Senior Sustainability Analyst

Employment Type: Full time

Position Overview

The Senior Sustainability Analyst is responsible for the maintenance of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory, related tools, and associated reporting to support the growing sustainability initiatives at Republic Services. The Senior Sustainability Analyst is also responsible for the project management of various sustainability disclosures. Working closely in support of cross-departmental leadership and stakeholders, the incumbent enables significant portions of Republic Services’ sustainability reporting by leveraging their project management and GHG accounting skillset to determine, analyze, and measure Republic’s ongoing environmental, social, and governance impacts.

Principal Responsibilities

• Oversee annual sustainability report messaging, working with marketing, communications, engineering, finance, and other key functions while managing overall stakeholder engagement efforts.
• Responsible for the Greenhouse Gas, water, and other inventories, completing calculations based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and other relevant standards.
• Coordinates the third-party verification process.
• Develops and owns Greenhouse Gas inventory and other key performance indicator to support reporting, rater, and ranker frameworks.
• Supports the creation of process documentation, project content, and inputs into reporting or project deliverables.
• Supports department leadership in advocating for and socializing project deliverables with key stakeholders.
• Plans, facilitates, and supports business working sessions.
• Participates, facilitates, or supports multiple aspects of sustainability product delivery.
• Supports and facilitates working sessions with internal or external subject matter experts to address gaps and open items in deliverable creation.
• Drives internal communications/training programs.
• Works across departments to develop and track financial and performance metrics related to sustainability activities.
• Develops business cases for various sustainability activities and projects.
• Develops and maintains sustainability reporting dashboards and databases.
• Builds new analytics capabilities (including LCAs, PCFs, and others) to support internal and external stakeholders in sustainability outcomes including decision support, use cases, and data requests.
• Responsible for developing sustainability systems, tools, and capabilities to ensure proposed and implemented solutions meet stakeholder and operational demands, including maintenance.
• Supports groups of internal and external resources across all phases of project delivery, including strategy, analytics, planning, development, and implementation, to drive assessment and measurement capabilities.
• Reviews updates and developments across standards organizations to maintain expertise on greenhouse gas inventory management and broader ESG reporting.
• Attends webinars and events related to recycling, waste, circularity, and sustainability to increase knowledge and contribute to the advancement of the industry.
• Travels up to 10% of the time.
• Performs other job duties as assigned or apparent.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of environmental regulations and sustainability reporting requirements, specifically the GHG protocol.
• Demonstrated project management skills, organizing and leading a diverse group of contributors and stakeholders to achieve objectives.
• Proficiency in analyzing, interpreting, and improving data management processes.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Keen analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships throughout the organization.
• Ability to onboard and interact with sustainability and related software applications.
• Knowledge of and experience managing GHG inventory data, quantifying, tracking, and identifying opportunities to reduce GHG and other environmental risks and impacts.

Minimum Requirements

• 4-7 years of work experience