- Provide support and guidance for assessing and classifying the low-carbon transition readiness of clients;
- Organize required support for coverage bankers, such as the development of client questionnaires, writing guidance and organizing trainings for our client dialogues. Liaise with other – related programs such as SFR and CASY – to ensure requirements are aligned and efficient;
- Contribute to the development of dashboards and sector diagnostics tools, as well as sourcing the required data to ensure it is supportive for client engagement processes;
- Be part of the project team on new CB sectors;
- Review and challenge existing targets;
- Be and remain updated on the latest developments on climate strategies and regulations;
- Liaise with our internal stakeholders on climate (plan) related matters and provide knowledge and expertise to other climate related activities in the bank;
- Organize and/or participate in internal (and occasionally external) events to update the audience on the Corporate Bank's climate ambitions and efforts.
- You have a strong demonstrable affinity with sustainability;
- Education: Academic master's degree (Economics – (Sustainable) Finance - Law – Environmental Science) or comparable level;
- Work Experience: minimum of 7-year experience in a banking environment, preferably CB.
- Fluency in Dutch and English is essential for this role.
- Good knowledge of bank processes, preferably with experience in a front office position and environmental, social and governmental (ESG) development;
- Knowledge and /or interest in climate risk and climate strategies;
- Knowledge of decarbonization targets and net zero pathways/scenarios;
- Knowledge of sustainability regulations and reporting and interest to deepen that knowledge level.
- You possess good stakeholder management skills;
- You are able to implement plans / you have strong execution capabilities;
- You are self-reflective with a strong desire of continuous learning and development;
- You are able to create buy-in for own ideas and concepts;
- You are flexible and hands-on and deliver within set timelines.
Climate Expert Corporate Bank - Amsterdam, Nederland - ABN AMRO Bank
Beschrijving
Your job
As Climate Expert, you take a supporting role on behalf of our Corporate Bank to ensure that (specific) sectors meet or exceed the bank's climate ambition. Whilst maintaining our key focus regarding supporting our clients in their transition to more sustainable business models. Additionally, you liaise with key stakeholders within the bank, such as the Client Sectors, Sustainability Centre of Excellence, Sector Expertise, Risk, ESG Data, Finance and external consultants. You work together with our Climate Lead and the other Climate Experts within SET as well as with change- and implementation managers from the Business Implementation team. Your focus is on existing and new Climate Plan sectors. You will join the new sector pathways workstream and ensure that your learnings will be shared with these so called wave 3 and 4 sectors as and when implementation commences.
Besides, you provide support to our sector teams to ensure that the processes, tools, training and guidelines are in place in order to implement and execute the Climate Strategy for our Corporate Bank. Your tasks include amongst others:
Working environment
As Climate Expert, you are part of the CB SET. Our team has a strong focus on facilitating the growth of the Sustainable Finance Portfolio. SET includes Sustainability Advisory, Sustainable Finance Products, Sustainability Risk Reporting Regulations & Policies and Climate Strategy and Client Engagement for our CB and BC&E. As Climate Expert, you will also have a role in the Business Implementation and Transformation workstreams of the ongoing CB Climate Project.
Our team consists of experienced and enthusiastic colleagues. Within our team there is an open and informal atmosphere, and we are open to the opinions, views and cultural background of others. You work directly with the Climate Lead and other Climate Experts within SET.
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In this role, you will learn a lot: in-depth knowledge about several sustainability topics and the continuously changing landscape of sustainability, the Corporate Bank's sustainability strategy and working on a change in a large organization. Besides, you will work in an environment that is growing and developing. Therefore, your activities might fluctuate, will often be novel and you will also be able to pioneer and help our bank progress. Additionally, you will work with a team of experienced and enthusiastic colleagues.