Senior Sustainability Compliance Specialist

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Amsterdam, NLD
In-Office
Senior level
Energy
The Role
Own sustainability compliance across product lines, managing certifications, audits, regulatory requirements, data validation, and sustainability inventory reconciliation. Partner with Sales, Operations, Finance, Risk, IT, Legal, clients, and certification bodies to support compliant transactions, improve controls and processes, and enable reliable reporting and market access for renewable commodities.
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Your Role in Our Story: 

In essence, your role involves:

  • Own sustainability compliance activities across key product lines, ensuring they meet applicable regulatory and certification requirements and enabling uninterrupted trading and market access.
  • Manage certification and audit processes, including frameworks such as ISCC, REDcert, Better Biomass and French White Certificates (CEE), coordinating with certification bodies and resolving issues efficiently.
  • Ensure data and documentation quality by reviewing and validating sustainability information, supporting accurate reporting, audits, certifications and customer requirements.
  • Partner with Sales and Operations to provide practical compliance advice, assess risks and enable informed, compliant transactions while minimizing delays and exposure.
  • Monitor and apply regulatory requirements, interpreting evolving national, EU and international standards and translating them into effective day-to-day compliance processes.
  • Safeguard product and financial integrity by reconciling sustainability positions and inventory across platforms and validating transactional data for completeness and reliable downstream reporting.
  • Collaborate across functions including Finance, Risk, IT and Legal to improve processes, strengthen controls and contribute to technology and straight-through-processing initiatives.
  • Build trusted relationships with clients and external stakeholders, clearly communicating sustainability compliance requirements and status while helping deliver a high-quality, client-centric service.

 


 

Your Expertise: 

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates with the following qualifications and attributes:

  • Relevant academic background: A university degree in business administration, environmental science, engineering, law or a related field.
  • Relevant professional experience: 2–4+ years of experience in product, environmental or sustainability compliance, ideally within biomass, renewable fuels or renewable gas trading.
  • Sustainability compliance knowledge: A solid understanding of renewable fuels, gas trading, energy efficiency or other regulated environmental commodities and their regulatory frameworks.
  • Operational & financial acumen: Good understanding of accounting principles, calculations, operational processes and data quality control, with the ability to manage activities accurately and independently.
  • Analytical problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex situations, identify root causes and develop practical solutions.
  • Process & systems mindset: Ability to identify inefficiencies, improve processes and contribute to system or software implementations, supported by strong data-analysis skills.
  • Stakeholder & client focus: A collaborative, client-oriented mindset with the ability to communicate clearly, balance commercial priorities with operational control and work effectively across functions and geographies.
  • Autonomy & adaptability: A self-starter with strong organization and time-management skills, able to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure and adapt in a fast-paced, multicultural environment. Experience with multi-country compliance operations, French CEE requirements, French or Spanish, energy trading, product stewardship or voluntary schemes such as Better Biomass or EcoEnergy would be an advantage.

If you meet these criteria and are ready to contribute your expertise to a dynamic and challenging environment, we encourage you to apply.


 

Skills Required

  • University degree in business administration, environmental science, engineering, law, or a related field
  • 2–4+ years of experience in product, environmental, or sustainability compliance
  • Understanding of renewable fuels, gas trading, energy efficiency, regulated environmental commodities, and related regulatory frameworks
  • Understanding of accounting principles, calculations, operational processes, and data quality control
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to improve processes and contribute to system or software implementations
  • Strong data-analysis skills
  • Clear communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Strong organization, time management, autonomy, and adaptability
  • Experience with biomass, renewable fuels, or renewable gas trading
  • Experience with multi-country compliance operations, French CEE requirements, French or Spanish, energy trading, product stewardship, Better Biomass, or EcoEnergy
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The Company
HQ: Amsterdam
342 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

ACT is the world’s leading provider of market-based sustainability solutions. As enablers of the global energy transition, ACT helps organizations hit their climate targets, no matter how ambitious. Since 2009, ACT has become a trusted brand in high-impact climate projects, green electricity markets, renewable energies and energy efficiency, emission allowances and carbon offsets. With a growing portfolio of over 70 products in 40 plus countries, ACT’s consultants in Amsterdam, Shanghai, New York and Paris deliver bespoke solutions backed up by unparalleled market knowledge. ACT builds its relationships on trust and fosters an entrepreneurial environment. In shaping environmental markets, ACT enables its partners to pursue sustainable futures.

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