Manager, Sustainability Reporting (London, GB)

<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Summary</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">We are looking for talented specialist in Sustainability Reporting to our Team based in London. </span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">This is a demanding and exciting new role within the newly created Sustainability Reporting team in Group Finance.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Responsibilites include: </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Ensuring that external reports meet applicable TCFD, ISSB, CSRD and other new regulatory sustainability (primarily climate related quantitative disclosure) requirements. </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Working with the Chief Sustainability Office (CSO) team, verifying integrity of quantitative climate, carbon and other sustainability numbers as a control and reporting function.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Performing a key role within the Group Finance team developing the team’s technical understanding of the latest sustainability standards from the ISSB, FRC, PRA, HKMA and other regulators. </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Benchmarking with peer banks on reporting best practice under the applicable sustainability reporting including Annual Reports, TCFD, ISSB, CSRD and other sustainability documents.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Addressing and resolving financial reporting issues raised by the Group’s external auditors with regards to sustainability disclosures within the Group reports. </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Building strong working relationships with other teams in the bank focussed on sustainability.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Developing, and maintaining reporting policies for sustainability, developing capabilities to report under sustainability taxonomies and representing the Group in external industry forums.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Experience in Sustainability reporting, having technical sustainability reporting knowledge, or in providing technical assurance audit/advice on sustainability reporting will be beneficial.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Key Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strategy</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    This candidate will support the Head of Sustainability Reporting and the wider Sustainability and Net Zero global team to develop the Group’s strategy for disclosures in this area and ensure that the data collected is complete and accurate and collected in a controlled manner. </span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Business</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">The candidate will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the financial accounting and regulatory landscape and will:</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Ensure that the Annual and when required Half Year accounts as well as quarterly disclosures meet all the applicable sustainability accounting and regulatory requirements.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Utilise knowledge of IFRS standards and the IFRS Foundation, including the ISSB to help develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group’s external financial statements</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Knowledge or experience of sustainability reporting assurance and associated technical requirements will be beneficial in the role.</span></p> <p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Processes</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group’s external financial statements.  </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Actively follow current developments in sustainability reporting through monitoring requirements and horizon scanning.  </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Engage with other stakeholders across the Group to develop best in class disclosures.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Act as a TCFD and ISSB expert in its application for preparing group accounts. </span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Work with country teams in leveraging off the Group disclosures in preparing country specific TCFD/ISSB disclosures, where applicable.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Liaise with external auditors to support the resolution of accounting and reporting issues faced by the Group and countries during the Group audit process, and quarterly review process.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    See issues through to completion working with other functions as needed.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Skills and Experience</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Financial Reporting</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Financial Record Keeping</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Financial Process Documentation</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Influencing Through Expertise</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Climate Risk and Net Zero Technical Expertise </span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Qualified Chartered Accountant or equivalent with Financial Services background (Banking preferred) - 5 years+ PQE</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Demonstrated good understanding of banking products and relevant technical sustainability reporting concepts, including regulatory and statutory IFRS foundation disclosure requirements.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Ability to communicate with senior stakeholders, including explaining sustainability concepts in a succinct manner.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Strong oral and written communication skills</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Strong analytical skills and capability for self-directed research and work</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Standard Chartered</b></H2> </div><div><p>We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.</p> <p>Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.</p> <p>Together we:</p> <ul> <li><b>Do the right thing</b> and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do</li> <li><b>Never settle,</b> continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well</li> <li><b>Are better together,</b> we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What we offer</b></H2> </div><div><p><b>In line with our Fair Pay Charter,</b> we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.</p> <ul> <li><b>Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,</b> with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.</li> <li><b>Time-off</b> including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.</li> <li><b>Flexible working</b> options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.</li> <li><b>Proactive wellbeing support</b> through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits</li> <li><b>A continuous learning culture</b> to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.</li> <li><b>Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,</b> one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.</li> </ul></div></div></div>