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Remote Senior ESG Reporting Analyst

πŸ“ Anywhere 🏷️ Environment & Climate πŸ’° $96,000 / year

Regulatory pressure around climate disclosure has not slowed down, and companies across nearly every sector now need someone who can turn raw environmental and governance data into reports that hold up under scrutiny. This is a senior, fully remote position built around exactly that work.

The role sits within an Environment and Climate focused organization, reporting into a sustainability or finance function depending on how the employer structures its team. There is no office location attached to the posting, and the position is open to candidates anywhere in the world who can work a standard full-time schedule.

At the senior level, the expectation shifts from simply compiling numbers to owning the narrative around them. A junior analyst might pull the figures. This analyst decides how those figures get framed for a board, a regulator, or an investor who is reading closely, and takes responsibility when a number does not hold up to follow-up questions.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in environmental science, sustainability, or a closely related field is the minimum education requirement. Candidates should bring 42 months of hands-on experience in ESG reporting or a directly adjacent function, along with a working command of at least one major sustainability framework.

Core responsibilities

  • Collect and analyze environmental, social, and governance data from internal systems and external sources.
  • Prepare reports for regulators and internal stakeholders that translate raw metrics into clear, defensible narratives.
  • Track ongoing compliance against relevant reporting standards, flagging gaps before they become findings.
  • Support the development of policies and recommendations aimed at reducing the organization's environmental footprint.
  • Coordinate with finance, operations, and legal teams to keep disclosure timelines on track.
  • Review vendor and supplier data submissions for completeness before they feed into a broader report.

Reporting cycles tend to cluster around fiscal year-end and specific regulatory deadlines, so workload is not perfectly even across the calendar. A senior analyst in this seat plans around that rhythm rather than being surprised by it every year.

Estimating Scope 3 emissions is a good example of the kind of ambiguous work that shows up regularly. The underlying data from suppliers is often incomplete, so part of the job is building defensible estimates and being ready to explain the methodology behind them when someone pushes back on a number.

Skills that matter here

  • Data analysis, including the ability to spot inconsistencies across large, messy datasets.
  • Regulatory reporting experience, ideally spanning more than one jurisdiction or standard.
  • Working knowledge of sustainability frameworks such as GRI or broader ESG reporting standards.
  • Advanced Excel skills for building and maintaining reporting models.
  • Clear written communication for translating technical findings into plain-language summaries.

Experience with carbon accounting software, prior work inside a large sustainability consulting practice, or exposure to double materiality assessments would set a candidate apart, though none of these are strict requirements. Remoteroles has seen employers in this category place real weight on that kind of adjacent exposure during final-round interviews.

Communication skills matter more in this role than the job title suggests. A senior analyst regularly translates technical findings for people who do not read emissions data for a living, including board members and external auditors who need the plain-language version before the technical one.

Compensation and benefits

This position pays 96,000 dollars annually on a full-time basis. The standard package includes health coverage, paid time off, and employer-matched retirement contributions.

  • Health coverage for the employee, with options that vary by employer.
  • Paid time off structured around a standard full-time calendar.
  • Retirement plan matching up to a defined percentage of salary.
  • A modest annual budget toward sustainability certifications or continuing education.

Salary reviews happen on an annual basis, and movement tends to track the complexity of the reporting a person owns rather than headcount managed, since this is an individual-contributor role rather than a people-management one.

Time off is genuinely usable rather than theoretical here, which is worth stating plainly since reporting deadlines can otherwise make people hesitant to step away. Planning time off around the calendar, rather than around a single crunch period, works better in practice.

The work itself carries real weight. A misread regulatory requirement or a poorly worded disclosure can cost an organization credibility with investors, regulators, or the public, so precision matters more here than speed for its own sake.

Industry background shapes how someone approaches this role more than most people expect. An analyst coming from a manufacturing background tends to focus first on operational emissions and supply chain data, while someone from a financial services background usually starts from portfolio-level climate risk instead. Both paths land in the same seat, just from different starting points.

Collaboration here is mostly cross-functional rather than hierarchical. You will work with people who report to different managers entirely, which means influence and clear writing matter more day to day than formal authority does.

Candidates who have previously worked inside a company preparing its first climate risk disclosure, rather than only refining an established one, tend to bring a useful perspective to this seat. That kind of ground-floor experience does not show up neatly on a resume, so it is worth spelling out in a cover letter or application note.

Regulatory expectations in this space keep shifting across regions, and a strong analyst tracks those changes without needing constant reminders from legal or compliance. That does not mean memorizing every rule change the day it happens, just building the habit of checking in on relevant updates regularly enough that nothing arrives as a surprise.

Next steps

Interested candidates should submit a resume along with two or three examples of ESG or sustainability reports they contributed to, redacted as needed for confidentiality. A brief cover note on the specific regulatory frameworks you have worked under, and which parts of a report you personally owned, is useful context as well.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, with qualified candidates contacted directly to schedule a first-round conversation. A second conversation usually involves a short working exercise built around a sample dataset, and a final conversation typically covers logistics like start date and team fit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Part of the job is building defensible estimates when supplier data comes in incomplete, and being ready to explain the methodology if someone pushes back on a number later. It's called out as a good example of the ambiguous work that shows up regularly in this seat.
Yes. An analyst coming from a manufacturing background tends to focus first on operational emissions and supply chain data, while someone from financial services usually starts from portfolio-level climate risk instead. Both paths land in the same seat.
Not really. It's described as an individual-contributor role where you work with people who report to other managers entirely, so influence and clear writing matter more day to day than formal authority.
It clusters around fiscal year-end and specific regulatory deadlines, so the calendar isn't perfectly even. A senior analyst is expected to plan around that rhythm rather than be surprised by it each cycle.
Submit a resume with two or three examples of ESG or sustainability reports you contributed to, redacted for confidentiality as needed, plus a short note on which regulatory frameworks you've worked under and what parts of a report you personally owned.
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