ESG Reporting & Compliance Advisor

The ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Reporting & Compliance Advisor plays a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of ESG data through robust processes and controls. This position involves developing and maintaining comprehensive ESG reporting practices, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading initiatives to improve ESG data management and reporting efficiency.

Essential Functions

• Governance and Control Framework:Assists in establishing a governance and control framework that ensures the integrity and accuracy of ESG reporting.
• Internal Control Program:Helps implement and maintain an ESG internal control program, including process mapping, risk assessment, and control evaluation. Communicates requirements and best practices.
• Data Accuracy and Compliance:Ensures ESG data is materially correct in compliance with internal controls and that internal control risks are tested and documented in accordance with FedEx standards.
• ESG Disclosure Preparation:Assists in the development and preparation of ESG disclosure reports, focusing on process efficiency and data accuracy.
• Policy Development:Develops and updates ESG accounting and reporting policies for use by relevant stakeholders, ensuring these policies are effective and well-documented.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:Partners with various stakeholders to drive strategic ESG initiatives, ensuring alignment between disclosures and corporate strategy.
• Data Management:Collaborates with internal stakeholders to gather, analyze, and verify data needed for ESG reporting. Summarizes and distributes relevant reports, ensuring data integrity.
• Expertise in ESG Reporting:Acts as the subject matter expert on ESG reporting processes and controls, ensuring the data is accurate and reliable.
• Regulatory Awareness:Stays informed about changes to ESG reporting regulations, standards, and disclosure requirements. Communicates updates to stakeholders and implements necessary changes to policies and processes.
• Leadership in Initiatives:Leads internal and cross-functional teams on major initiatives/projects, including process improvement in controls and testing, regulatory compliance, and policy. Recommends innovative solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree/equivalent in business, accounting, finance, sustainability or a similar discipline. Advanced degree preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Five (5) years professional experience in SOX compliance, sustainability and ESG disclosures, financial reporting, or auditing and assurance or related area.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Proactive individual with strong analytical skills to ensure the accuracy and integrity of ESG reporting.

• Effective communication and collaboration with diverse teams to drive the company's ESG initiatives and maintain a robust control environment.

Preferred:

• Financial or sustainability certifications (CPA, CFA, CSP, GRI, SASB)

Preferred Qualifications:

Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the salary information represents the job level minimum and the job level maximum. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay: Internal Pay Grade: FXCUS_SL

Additional Details: This position may be located anywhere within the US excluding AK, HI and US territories. Depending on your location, you may be required to work at a FedEx Campus several times per week.

FedEx. Where now meets next.

Our vision is to be the earth's most engaged advocates of connected commerce where open borders, new markets and fair, sustainable practices are the norm for the billions of personal supply chains being managed every day in our always on, mobile-first world. We stand for ease, access and opportunity. We lead purposeful innovation, champion entrepreneurs, advocate free trade and empower humans and their place in the era of autonomy and AI. We fight for our customers, a more sustainable planet and an ethical playing field.

FedEx inspires its more than 530,000 employees to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. FedEx is committed to connecting people and possibilities around the world responsibly and resourcefully, with a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040.

FedEx has been recognized on many different lists both for business success and for being a great employer:

• FORTUNE Magazine: No. 18 among "World's Most Admired Companies" (2023)
• Newsweek Magazine: One of "America's Most Responsible Companies" (2023)
• Forbes Magazine: One of "Americas Best Large Employers" (2023)
• Newsweek Magazine: One of "America's Greatest Work Places for Diversity" (2023)
• FORTUNE Magazine: One of the "Blue Ribbon Companies" that appears on 4+ Fortune Annual Award Rankings (2023)
• FreightWaves: #1 Among the "Top 500 For-Hire Carriers" (2023)
• FreightWaves: Freight-Tech 25 Award, honoring innovation and disruption within the freight industry (2023)

FedEx Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetics disability, or protected Veteran status.

FedEx Corporation does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. Further, FedEx Corporation is prepared to make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the desired position, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact recruitmentsupport@fedex.com.