Governance, risk and compliance

SmartSuite for the ESG Reporting Manager

The ESG Reporting Manager prepares ESG disclosures and ensures reporting accuracy, traceability and compliance with regulatory and investor expectations. They link KPIs and evidence to disclosure line items, keep an audit-ready archive of prior reports and automate executive and investor summaries.

What you own

  • Prepare ESG disclosures against GRI, ISSB, SASB, TCFD and CSRD
  • Link each disclosure line item to metrics and supporting evidence
  • Maintain an audit-ready archive of prior reports and documentation
  • Coordinate assurance of ESG data with internal and external auditors
  • Produce executive, investor and regulator summaries
  • Track reporting deadlines and submission status

Where the role sits

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Reports to

ESG Program Director

ESG Program Director

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Direct reports

ESG Analyst

ESG Analyst

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Works closely with

ESG Controller

ESG Controller

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Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

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Internal Auditor

Internal Auditor

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External Auditor

External Auditor

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GRC processes

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Owns

accountable for the process

esg, reporting

Touches

contributes or approves

audit, compliance

Depends on

consumes its output

risk

How SmartSuite helps, suite by suite

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How they use the ESG Management suite

Data traceability

Links metrics and supporting evidence directly to reporting line items.

Historical analytics

Maintains an audit-ready archive of prior reports and documentation.

Automated reporting

Produces dashboards and summaries for executives, investors, and regulators.

Suites that serve this role

How SmartSuite supports this role

ESG. Links metrics and supporting evidence directly to reporting line items so every disclosed number is traceable.

Internal audit. Maintains an audit-ready archive of prior reports and documentation for assurance.

Compliance management. Tracks disclosure deadlines and framework requirements as obligations.

Reporting. Produces dashboards and summaries for executives, investors and regulators automatically.

Industry reference

The GRI Standards, ISSB IFRS S1 and S2 and the ESRS under CSRD define the disclosure line items; SASB standards (now under the ISSB) give sector metrics. CSRD requires limited assurance, with ISAE 3000 and the IAASB's ISSA 5000 (2024) as the assurance standards, so every data point needs traceable evidence.

Jurisdictional rules set the deadlines: CSRD for large EU and EU-listed companies, California's SB 253 and SB 261 for large companies doing business in the state, SFDR for EU financial market participants and stock-exchange rules in Hong Kong, Singapore and elsewhere. Public bodies increasingly align voluntary reports to the same frameworks.

In their words

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ESG Program Director

ESG Program Director

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