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As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Associate, Climate Transition

HSBC announced its ambition to become a net zero bank in October 2020, including an aim to align its financed emissions to net zero by 2050, and to provide between $750 billion and $1 trillion in sustainable finance and investments over the next 10 years.

The role holder will support the development of analyses and insights to inform management decision making related to HSBC’s ambition to align its financed emissions globally to net-zero outcomes by 2050.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Using climate and sustainability knowledge to provide inputs to the projects to which they are assigned
• Working collaboratively to identify solutions to climate and sustainability challenges for the bank
• Creation of materials and documentation to support various initiatives, such as sustainable Finance, benchmarking, transition plans and policies
• Perform detailed analysis of different types of data sources to support the creation of proposals to project requirements within the internal and external business e.g., Transition plans
• Delivery of reports and presentations to support decision making
• Assisting in the implementation of agreed-upon solutions
• Performing qualitative and/or quantitative analysis to support project implementation
• Managing project work until successful completion
  

Essential Requirements:

• Some understanding of the Global Sustainability function or similar external experience. Good understanding of the field of sustainability and climate change, with a preference for experience in sustainable finance and/or the financial services industry
• Exposure to supporting on and delivering sustainability-related projects or working in a sustainability role
• Good project management and time management skills, with the ability to be highly organised
• Solid written and oral presentation skills, including experience of writing reports, papers and slide deck presentations
• Ability to use initiative to overcome challenges and solve problems

Desired Skills:

• A demonstrable academic subject matter specialism/ expertise either within the Sustainability, Environment or Climate Change field.
• Experience of working in financial services or banking is desired, but not essential.
• Ability to manage multiple ongoing assignments simultaneously, working as part of a team and on own initiative, to produce structured, concise, and meaningful reports

Location for this role is London with hybrid working

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment.

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HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.