Financial Services Advisory, Esg Banking Coe

KPMG's ESG Banking Centre of Excellence (COE) is the key driver behind KPMG SG in activating market capacity in ESG and unlocking a sense of purpose across the Financial Services community.

The Research & Insights Services (RIS) team will be at the forefront of analysing global data, research and analytics platform to inform the Banking industry across global markets, Asia and Singapore via KPMG's proprietary distribution channels. RIS will be targeting domains across transition finance (supply/ demand/ forecast), carbon economics and circular economy.

**The dynamic role, to join a growing and developing team, involves**:

- Ability to design a go-to research and insights programme related to banking, ESG, and its impact on real economy sectors to empower team expertise when advising their clients.
- Ability to synthetise ESG research findings and aggregated data into compelling narratives that influence management decision making and immediate call to actions across the target real economy sectors.
- Ability to gather necessary requirements in collaboration with ESG COE's Business Foundry and Asset Development Team to develop the following:

- Freemium platform of on-demand and proprietary (primary + secondary) data for public, client, and internal access.
- Social engagement platform for cross-industry sharing of insights.
- Ability to actively build and maintain relationship with key Banking and Real Economy Sector partners to scale ESG COE's omnibus research capabilities.
- Ability to collaborate with global counterparts to ideate and strategise on commercialisation model for the published research and insights - i.e. freemium, pay-per-use, etc.
- Ability to comfortably summarise aggregated data and findings on ESG & Banking into bite-sized/thematic content for on-demand distribution.
- Ability to leverage on social media and third party online distribution channels (newsletter, corporate subscription, go-to-market thought leadership, etc.) to amplify awareness and loyalty around ongoing published content.
- Ability to demonstrate good understanding of business stakeholders' expectations and keep up to date with disclosure requirements as secondary consideration for publications.
- **Minimum 7-10 years (M) years of experience in publishing thought leadership, research, and insights in the financial services sector from an ESG sustainability lens.**:

- **Extensive knowledge in data processing language or statistical programmes - i.e. SQL, Python, R, etc.**:

- **Extensive proficiency in working with up-to-date, modern data visualisation tools.**:

- **Extensive experience in data storytelling and shaping compelling narrative to C-suite and key stakeholders.**:

- **Strong analytical skills and in-depth knowledge of the financial services industry.**:

- **Good knowledge on ESG - attainment of IPCC certs, SASB-FSA Accreditations, Social Return on Investment Certs/Accreditation is a plus.**:

- **You demonstrate independence, innovative and resourceful thinking and strong relationship building, organisational and presentation skills.**:

- **You feel confident managing stakeholders (external clients & global counterparts) in ambiguous situations with shifting priorities.**:

- **You have a naturally inquisitive mind with an ability to think "outside the box".**

**At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.