Senior Analyst, Sustainability

About Us

Brookfield Renewable, as one of the core businesses under Brookfield Corporation, is one of the world’s largest owners, operators, and developers of renewable power, with $125 billion of power assets under management. Our diverse portfolio of hydro, wind, solar, distributed energy, storage, and sustainable solutions extends across five continents, totaling over 46,000 megawatts of generating capacity. We use our operating capabilities, scale and global reach to develop and operate a high-quality clean energy portfolio in a responsible manner, helping accelerate the global transition to net zero.

Come Join Us

At Brookfield Renewable, we attract and retain high-performing individuals who are interested in making an impact, driving meaningful change and being part of a fast-paced and collaborative environment. Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture. Together, we contribute to the success of one of the fastest growing and largest publicly traded, pure play renewable power platforms in the world while supporting decarbonization and greater energy sustainability to facilitate the global transition to a net-zero.

About the Role

Reporting to the Director, Sustainability Management, the Senior Analyst, Sustainability will support Brookfield Renewable’s portfolio of companies on initiatives related to ESG reporting, sustainability performance, emissions management, climate change, biodiversity, and circularity management. This position will be responsible for analyzing various sustainability metrics and will assist in identifying areas of improvement in portfolio company sustainability programs.

Key Responsibilities

- Establish approaches, templates, and processes to support the achievement of Brookfield Renewable’s ESG targets and transition fund impact targets, and ensure alignment with Brookfield Renewable’s Sustainability policies. This will require addressing a broad range of ESG topics including GHG emissions, biodiversity, water consumption, circularity, etc.

- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to guide implementation of ESG data collection and reporting systems, with the goal of ensuring an audit ready dataset for required annual and quarterly reporting.

- Conduct quality assurance reviews of ESG data submitted by portfolio companies.

- Assess the sustainability performance of portfolio companies, through data collection and periodic company engagements, to identify areas of improvement.

- Develop and implement dashboard capabilities in conjunction with internal stakeholders to track ESG metrics and progress against established targets.

- Provide advisory on standards and regulations relevant to Brookfield Renewable’s portfolio companies, such as TCFD, SBTi, GRI, GHG Protocol.

- Support the ESG due diligence processes for investments in North America in line with internal requirements.

- Maintain an understanding of current and emerging best practices, technology, policy, and regulatory aspects of sustainability topics, and develop summaries and reports on key sustainability issues and topics.

Knowledge and Experience Required

- Bachelor’s degree preferably in sustainability management, business, engineering or environmental studies, Master’s degree a plus.

- Four to six years of related professional experience and demonstrated track record in sustainability; preferably with experience in energy, operations, management consulting, asset management, and/or financial services.

- Knowledge and experience implementing GHG emissions programs, including developing emissions reductions plans, and substantial familiarity with the GHG Protocol and Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.

- Experience with, and/or knowledge of, relevant ESG frameworks and standards including TCFD, SASB, CSRD, SBTi, TNFD, ect.

- Understanding of sustainability trends, regulations and best practice including in decarbonization, human rights, biodiversity, water and circularity.

- Enthusiasm for sustainability, Climate Change and renewable energy.

- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels.

- Strong organizational skills.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.

- Strong skills in use of IT tools to combine and analyze large amounts of data from various sources and generate reports and graphics.

Note: Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Brookfield’s identity. This position requires the employee to be on-site to perform most effectively.

Salary: $80,000 - $115,000, bonus eligible.

Working here, you will enjoy:

At Brookfield, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential.

- We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, bonus structure, a health benefits program, and 401(k) plan.

- Our spaces are open, dynamic, and collaborative, giving you access to different businesses and teams.

- We cultivate a culture where we invest in your growth and development.

Diversity & Inclusion

Brookfield Renewable embraces and promotes the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including women, Indigenous peoples and other persons of all races, ethnic origins, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. We also provide accommodation during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed to the recruitment process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.