CSRD Financial Reporting Specialist

For over 150 years, Heineken has been passionate about making a positive impact on the world around us.Their "Brew a Better World" vision for 2030 raises the bar and enables faster progress towards a net zero, fairer and healthier world. Their ambitious new commitments are woven into the fabric of a balanced growth strategy, EverGreen, putting sustainability and responsibility front and centre as they write their next chapter. For example, HEINEKEN recently announced a stepped-up ambition to decarbonize its production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040. Alongside this, Heineken has continued to work on diversity & inclusion, creating fair workplaces and addressing harmful substance use. As part of this mission, they are looking for a CSRD Reporting Specialist to understand how these climate issues impact their business and how their operations, in turn, affect people and the planet.

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The role:

In this role, you will be responsible for setting up the global Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directives ("CSRD") reporting process. Working cross-functionally and on various levels, you will be focussing on the implementation and reporting of the CSRD environmental-related KPIs. You will work with various functions within Heineken (e.g. Corporate Affairs, Supply Chain, Procurement, P&CI, Management Reporting) to implement the environmental-related CSRD KPIs and the related reporting. You will form part of the CSRD team, an innovative, newly established unit situated within their Financial & ESG reporting team.

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What you will be doing:

• Designing and coordinating the implementation of the reporting for the environmental-related KPIs as defined in CSRD.

• Business partnering with other functions on implementation and setting up reporting for environmental-related CSRD KPIs.

• Providing CSRD training and instructions to OpCos.

• Developing HEINEKEN CSRD reporting policies.

• Monitoring compliance with the environmental requirements of CSRD.

• Engaging with the external auditor on CSRD implementation for the environment section.

• Form part of the CSRD team ensuring CSRD-compliant disclosures in the Annual Report once CSRD has become effective.

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What you should bring:

For this role, Heineken is looking for someone who has good communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills. Additionally, you should have an affinity with non-financial reporting with a commitment to accuracy and detail. You would be a good fit if you:

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• Have 5+ years of work experience in sustainability reporting or related fields.

• Have a finalized Master's study in business economics/accounting or similar.

• Are an experienced, independent, and challenging business partner, with a good understanding of business processes.

• Can communicate and cooperate well at all levels in the organization.

• Can adapt to changes in legislation and come up with pragmatic solutions.

• Skilled in Microsoft Office.

• Fluent in English so you can understand and communicate Heineken's vision for a better world.

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Acre is supporting Heineken in the hiring process for this position. If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please get in touch with Declan Murphy at declan.murphy@acre.com.