Associate ESG Reporting Analyst

Entry professional

Career Explorer · Sustainability & ESG · ESG Reporting

IC1 · Associate / JuniorIndividual contributorAssociate / Junior

Standard where business need supports the level

What the role involves

Autonomy: Works with regular guidance
Scope: Tasks and small work packages
Time horizon: Weeks
Expertise and judgement: Applies fundamentals reliably; escalates ambiguity
Expected impact: Produces accurate work with coaching

Expected skills (22)

Grouped as human, professional and technical. Target proficiency uses the P1–P5 scale, and each row says what that level means for that particular skill.

Human (10)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Accountability Personal Effectiveness	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Active listening Communication & Influence	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Collaboration Collaboration & Leadership	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Critical thinking Thinking & Judgment	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Customer empathy Personal Effectiveness	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Learning agility Thinking & Judgment	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Ownership Personal Effectiveness	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Problem solving Thinking & Judgment	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Verbal communication Communication & Influence	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Written communication Communication & Influence	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.

Professional (10)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Business acumen Business & Strategy	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Sustainability strategy Program, Risk & Sustainability	Core	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Carbon accounting Program, Risk & Sustainability	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Climate strategy Program, Risk & Sustainability	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Corporate governance Legal, Compliance & Policy	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
ESG reporting Program, Risk & Sustainability	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Energy management Real Estate, Workplace & EHS	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Regulatory analysis Legal, Compliance & Policy	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Responsible sourcing Operations & Supply Chain	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
Social impact program management Program, Risk & Sustainability	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.

Technical (2)

Skill	Importance	Target	What that level looks like
Data visualization Data, Analytics & AI	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.
SQL Data, Analytics & AI	Supporting	P2	Applies the skill independently in common situations and knows when to escalate.

Career ladder

Reached from

ESG Reporting Analyst InternIC0

Next steps

ESG Reporting AnalystIC2IC promotion
Move from frequent guidance to independent ownership of standard work; choose appropriate methods and deliver predictable outcomes.

Possible when people-management capability and an organizational need exist; no automatic IC-to-M equivalence.

What changes to advance

Move from frequent guidance to independent ownership of standard work; choose appropriate methods and deliver predictable outcomes.

Source: CGMA; IMA · JF0407-IC1