ESG Reporting Manager

Company: Kingfisher plc
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Location: London
Job Description:

Guided by our purpose, Better Homes, Better Lives, For Everyone, we believe a better world starts with better homes. We work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.

As ESG Reporting Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of Kingfisher’s ESG reporting requirements. You will help evolve our reporting processes in response to changing regulations, ensuring our disclosures are accurate, practical and aligned with stakeholder expectations, material ESG topics and our 2030 Responsible Business strategy.

Through this work, you will support Kingfisher’s purpose: Better Homes, Better Lives, For Everyone

Overview

THIS IS A 12 MONTH FTC/SECONDMENT

We’re Kingfisher, a team of over 70,000 people who bring Kingfisher and our retail brands, including B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Dépôt, Castorama and Koçtaş, to life.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the delivery of Kingfisher’s annual ESG reporting commitments. This includes the Responsible Business report and data attachment, annual report, banner summary reports and responsible business content on Kingfisher.com.
  • Manage the collection, review and validation of responsible business performance data across the Group, supporting accurate disclosure.
  • Coordinate the audit and external assurance of responsible business data, working with external assurance providers and internal audit where applicable.
  • Lead the reporting delivery team, bringing together internal and external specialists to deliver high-quality reporting on time and within budget.
  • Monitor ESG reporting requirements and communicate regulatory developments to the business in a clear, accessible way.
  • Work with Finance, Legal and business teams to support readiness for CSRD/ESRS and IFRS S1/S2 reporting, including data, governance, controls and assurance planning.
  • Partner with the ESG Reporting Project Manager and the Annual Report and Accounts team to implement the new reporting tool and integrate responsible business content into annual reporting cycles.
  • Experience of corporate reporting and managing complex reporting projects.
  • Strong knowledge of ESG reporting frameworks, regulations and requirements, including SASB, TCFD, SECR, CSRD and ISSB.
  • Experience of coordinating cross-functional teams and managing multiple deliverables and priorities.
  • Strong collaboration, communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly.
  • Confidence engaging and influencing senior stakeholders, presenting information and representing a team internally or externally.

How we work

We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating, whether in our offices or at off‑site locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in‑person collaboration.

This role is based in London.

What we offer

An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation and aim to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with AXA. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).
  • Immediate eligibility through auto‑enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.
  • 25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro rated for part time colleagues).
  • 20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.
  • Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.
  • x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS-MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.
  • Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.
  • Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period. Offered annually. Three months service is required at the annual invitation date, normally in October.

Diversity and inclusion

Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We are committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

Our Behaviours

At Kingfisher, being all-in means contributing fully to our ambitions, supporting one another, and helping create a culture where we succeed together.

Continuously curious. Listen to understand. Always improving.

We are brave

Aim high. Act with courage. Move with pace.

We win together

Lead with customer. Commit to deliver. Help each other win.

Our employees know us best. We wouldn’t be Kingfisher without them. So, we want to share what they think with you.

I’m proud to work for Kingfisher, I’ve had great opportunities that have enabled me to contribute to an exciting forward‑thinking company.

Training & Development

There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.

Resources and tools to help you grow

Improving without instruments to help you learn is near impossible. That’s why we make sure you have everything at your fingertips to find exactly what you need to keep growing.

Initiatives that measure development

With plans that ask you what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them by, tracking progress and keeping development at the forefront of conversation is easy.

Find your path

The scale of group functions within Kingfisher is huge. That means you have the chance to build different career paths within multiple areas of the organisation.

Sharing is caring

We aren’t selfish here at Kingfisher. Whatever your level of experience, you’ll work with colleagues who are always welcoming and ready to share their knowledge whenever you need it.

Reach for the stars

So your ambitions are high? Good thing we have opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities. Here, you can evolve your career, no matter your level.

Why Kingfisher

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?

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Posted: October 17th, 2026