VP ESG Finance

Job Description • Drive the execution of CIB IECC activities, ensuring effective collaboration with Risk Management and other key stakeholders. • Track progress against deliverables, ensure accountability, and flag execution risks proactively. • Collaborate with product partners to deliver tailored insights and contribute to ESG-themed client pitches. • Support client in ESG-related discussions, including disclosures, taxonomy alignment, risk frameworks, and sustainable finance solutions. • Collaborate with RM, and support on technical advice during transaction structuring or product development involving sustainability-linked features. • Work with stakeholders i.e., Risk Management, on climate reporting strategies, ensuring alignment with Bank-wide sustainability and regulatory metrics. • Oversee timelines, role allocations, and data collection processes for climate disclosures and submissions. • Collaborate with Risk Management to define climate-related risk appetite and integrate climate risk considerations into existing frameworks. • Identify, assess, and coordinate mitigation of transition and physical climate risks across business and support functions. • Monitor evolving climate regulations, disclosure standards, and industry guidance to ensure full compliance across CIB. • Design and deliver climate-related training programs and build employee competencies in partnership with Learning & Development and HR. Qualifications • Master’s degree in Business Administration, Sustainability, Environmental Science, Finance, Economics, Risk, or related field. • 8–12 years of experience in climate/ESG risk management, sustainability reporting, regulatory compliance, or related roles in financial services. • Familiarity with Investment Banking, Project Finance or Corporate Banking and ESG product structuring. • Experience advising clients on ESG strategies, disclosures, or risk frameworks. • Strong knowledge of climate-related disclosure frameworks, climate risk principles, and ESG data reporting. • Experience executing cross-functional programs or initiatives with multiple internal stakeholders. • Solid understanding of risk management principles, preferably with exposure to credit, market, or operational risk functions. • Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced.