ESG & Reporting Specialist

The core mission is to make Esker's ESG numbers trustworthy. You would coordinate the collection, consolidation and analysis of ESG data across France, the United States, Europe and APAC, define and monitor KPIs and dashboards, and ensure that what the group publishes is consistent, traceable and auditable. Part of the work feeds the sustainability and extra-financial reporting and the double materiality analysis, so you are close to the accounting logic of ESG rather than to marketing. Beyond reporting, the role carries the annual EcoVadis assessment and its improvement plans, plus the stream of ESG questionnaires and requests that arrive from clients, partners and public tenders. You would also follow the carbon footprint and environmental indicators, identify where the group can improve and coordinate the action plans, and contribute to the ESG roadmap and the company code of ethics. Because these projects cut across Finance, People and Culture, Legal, Procurement, IT, Sales and general services, a large share of the job is orchestration: agreeing on definitions, setting deadlines, and closing gaps before an auditor or a customer finds them first.

You would build a rare combination of financial rigour and sustainability reporting practice. Working under a Deputy CFO, close to consolidation and audit habits, teaches you how to structure data so it survives external review, which is exactly what CSRD-era reporting demands. You would likely deepen your grasp of double materiality, extra-financial reporting frameworks and the regulatory calendar that governs them. The EcoVadis cycle is a training ground of its own: preparing evidence, interpreting scoring criteria and turning a rating into a concrete improvement plan. Client questionnaires and RFP responses add another layer, showing you how ESG criteria are actually used in commercial decisions in the software sector. On the environmental side, you would work with carbon accounting and Scope 1, 2 and 3, learning where a services and software company's footprint really sits, which is mostly in purchased goods, travel and cloud usage rather than in offices.

The posting points to a profile with at least two years in reporting, data consolidation, ESG, audit, controlling or consulting, backed by a higher education degree in finance, management control, audit, sustainability, engineering or a related field. The strongest candidates will be people who genuinely like figures and can move between a spreadsheet, a reporting tool and a written analysis without losing precision. Technical expectations include advanced Excel and reporting tools, a working knowledge of ESG reporting frameworks and related regulation, and a real understanding of carbon accounting and Scopes 1, 2 and 3. Experience with EcoVadis or comparable ESG ratings is appreciated rather than required. Fluent English is necessary, and French is effectively needed for the internal environment. Soft skills matter as much as the technical base. The role asks for someone able to control and challenge data quality, to keep documentation reliable and auditable, and to drive cross-functional projects with many internal counterparts, some of whom will not see ESG data collection as their priority.

Lead with evidence of data discipline. Rather than describing yourself as detail-oriented, show one or two examples where you consolidated figures from several entities, defined a KPI or fixed a reporting process that failed an audit or a review. A short note on how you documented sources and controls will land better with a Finance-led team than any statement about passion for sustainability. If you have EcoVadis, CDP or similar assessment experience, quantify it: the score before and after, the action plan you drove, the functions you had to convince. The same applies to carbon accounting, where naming the scopes you have actually measured is more persuasive than naming the methodology. Since Esker sells to CFOs and procurement leaders, any exposure to client ESG questionnaires or RFP responses is worth highlighting. The interview will probably test your ability to explain an ESG indicator to a non-specialist and to justify why a number is right. Prepare to talk about a time you challenged data you were given, and be ready to discuss the double materiality logic in plain terms. Reflecting the group's international footprint and its stated commitment to equal opportunity in how you present your path can only help.

The focus is the reporting and evaluation backbone of Esker's ESG strategy. That means the group's sustainability and extra-financial reporting, the double materiality exercise that defines what is material, and the KPI architecture behind both. The annual EcoVadis rating and its improvement plan sit at the centre, since that score is visible to customers and partners. Environmentally, the role follows the carbon footprint and environmental indicators across Scope 1, 2 and 3. For a software company with offices in several regions, emissions are concentrated in purchased goods and services, business travel and data centre or cloud usage, so the improvement plans will likely touch Procurement, IT and general services rather than only facilities. There is also a commercial and governance dimension. ESG answers in tenders and RFPs, responses to client and partner questionnaires, monitoring of regulation, and the rollout of the company code of ethics all sit in this role. In short, it is the function that turns Esker's positive impact claim into documented, comparable performance.

The hardest part is probably the data itself. ESG figures come from many countries and many systems, and the people who hold them have other priorities. Getting complete, consistent and traceable data on time requires persistence and the authority to set deadlines, which is a real test for a mid-level role sitting under a Deputy CFO. Regulatory pressure adds a moving target. Sustainability reporting rules are still evolving, and the group has to anticipate requirements without over-engineering processes for a company of around 928 employees. Balancing the ambition of the ESG roadmap against the capacity of the teams involved is a constant trade-off. There is also the challenge of translation. Finance audiences want precision and materiality, while customers and rating agencies want narrative and breadth. Keeping both satisfied, and resisting the temptation to publish numbers that cannot be defended under audit, is where judgment matters most.

A large share of the time goes to data work: checking a consolidated table, chasing a missing figure from a subsidiary, updating a dashboard, or documenting a source so it can be traced later. Around that, there are recurring exchanges with Finance colleagues on definitions and with Procurement, IT or general services on environmental indicators. Meetings punctuate the week. You might review the EcoVadis action plan with the teams responsible for each criterion, prepare answers to a client ESG questionnaire with Sales, or align on the timeline of the sustainability report. Project work on the ESG roadmap and the code of ethics also runs in the background, with periodic checkpoints. Some periods are more intense: the annual rating campaign, the reporting cycle, or a large tender that requires ESG input at short notice. The job is mostly predictable in its rhythm but varied in its content, which suits people who like switching between analysis, coordination and writing.

The role sits at the intersection of Finance, data and ESG, which opens several routes. Deepening the reporting side could lead toward a broader sustainability reporting or consolidation position as regulation expands, while the transversal project work on the ESG roadmap points toward a future ESG lead or CSR manager role coordinating the function rather than a single workstream. Because the position reports to the Deputy CFO and works with Procurement, Legal and Sales, visibility inside the group is high. Delivering a solid EcoVadis score or a clean reporting cycle is a measurable outcome that supports a case for progression. Exposure to RFP and client-facing ESG work could also open a move toward a commercial or solutions role with a sustainability angle. On the skills side, the expected growth areas are carbon accounting, ESG regulation and reporting tools. Building certification or recognised training in these areas alongside the job would strengthen any future move, internally or externally.

Internally, the closest relationship is with the Deputy CFO and the wider Finance team, since the role sits in that direction and inherits its standards of rigour. You would also work regularly with People and Culture on social indicators, Legal on regulation and the code of ethics, Procurement on supplier and scope 3 data, IT on systems and digital footprint, and general services on facilities-related environmental data. Sales and Services enter the picture for client questionnaires and tenders. Externally, the main counterparts are the organisations behind ESG assessments, notably EcoVadis, along with auditors or reviewers of the sustainability report and customers or partners sending ESG questionnaires. Rating agencies and, depending on the regulatory calendar, supervisory bodies may also become relevant. Across all of these, the nature of the interaction is similar: you need something from someone who is not primarily an ESG specialist, so the work relies on clear requests, agreed definitions and follow-up rather than on hierarchy.