Launch your career as a Sustainability and Global Reporting Specialist and join Standard Chartered team based in London.

JOB SUMMARY:

The role holder will support the Sustainability Reporting and Standards Director in the day-to-day process to facilitate the Group’s submissions for ESG reporting. This includes but is not limited to metrics tracked for internal and external reporting purposes, external questionnaires or surveys, and regulatory or voluntary disclosure submissions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

•    Support the Director of Sustainability Reporting and Standards on strategic initiatives to improve process, infrastructure, and data for reporting that may feed into information required for submissions. Contribute updates on objectives and key performance indicators to be tracked at management committees. 
•    Contribute to the broader strategy for Sustainability Engagement and Disclosures and to key deliverables as required, including preparing the Bank for changes to mandatory disclosure regimes across the jurisdictions in which it operates.•    Stay informed on latest industry developments on ESG reporting, collaborate with other Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) teams related to the reporting impacts and share relevant information with internal stakeholders.
•    Support in drafting the Group’s Annual Report, including monitoring adherence to mandatory reporting standards and listing rules.
•    Help to coordinate submissions of key internal and external reporting across internal stakeholders. Track and monitor progress and report to senior stakeholders on a timely basis.
•    Support in drafting the Bank’s response for key internal and external reporting.
•    Guide and support country and regional teams with existing and emerging local sustainability reporting and review country-level sustainability reports.
•    Support on assurance to sections of responses drafted by internal partners to ensure accuracy and consistency.
•    Contribute to presentations and committee papers as required.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE SHOULD BRING:
•    Strong understanding of banking industry trends in sustainability 
•    Experience and/or in-depth knowledge of external frameworks (e.g. ISSB, CSRD, CDP, TCFD, TNFD, TPT) and ability to decompose into actionable business requirements
•    Good awareness of Standard Chartered’s net zero and transition commitments and how these impact stakeholder groups
•    Ability to identify, research and articulate key sustainability opportunities and risk
•    Effective communication and collaborative skills that contribute to positive working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
•    Good presentation design skills (PowerPoint)
•    Experience with reporting, both internal and external
•    Flexible and resilient, able to work in ambiguous situations to deliver on time

About Standard Chartered

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.

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.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off 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.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support 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
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.