Job Summary

We are a climate technology firm focused on enabling green financing and the voluntary carbon market. Backed by Standard Chartered Ventures and collaborating with key players like Engie - a leading French Energy company, we develop innovative digital solutions to streamline processes for carbon credit projects, with a mission to empower project owners, financiers, and other stakeholders in sustainability.

As part of our growing team, you will have the unique opportunity to enable our success. Our digital platform is designed to develop and finance carbon credit projects. This role will contribute to scaling climate action in critical geographies for global carbon markets

As a Business Manager, you will work across various areas of Operations, Compliance and Risk. You will report to the Head of Finance/CFO/COO, as indicated by the CEO.

You will ensure that systems are put in place for regular reporting of risk metrics, and efficient implementation of controls, both on the Risk and Compliance sides.

We’re looking for a driven, systems and process-oriented person, who can help us move ahead with speed and precision.

A legal background is helpful, but not necessary. Ability to work in a matrix organisation is helpful.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement the current processes across Operations, Compliance, and Risk, as guided by your People Leader.
• Redesign of the current processes for automation, ease and simplicity is valued.
• Knowledge and expertise in automation tools will be valuable.
• Collaborate with the executive team to make sure key risks are always fully covered.

Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of compliance screening would be ideal. If no experience, training will be provided.
• Knowledge of Risk and Control Self-Assessment would be ideal. If no experience, training will be provided.
• Operations-oriented, and good at making process flow documentation, and following it, systematically

• You will report to one primary People Leader. At present, this is the Head of Finance/CFO. This may be changed to a COO, as indicated by the CEO.
• Your efforts will assist the broader Senior Management team in achieving their objectives. The other senior leaders in the firm would be Chief Product Officer, and the Chief Commercial Officer. A smooth Operations process enables steady growth of the client base, and the growth of the Technology Platform.
• Oversee interns, and junior Operations staff, as the team grows over time. Provide mentoring and guidance to such staff.
• Help with Employee Screening, as part of onboarding of staff and contractors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in an Operations or Risk role, or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to work well in a matrix organisation
• Excellent skills with Microsoft Office suite of products

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

• Knowledge of MS Visio, or similar project management tolls will be a plus.
• Understanding of carbon credit standards (Verra, Gold Standard, Puro, etc.).
• Experience with ESG risk modeling, impact assessment, or climate data analytics.
• A background in law will be helpful.

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.