Director, Sustainability Reporting & Communications

Overview

As Director, you lead local sustainability reporting for AstraZeneca, translating complex requirements into practical processes across a global footprint. You will align local disclosures with Group standards, governance, and data controls while driving cross-functional coordination. You’ll build and maintain enabling hubs, SOPs, and templates to ensure timely, compliant, and auditable reporting. This role offers strategic influence on disclosure governance and a chance to shape sustainability storytelling with stakeholders across markets.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary and benefits

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the operating model for local sustainability reporting, including governance, roles, and escalation points
• Monitor and interpret emerging local and international reporting requirements (IFRS SDS, CSRD, AASB S2, BRSR, etc.)
• Provide guidance to subsidiaries and Group teams on regulations and disclosures; design reports to aid compliance
• Develop a hub for local sustainability data and best practices; deliver communications to meet local goals while ensuring Group compliance
• Create and maintain SOPs, templates, timelines, controls, and documentation standards for subsidiary reporting
• Ensure local disclosures align with Group standards, materiality, data definitions, and reporting policies
• Coordinate review and approval with Group Financial Reporting, Sustainability Reporting, Internal Controls, Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Local Finance
• Engage in-scope markets to assess requirements, data needs, and potential exemptions from Group reporting
• Oversee quality, completeness, and audit-readiness of reporting documentation; manage evidence and controls
• Drive continuous improvement through simplification, automation, knowledge sharing, and capability building
• Act as SME for complex reporting matters, balancing local compliance with Group consistency and stakeholder expectations

Key requirements

• Extensive experience in sustainability, finance, ESG, audit, risk, or a related discipline in a complex global organization
• Strong knowledge of sustainability reporting regulations, standards, frameworks and ability to translate into practical processes
• Experience leading cross-functional, multi-market projects with senior stakeholders
• Understanding of governance, controls, documentation, assurance readiness and disclosure review processes
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including advising senior leaders through ambiguity and change
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to simplify complex technical matters
• Strong programme management skills with multiple workstreams and strict deadlines
• Graduate degree or equivalent experience in sustainability, finance, accounting, business, law, environmental management, economics or related field

• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Change management
• CSRD/ESRS knowledge
• IFRS S1/S2, TCFD, EU Taxonomy, BRSR familiarity
• Workiva familiarity

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