Overview

Reckitt’s Head of Sustainability Reporting leads our sustainability reporting agenda. They work with external and internal stakeholders, to lead and strengthen Reckitt’s engagement on ESG and sustainability through robust, informative and compelling disclosures.

The role demands great communication, stakeholder engagement and project management skills. It is grounded on excellent awareness and experience of external stakeholder needs, the complex and growing demands on corporate transparency, reporting, investor and external ratings, and emerging policy frameworks on corporate reporting. They will coordinate multiple stakeholders, subject matter experts, data-owners and team leads to ensure the timely delivery of narrative, content and accurate data to help communicate our work and progress.

Your Responsibilities

  • Lead our external sustainability reporting across global frameworks and regulations CSRD, ISSB, GRI, TCFD, TNFD and emerging taxonomies, developing plans to efficiently streamline/integrate reporting
  • Partner with finance function to embed sustainability into financial reporting and risk frameworks, driving efficiency, data accuracy and controls
  • Lead our climate transition plan development, overseeing our climate risk scenario modelling approach to assessing physical and transition risks and working cross-functionally to garner support to operationalise our transition plan
  • Lead on developing external relationships with key ESG stakeholders in the non-financial reporting best practice and ESG investor communities, to strengthen Reckitt performance within ESG ratings, enable ESG finance initiatives and strengthen Reckitt’s sustainability profile and reputation
  • Work with corporate communications team to transform sustainability communications through our digital channels, building compelling communications for internal and external distribution
  • Influence sustainability strategy development, specifically in relation to climate transition planning.

Person Specification

  • Highly developed expertise and experience in corporate sustainability and communications, ideally in FMCG or Healthcare and with high-profile brands
  • In-depth knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements across UK/EU/US (CSRD, CSDDD, Taxonomies, SDS, SEC, Corporate Governance Code Reforms etc.)
  • Experience and knowledge of developing climate transition plans, frameworks such as TCFD and IFRS S2 with the ability to translate technical insights into practical actions
  • Practical experience with scenario modelling approaches and tools (e.g. IEA pathways, NGFS models)
  • Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to translate complex requirements into understandable asks of stakeholders
  • Relevant degree or postgraduate qualification in the sustainability arena
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, communications and project management experience with proven analytical abilities and attention to detail
  • Knowledge of data-reporting software solutions (Enablon, SAP, Ariba, Intertek, Excel etc.)
  • Demonstrable past involvement in external sustainability stakeholder liaison
  • Experience of working with corporate communications teams (branding, tone-of-voice etc.)
  • Confidence and conviction when making recommendations, with the ability to robustly deal with challenge from all levels of the business.
  • Experience of working across all levels of a business with strong engagement skills
  • Ability to build and maintain knowledge
  • Willingness to travel

We recognise that in real life, great people don’t always ‘tick all the boxes’. That’s why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don’t meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.

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