Social and Environment Advisory, Risk, Regs and - London, United Kingdom - Bank of America

Bank of America

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Job Title:
Social and Environmental Advisory Risk, Regs and Disclosure

Corporate Title:
Senior Vice President

Location:
London

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.

Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world.

We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone.

We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference.

Join us

Location Overview:

Our London office is based just a stone's throw from the magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral on bustling King Edward Street. Here you'll find modern workspaces and a state-of-the-art auditorium space.

In addition, we're proud to host an onsite restaurant that shares our commitment to sustainability by providing delicious seasonal menus which have been created with the planet in mind.

Make sure to take time for yourself and head up to our rooftop terrace and take in the spectacular views across London.

Finally, your physical wellness is well-catered for with our onsite gym facilities and medical center.

Role Overview:

Serve as a resource and provide technical expertise for key internal stakeholders on environmental and social issues, policies and positions
Reports to the International Executive, Social and Environment Group (CSR)
Works closely with the global Public Policy, global E+S Advisory, LOBs & disclosure teams at a complex, global financial institution
Responsible for working with lines of business, risk colleagues and other partners to assess and manage environmental and social risk
Coordinator and point of contact, joining dots and representing risk within the Social and Environment group across international regions
Works with team to help shape and respond to ESG international regulatory changes and requirements

Responsibilities:

Work with USA Advisory Executive to design, prepare and implement policies and procedures to address environmental and social reputation risks
Identify and analyze a full range of known and emerging ESG issues material to the bank and produce executive summaries to help shape our point of view on these topic
Prepare and deliver briefings on environmental and social risks and issues and brief executives ahead of internal and external events, including Committee meetings
Coordinate internal partners to facilitate monitoring of emerging reputational risks, peer policies and public policy elements in regions, with a focus on social reputational issues
Work with LOBs to manage and conduct environmental and social due diligence for products, relationships and at the transaction level from a reputational risk perspective
Support the LOBs with responding to client RFPs and surveys, providing Enterprise information requested by such counterparties and clients
Work with USA Advisory pillar and regional Business Selection and Conflicts team to ensure reputational risks are identified and mitigated both in on boarding as well as transactional
Part of the team responsible for the environmental & social risk review of clients and transactions, ensuring appropriate monitoring processes are in place, aligned to market and regulatory expectations.
Provide understanding and awareness of applicable Enterprise ESG policies, guidelines and projectspecific requirements and ensure teams and LOBs across the firm have the necessary controls, resources and training in place to adhere to requirements
Provide internal and external reporting guidance and expertise
Engage with external partners to incorporate feedback and best practices, monitor industry trends

What we are looking for:

Prior experience in environmental and social issue management, evaluating clients and transactions for compliance with ESG policies and standards
Experience in working for a financial institution, understanding bank products and decisionmaking processes
Critical thinking skills, capacity to process complex issues, and ability to analyze, interpret and summarize vast amounts of information quickly
Strong writing and research skills, combined with ability to filter, summarize and communicate complex relevant issues to executives and other inte