Job Summary

The ESG Analyst will be responsible for conducting comprehensive Client Environmental, Social, Governance and Reputational Risk Assessments (CESGRA) across the organisation's CIB portfolio. This role supports the ESG risk team in evaluating client exposures, maintaining assessment quality standards, and contributing to the organisation's sustainable finance and responsible banking objectives.

Due to the dynamic growth of the team, we are looking for 5 individuals to join the teams as ESG Analysts on a fixed-term contract (until December 31, 2026). 

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct end-to-end CESGRA for new and existing clients, covering Environmental, Social, Governance, and Reputational risk dimensions.
• Evaluate client activities against sector-specific ESG policies, exclusion lists, and applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g., TCFD, CDP, EU Taxonomy).
• Assign risk ratings and document findings in accordance with internal assessment methodologies and quality standards.
• Identify clients with heightened ESG or reputational risk profiles and escalate appropriately to senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Relationship Managers (RMs) and Credit Analysts (CAs) to integrate ESG findings into the broader Business Credit Assessment (BCA) process.
• Conduct sector-level ESG research to identify material risk themes, emerging regulatory developments, and reputational triggers.
• Monitor RepRisk, advanced Google search, S&P, and other data platforms to identify adverse media, controversies, or ESG incidents affecting clients.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of global ESG standards, voluntary frameworks, and disclosure requirements relevant to the client portfolio.
• Prepare clear, concise, and well-structured CESGRA assessments aligned with internal templates and quality benchmarks.    
• Maintain and update the Book of Work (BoW) tracker to ensure timely completion of assessments within agreed SLAs.
• Support periodic reporting on ESG KPIs, portfolio-level ESG metrics, Ad-hoc and New-to-Bank (NTB) pipeline assessments.
• Assist with data aggregation and analysis for ESG scorecards, dashboards, and management reporting.
• Liaise with Relationship Managers, Credit teams, ESGR, Compliance, and Legal to gather client information required for assessments.
• Participate in ESG-related discussions via ESGR calls, and internal review sessions as required.
• Provide advisory input on ESG risk classification and support client-facing ESG queries escalated by RMs.
• Ensure CESGRA outputs meet internal quality standards and are reviewed and approved within defined timelines.
• Identify opportunities to improve assessment processes, templates, and ESG data workflows.
• Support training or knowledge-sharing sessions for junior team members or RM/CA counterparts.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Environmental Science, Sustainability, Finance, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
• 2–5 years of relevant experience in ESG analysis, sustainability risk, responsible banking, or credit risk within a financial institution or consulting environment.
• Demonstrated experience conducting ESG or reputational risk assessments on corporate clients.
• Working knowledge of ESG regulatory frameworks including TCFD, CDP, EU Taxonomy, GRI, SASB, and UN SDGs.
• Familiarity with ESG data platforms such as RepRisk, S&P, MSCI ESG Ratings, or Bloomberg ESG.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills with the ability to synthesise complex information into clear risk narratives.
• Professional certifications such as CFA ESG Certificate, GARP SCR, GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, or equivalent is nice to have.
• Prior exposure to New-to-Bank (NTB) onboarding workflows and ESG integration into credit processes is nice to have.
• Experience working with Book of Work (BoW) or pipeline management tools is nice to have.
• Knowledge of sector-specific ESG risk profiles (e.g., oil & gas, mining, transport, real estate, power generation) is nice to have.
• Exposure to climate risk assessment methodologies and transition/physical risk analysis is nice to have. 

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.
• 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.