Associate Consultant

Job Summary

Position: Associate Consultant

Business Unit: Sustainability Business Advisory

Location: Bangalore/ Mumbai/ Delhi/ Gurugram

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in sustainability, ESG, impact, or related consulting/advisory roles. The role requires a strong consulting mindset, with the ability to conduct research and analysis, work with qualitative and quantitative data, develop actionable insights, and contribute to client engagements across diverse sustainability and business advisory themes. Candidates with domain experience in one or more areas such as sustainability reporting, agriculture/agri-allied sectors, funds and funder advisory, ESG/GHG accounting, circularity, or gender will be preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support sustainability and business advisory engagements across diverse client projects and sectors.
• Conduct primary and secondary research, data analysis, benchmarking, and sector/market assessments to generate actionable insights.
• Support the development of sustainability strategies, frameworks, recommendations, and implementation roadmaps for clients.
• Gather, analyse, and validate qualitative and quantitative data from internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to projects across themes including sustainability reporting, ESG, climate and GHG accounting, circularity, agriculture/agri-allied sectors, gender, and funder/impact-related advisory.
• Support the development of client deliverables, presentations, reports, frameworks, and advisory tools.
• Stay abreast of evolving sustainability, ESG, sectoral, and regulatory developments relevant to client work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Sustainability, Environmental Science, Business, Economics, Finance, Development Studies, or related fields.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience in sustainability, ESG, impact, consulting, advisory, research, or related domains.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with both qualitative and quantitative information.
• Ability to conduct structured research, synthesise information, develop insights, and translate findings into clear recommendations.
• Strong orientation towards quality of deliverables, timelines, and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: Sustainability reporting, Agriculture / agri-allied sectors, Funds / funder advisory, ESG / GHG accounting, Circularity or Gender and inclusion
• Experience working in a consulting, advisory, corporate sustainability, funder, development-sector, or research environment is an advantage.