Principal Consultant - Mergers & Acquisitions

Why This Role Matter:
Shaping Sustainable Investment Decisions in Asia Pacific
As ESG and decarbonization redefine value creation, this role is critical in guiding Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, and investment banks through complex M&A transactions. You’ll help transform EHS and ESG risks into strategic opportunities, leveraging data-driven insights, digital tools, and sustainability expertise. Your leadership will influence high-stakes deals, optimize portfolios, and embed climate resilience into business models. This is your chance to drive impact where finance meets sustainability, shaping the future of responsible investment.

What You Impact Is
You will help deliver high-quality work that drives impactful programs for our clients, while building strong relationships and contributing fresh ideas to improve our services. Through collaboration and continuous learning, you will strengthen our culture and create opportunities that support long-term success for both clients and the firm.

Roles and Responsibilities

•    Work with project managers to plan project execution and deliver client satisfaction.

•    Execute projects with clear visibility of the project objectives, and the benefits expected by the client and ERM.

•    Manage and perform ESG, E&S and EHS due diligence for acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, capital raising and project finance including IFC Performance Standard (IFC PS) reviews.

•    Coordinate ESG advisory projects with support from conception through delivery to client, including identifying strategic direction of the work and assisting supporting team members in project-related tasks

•    Access VDR and complete desktop & field assessments for ESG, EHS and E&S diligences:

-    On-Site Inspections & Observations.

-    Interview skills.

-    Document reviews and discussions.

-    Report preparation

•    Partner with the project manager to develop a detailed sustainability related value creation plans post-acquisition

•    Work with the project manager and PIC to implement value creation plan post-acquisition

•    Develop E&S policy frameworks, ESMS, EHS governance, legal registers, etc.

•    Experience in project management, exposure to consultancy environment, leadership in health and safety aspects of the work

•    Familiarity with financial modelling and quantifying carbon emissions and sustainability related risks, such as modeling financial implications of EHS action plan elements

•    Advanced excel, powerpoint and word skills required 

•    The candidate should be able to communicate well in English (both speaking and written skills) and be open to travel associated with the job.

Requirements:
•    Bachelor’s degree in business, finance and/or sustainability. Master’s degree in environmental management or related disciplines is a plus
•    Expected to have more than 10 years of consulting experience, preferably in sustainability, EHS and finance or having worked on buyside and sell side due diligence
•    Experience conducting or supporting multi-site field diligences, including interviewing frontline workers, identifying operational risks and evaluating on-site controls
•    Ability to interpret permits, regulatory compliance requirements, safety standards, audit frameworks
•    Familiar with M&A, and in particular PE deal environment as a plus.
•    Advanced skills in using Microsoft Office Tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.);
•    Knowledge and/or interest in corporate sustainability, 
•    Curiosity and drive to put in best; try new approaches and be quick to adapt and learn.
•    Experience in proposal and client management will be preferred.
•    Experience in financial modelling and / or carbon modelling will be preferred.
•    Excellent communication and written content development skills in English.

APAC Ready to Lead Way
At ERM, your work creates impact that matters, helping global organizations tackle the most pressing sustainability challenges while shaping a better future for communities and the environment. Our vision is to empower you to grow, lead, and innovate alongside world-class clients on transformative projects. We prioritize wellbeing, continuous learning, and an inclusive culture where collaboration, expertise, and purpose drive meaningful impact. At ERM, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and innovation thrives. If you’re ready to make sustainability your mission and build a career that creates lasting change, your journey starts here

You can apply for this role through Careers or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee. 

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