Director, Esrm, Sustainable Finance

**Job Summary**
- ESRM sits within our Sustainable Finance team which serves as a centre of excellence on a broad set of ESG topics, providing thought leadership, strategic advice, and transaction support for SCB’s clients. Sustainable Finance sits within CCIB Client Coverage and works with product and coverage teams to identify and deliver on ESG-related advisory and product opportunities.

**Key Responsibilities**

**The Director ESRM will be responsible for the following**:

- Leading on E&S matters for referred transactions and clients to ensure financial services (including advisory services) are carried out in compliance with the Bank’s referenced environmental and social standards (including the Equator Principles). This will require but is not limited to:

- undertaking environmental and social due diligence
- defining the Bank’s requirements to clients, sponsors, external counsel and supporting business teams
- negotiating on E&S matters including loan documentation and action plans
- Driving the development, promotion and implementation of the Group’s sectoral Position Statements
- Actively liaising with front-line teams across the Group but specifically Client Coverage, Sustainable Finance, DCM, Corporate Finance and Trade Finance to manage existing and emerging E&S risks
- Liaising with second line colleagues in Reputational and Sustainability Risk and Climate Risk
- Using their depth of expertise in several sectors and geographies to drive the E&S client strategy for the Group
- Consider reputational risk assessments on transactions and clients and liaise with Reputational and Sustainability Risk to agree classification and appropriate risk acceptance

**Strategy**
- Promoting ESRM activities and the Bank’s Position Statements internally and externally through a variety of means including panel discussions, blogs, articles etc. Liaise with business teams across the Bank but especially in Sustainable Finance, Client Coverage, DCM, Corporate Finance, Trade Finance and Risk

**Business**
- This role with work directly with deal teams responsible for clients, transaction, products and services, including many at senior level. It includes:

- Leading environmental and social due diligence on transactions, which includes liaising with multiple parties on a transaction, including the client team, external legal counsel, other banking partners and export credit agencies, environmental and social consultants and the client’s environmental advisors
- Defining the Bank’s requirements to clients and borrowers and supporting business teams achieve outcomes in line with the Bank’s risk appetite for environmental and social risk.
- Supporting the ongoing development, promotion and implementation of our Position Statements and related underlying environmental and social policies, standards, guidelines and practices.

**Skills and Experience**

**Processes**
- Work within the existing ESRM Process Universe and associated Policies and Standards; Work closely with the ESRM Hub team; Support the design, implementation and education of staff on policies and procedures in collaboration with Risk, Legal and relevant business teams; Represent ESRM on Committees and Forums as required.

**People & Talent**
- Coach and support junior ESRM team members, Training and Capacity Building as required

**Risk Management**
- Liaising with colleagues in Reputational and Sustainability Risk and climate risk. Consider reputational risk assessments on transactions and clients and liaise with Reputational and Sustainability Risk to agree classification and appropriate risk acceptance

**Governance**
Work within the ESRM governance frameworks. Understand, identify and utilise alternative data in the risk assessment process to provide a holistic view of the Bank’s and clients’ risk profiles. Use available dashboards and interactive reporting tools to monitor E&S risk management. Familiarise with key E&S data providers and risk management tools/software used within the E&S risk assessment**Regulatory & Business Conduct**
- Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
- Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

**Key stakeholders**
- Key stakeholders include: Bank staff responsible for clients, transaction, products and services, including many at senior level; External parties, including Government Ministries, clients, staff of other banks and NGOs; Environmental and social consultants; Client Coverage, Reputational and Sustainability Risk, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability staff colleagues
- Academic degre