Position Overview

This is a critical and multi-faceted role within the Global Sustainability team supporting a number of areas including:

·the Sustainability Governance Framework;

·the Sustainability Program; and

·Internal sustainability initiatives. 

Working closely with Global Sustainability team colleagues and other functions, this role will help to design, shape and lead activities as sustainability governance and program evolves.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison with senior management, project teams and other internal and external stakeholders on sustainability governance and program related topics.
• Actively collaborate and facilitate sustainability governance discussions with different departments such as sustainability, finance, data, regulatory affairs, product, and business teams as well as external partners.
• Assist with sustainability governance administration, including logistics, charter development and secretariat activities (e.g. preparing materials and minutes) for relevant sustainability committees and other oversight groups.
• Lead coordination of responses to sustainability governance related requests.
• Assist with the Sustainability Program reporting including tracking of sustainability projects and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and/or Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Support coordination and execution of sustainability initiatives ensuring assigned tasks are managed and delivered timely to a high standard, and that issues are effectively communicated. Initiatives may span across the Global Sustainability team as well as other functions and require coordinated delivery of analysis, meeting materials, policies, procedures, and reports.
• Provide insights on best practices for governance and program management including associated documentation.
• Contribute to development of internal processes and governance frameworks.
• Ensure the highest standard of documentation is maintained to meet the requirement of internal and external auditors / assurance providers.

Skills and Qualifications
Essential:

• Bachelors degree in finance, economics, or related filed.
• 2+ years in reporting, project management or governance (preferably in financial services, consulting and/or ESG/climate focused), or a related field.
• Strong analytic skills.
• Excellent verbal/written and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter with ability to manage competing priorities with a strong awareness and mitigation of risk.

Desirable:

• Understanding of Sustainability/ESG topics and how they impact on financial institutions and/or Sustainability/ESG/Climate reporting experience.
• Knowledge of the emerging global Sustainability/ESG regulatory landscape, especially in the US and the EU (e.g. CSRD, CSDDD, EU Taxonomy).
• Experience in financial services.

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