Account Manager Climate Change and Sustainability (Business Development EY Netherlands)

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

At EY, our purpose is Building a better working world. The insights and quality services we provide help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies all over the world. Through our four integrated service lines — Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions, and Tax — and our deep sector knowledge, we help our clients to capitalize on new opportunities and assess and manage risk to deliver responsible growth.

The opportunity
Our business development team helps drive market-leading profitable growth for the firm through a range of activities from client and pursuit leadership through to account growth support. Within the Business Development team in The Netherlands, we are now looking for an experienced account manager to drive the Sustainability Field of Play .

Your key responsibilities
As Account Manager Sustainability you are responsible to create, own and implement global account activation strategy and planning in collaboration with our Climate Change and Sustainability Services leadership team in the region. You will work closely with the Global Client Service Partner, Business Development Leader and Service line leaders to drive global account activation; sales and program management; client experience; build external network and relationships with the client(s).You ensure that all locations and Service Lines of the firm are actively engaged around our largest, most complex global accounts and that we deliver Exceptional Client Service in all internal and external encounters.

Skills and attributes for success
Commitment and team spirit are crucial in this role. You have experience in working in international context and have affinity with sustainability and the services that service providers like EY provide.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Graduated with Master’s degree or equivalent;
• Minimum of >5 years of experience working as account manager or equivalent;
• Experience with sustainability consultancy and assurance services;
• Excellent command of spoken and written English, the knowledge of other languages will be considered as a strong asset;

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in proposal management;
• Agile and growth-oriented mindset;
• Ability to build strong networks with internal and external stakeholders;
• Accuracy and high level of detail;
• Excellent MS office skills including Teams, Excel and PowerPoint;

What we look for
We are looking for people who are innovative, can work in an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world. You are curious and purpose driven. We are looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world. You are inclusive. We are looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusively to build safety and trust.

What we offer

• Accelerate your sales and account management and transformative leadership skills with future focused courses and development programs.
• Broaden your horizons by working on highly integrated teams across the globe and collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds – both professionally and culturally.
• Support, coaching and feedback on career development opportunities.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career through our BD Career Framework
• Flexibility in working remotely.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

What you can expect
• First HR screening call
• Technical interview with hiring managers