Sustainable Finance Senior Associate

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Climate Change & Sustainability Services: Sustainable Finance

Climate change and sustainability and its environmental, social, and economic impact continue to rise on the agendas of governments and organizations around the world. Organizations not only face regulatory impacts, but also expectations for action from a wide range of stakeholders, including employees, investors, lenders, customers, and suppliers.

At SGV, we help organizations identify, develop, and deliver strategies that address risk and opportunity while measuring effectiveness. Our Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team is growing.
Globally, we are leading advisors in the areas of:

• Non-financial reporting advisory and assurance
• Climate change and energy
• Sustainability advisory and assurance
• Social impact advisory
• Environment, health, and safety

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Assist and support client-related engagements with the following key themes:
• Developing strategies for clients to embed sustainability in their business operations, risk management, systems, and processes
• Advising clients on their compliance to local and international frameworks on sustainability-related disclosures (e.g., ISSB, TCFD), including on sustainability strategies, climate risks, carbon emissions, governance, and social indicators.
• Assisting clients in assessing and evaluating sustainability-related opportunities related to their business strategy, products, or services, such as related to decarbonization, climate risks, sustainability disclosures, environment and socials risks, environmental safety, etc.
• Providing independent assurance of a client's sustainability disclosures by checking the accuracy of reported data and statements in its sustainability report
• Gain an understanding of the political, regulatory, market and community drivers related to sustainability and identify how they might impact a client
• Develop and continually improve understanding of sustainability concepts such as climate-related physical and transition risks, climate change mitigation and adaptation, decarbonization, nature-based solutions, sustainability disclosures and regulation, greenhouse gas accounting, among others.
• Contribute and support activities towards the sustained prominence of SGV's climate change and sustainability services practice.

Job Qualifications:

• Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's degree in the following fields (or related disciplines): Management, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Applied Finance/Finance, Applied Economics/Economics, Environmental Sciences, Development Studies.
• Has at least 3 – 5 years of professional experience in finance, economics/macroeconomics, risk management, development sector, sustainability, climate change, banking or other related functions. GARP SCR Certification is a plus
• Experience in quantitative methods, statistical analysis/econometrics, and/or data visualization using various tools, e.g., R, Python, SQL, Stata, SAS; MatLab; PowerBI
• Energy sector, systems modelling, and renewable energy/green technologies experience is additionally preferred
• Passionate about promoting sustainability for businesses and the country, while effectively managing complex, time-sensitive client communications.
• Skilled in prioritizing tasks, managing time efficiently, and demonstrating creative problem-solving abilities, with a readiness to escalate issues as needed.
• Adaptable in transitioning between tasks, thriving in both team settings and independent roles, with strong English fluency and research skills.

We're committed to building a better working world. But we can't do it without the right people. People who'll think, act and lead globally – because that's how business is now being done.

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