Analyst - Sustainability Data Governance & Assurance

Date: 9 Oct 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Location:

London, GB

Function: Sustainability

About Us

As a leading provider of high-quality food and beverage ingredients, we work with farming communities across the globe to grow, source and produce ingredients that are good for consumers, farmers, and the world around us. We supply household food brands and manufacturers worldwide with cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices ingredients which are often grown on our own farms and estates and sourced from hundreds of thousands of farmers across ~50 countries. Along with our diverse manufacturing and innovation capabilities, this means we can provide ingredients for a range of products, from a plant-based latte mix to an almond based snack bar or a dairy-free ice cream.  Making a positive impact on people and planet is a core component of our Purpose, to be the change for good food and a healthy future. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable, and transparent supply. And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real.

Job Description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented professional to join our Finance for Sustainability (F4S) team for a period of maternity cover. The Analyst will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, reliability, and governance of sustainability data required for regulatory reporting, frameworks and other disclosures. This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of sustainability governance, reporting processes and assurance readiness, in a dynamic and fast-evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

Sustainability Data Governance Project

Develop, maintain, and enhance governance files for key sustainability metrics as per global reporting standards (GRI, SGX core metrics, ISSB, TNFD, ESRS etc.) and also for ofi’s sustainability strategy ‘Choices for Change’ metrics.
Work with sustainability metric owners to establish start-to-end reporting process (clarify definitions, reporting criteria, digital systems, accountability, controls and required evidence across sustainability metrics).
Liaise with digital and data teams to strengthen system integration for sustainability reporting.

Data for sustainability reporting

Work closely with cross-functional teams across the world – Impact team, AtSource, Finance, IT, Human Resources, Sustainability Operations departments and Product Platforms to collect, analyze and validate relevant sustainability data required for external reporting.
Identify recommendations to Product Platforms and Business Functions to support and strengthen sustainability data collection and governance,
Liaise with third party system and tool providers for the ongoing effective management of sustainability data.

Assurance

Support development of internal playbooks and protocols for assurance readiness.
Support assurance readiness activities for internal audit and third-party assurance engagements across sustainability metrics.

Capacity Building

Support creation of training content and guidance tools to build assurance and data governance literacy across business teams globally.

Requirements

You have relevant experience in sustainability and assurance. You are a strong communicator with the ability to keep people and processes on track.

To be considered for this role you must have:

Experience in sustainability data governance, with good awareness of the external reporting sustainability landscape
Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently, prioritize tasks across time zones and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Excellent project management, analytical, and cross-functional collaboration skills to work with a variety of stakeholders
High confidence to work in a multicultural and diverse environment.
You are proactive, autonomous, organized, responsible and results focused.
Strong written & verbal communication skills, and presentation skills.
Agribusiness experience is advantageous.
Advanced use of Microsoft Excel and Power Point.

ofi is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to racial or ethnic origin, color, age, religion or belief, sex, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles.