100460 Investment & Climate Risk Manager Edinburgh, Scotland
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
Edinburgh, Scotland
61641 - 68490 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Wednesday 30 August 2023
Salary Range
£61,641 - £68,490Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
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Job Description
Job title: Investment & Climate Risk Manager
Salary: £60,000 - £80,000* depending on skills & experience
Location: Edinburgh
Hours: Full time
Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
About the role:
As Investment & Climate Risk Manager you'll play a major role in interpreting regulatory requirements and providing an advisory service to the Investment and Finance teams.
About this opportunity:
- Lead on the implementation of the divisional anti-greenwashing framework by managing the review of greenwashing claims made in external communications and providing approval to communication areas.
- Lead on ESG related regulatory and business change projects, working closely with relevant colleagues to provide robust ESG and regulatory risk support and work with team on broader investment related regulation and compliance activity.
- Support investment teams with SME-level insight through interpretation, implementation, and ongoing compliance with regulatory change. This will include compliance with various external codes including the FRC’s Stewardship Code.
- Proactively identify relevant emerging regulations and associated risks to the business via regulatory horizon scanning and socialise output with all relevant collaborators. Engaging with trade bodies and internal/external parties on ESG matters
- Maintain an up-to-date understanding and appreciation of competitor activity in Responsible Investment field, emerging themes, and regulatory developments to inform Scottish Widows’ own activity and to feed into the business as appropriate.
- Develop expertise and credibility in ESG Regulation that is recognised inside and outside the Group and supports an increase in profile of activity and delivery towards our aim to be a leader in sustainability.
About us:
As a leading pension provider in the UK with c.£190bn in pensions and investments, Scottish Widows is looking after the retirement savings of millions of hard-working people. Given the nature of the products we offer, our goal is to help secure financial futures for our customers and so it is imperative we understand the implications of ESG issues. Where we believe these factors pose downside risk to investments or offer potential upside opportunities, we incorporate them into our investment decision making.
What you'll need:
- Deep knowledge of ESG and codes impacting Insurance businesses including experience of working with FCA and PRA handbooks and existing ESG regulations such as SS3/19, PS21/24, UK SDR, ISSB and TNFD.
- Teamwork skills – ability to work with a wide variety of internal and external partners and ensure successful outcomes on ESG developments and work with team on broader investment related regulation and compliance activity.
- Good communication – written and oral including writing committee papers and presenting to senior leaders.
- Organisational awareness – ability to quickly gain awareness of a large and complex organisational structure and products.
- Analysis - able to structure and complete complex analysis to inform evidence-based decision making.
It would be useful if you also had:
- Solid understanding of investment practice and, specifically, integration of ESG gained from working in an insurance, asset management, consultancy or regulatory environment.
- Knowledge of codes impacting investment-related businesses such as FCA COLL, FCA FUND, UCITS AIFMD and Solvency II.
About working for us ...
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, build a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups. We're disability confident. So if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- A discretionary annual performance-related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
- 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready to start growing with purpose? Apply today.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.
