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Job Title: Sr. Manager ESG, Controls & Governance

Classification: Exempt

Date: October 2024

About us:

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. (https://corporate.target.com/about)

Working at Target means the opportunity to help all families discover the joy of everyday life. Caring for our communities is woven into who we are, and we invest in the places we collectively live, work and play. We prioritize relationships, fuel and develop talent by creating growth opportunities, and succeed as one Target team. At our core, our purpose is ingrained in who we are, what we value, and how we work. It’s how we care, grow, and win together.

Are you ready to bring your passion and expertise to Target to help cultivate a powerfully positive local and global presence? Join our team where business savvy meets the greater good. You’ll rise to the challenge of maintaining Target’s good stewardship of the environment, its resources and its key partnerships with other organizations and assist with sustainable global sourcing practices, and projects that foster environmental responsibility and ways to minimize our footprint at both the macro and store levels.

As a Sr. Manager ESG, Controls & Governance, you are responsible for owning and implementing a comprehensive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) control program and ensuring readiness for new disclosure regulations in partnership with our ESG Accounting team. This will include governance over both data and our external disclosures within ESG, working proactively to identify existing and emerging risks, assist with maintaining a comprehensive internal control program, and maintaining acumen across various systems and applications to strengthen the overall control environment. Here, you’ll build strong partnerships across the company to provide risk insights and consulting services and to enable Target to develop innovative risk management solutions. Bring your passion and expertise to help Target leverage its size and scale for broader good.

• Maintain objectives for ESG controls program and create a near- and longer-term cross-functional roadmap to implement objectives

• Support and advance a risk-based approach to prioritizing ESG Reporting areas and maintain an intimate understanding of emerging stakeholder and regulatory reporting expectations

• In partnership with the ESG Accounting team, define expectations for, and implement enterprise-wide ESG reporting controls under the “three lines of defense” model

• Work across the sustainability leadership team to develop and implement a risk-based approach to data management underlying ESG reporting controls (e.g., accountability & ownership, quality, knowledge, accessibility, security, metric determination)

• Implement, support and maintain the controls culture across Sustainability and ESG program owners, including collaboration with the ESG accounting team to define, document and socialize educational materials for key partners

• Support the ESG disclosure governance process, including the facilitation of escalations, and the introduction of routines or processes to support timely and efficient disclosures

• Establish a cross-functional framework that embeds reporting and controls responsibilities and commitments throughout the company; identify and implement strategies that build acumen, ownership and commitment to Target Forward outcomes across partner teams

• Other duties as assigned

• Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 6 years of audit, risk or related business/retail experience including specific experience in auditing and enterprise risk management concepts (e.g. risk assessment/prioritization, process and internal controls, etc.)

• Experience in using data and analytical tools, including Excel, to solve business problems and throughout the audit lifecycle

• Ability to facilitate meetings, resolve conflict, build consensus, establish rapport and collaborate effectively, internally and externally, across all levels of an organization

• Analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to leverage data to influence decisions, identify risks and improvement opportunities, and distill complex issues into actionable plans

• Effective communication skills with the ability to develop effective and collaborative relationships with key business leaders in order to drive accountability, instill confidence, and influence outcomes across business functions

• Ability to adapt, prioritize and successfully manage multiple tasks or projects in response to changing, ambiguous or competing priorities

Preferred Requirements

• Advanced degree in business or related field

• Expertise in environmental and social issues, key stakeholders (investors, raters, rankers, NGOs, government/regulators), and ESG reporting frameworks

• SEC reporting experience

• CPA/CIA

• SASB Fundamentals of Sustainable Accounting Certification

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here (https://corporate.target.com/about/locations/Target-in-the-Twin-Cities) if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com.