requirements:

  • Experience working in a multi national business
  • At least 3-4 years experience  in ESG reporting, particularly in SBTI based carbon accounting
  • Project Management experience

Qualifications, Certificates & Licence requirements

Listed below are the qualifications, certificates or mandatory licences required to fulfil the performance requirements of this role.  

Essential Requirements:

  • Advanced Excel and modelling Skills

 

 

Desirable Requirements:

  • Qualification in finance, ESG, Environmental Science or similar, or equivalent on the job experience
  • Experience in automation, Power BI

Competency requirements

Listed below are the core skills and behaviours we require of you to fulfil the performance requirements of this role.  

Essential Requirements:

  • Fluent in English
  • Team player with strong sense of accountability and responsibility
  • Self-driven and motivated
  • Ability to communicate well with diverse stakeholders

Desirable Requirements:

  • Ability to significantly overlap with European working time

 

 

 

Demonstrating our Inchcape Values and Behaviours

 

It’s both what we do and how we do it that delivers optimum performance; enabling delivery of our Accelerate Strategy and realising our vision to bringing mobility to the world’s communities for today, for tomorrow and for the better.  Our Inchcape values and behaviours apply across all roles, at all levels, in all locations.

 

 

 

 

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.