Sustainability Reporting Lead - London, United Kingdom - Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job:
Finance

Primary Location:
Europe & Americas-United Kingdom-London

Schedule:
Full-time

Employee Status:
Permanent

Posting Date: 29/Mar/2023, 6:50:28 AM

Unposting Date: 12/Apr/2023, 5:59:00 PM

The Role Responsibilities
This is a demanding and challenging role

Responsibilities include:

Ensuring that external reports meet applicable TCFD and other regulatory sustainability (primarily climate related quantitative disclosure) requirements.
Working with the Chief Sustainability Office (CSO) team, verifying integrity of quantitative climate, carbon and other sustainability numbers as a control and reporting function.
Providing leadership within the Group Finance team developing the team's technical understanding of the latest sustainability standards from the ISSB, FRC, PRA, HKMA and other regulators.
Benchmarking with peer banks on reporting best practice under the applicable sustainability reporting including Annual Reports, TCFD and other sustainability documents.
Addressing and resolving financial reporting issues raised by the Group's external auditors with regards to sustainability disclosures within the Group reports;
This will include developing working relationships with other teams in the bank focussed on sustainability.
Developing, and maintaining reporting policies for sustainability, developing capabilities to report under sustainability taxonomies and representing the Group in external industry forums.

Strategy

Business

Be accountable for ensuring that the Annual and when required Half Year accounts as well as quarterly disclosures meet all the applicable sustainability accounting and regulatory requirements.
Maintain current industry knowledge and represent the Group in relevant industry forums.
Utilise knowledge of IFRS standards and the IFRS Foundation, including the ISSB to develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group's external financial statements

Processes

Work with country team in leveraging off the Group disclosures in preparing country specific TCFD/ISSB disclosures.
Liaison with external auditors to support the resolution of accounting and reporting issues faced by the Group and countries during the Group audit process, and quarterly review process.
Develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group's external financial statements. Follow current developments in sustainability reporting through active engagement in industry forums and monitoring requirements.
Actively engage with other stakeholders across the Group to develop best in class disclosures.
Build deep and effective working relationships across various stakeholders, including CSO and the Climate Risk teams.
See issues through to completion working with other functions as needed.
Recognised as technical authority by peers, management, internal stakeholders and external auditors.

People and Talent

Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
Ensure the provision of ongoing technical training and development of people with regards to the latest disclosures and accounting/regulatory requirements for broader sustainability requirements.

Risk Management

Work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with accounting and regulatory requirements, the risk management framework and all internal policies.
Develop Operational Risk framework for sustainability reporting.
Develop a set of accounting reporting policies for sustainability reporting to mirror the Group accounting policy manual.

Governance

Active participation in project governance and demonstration of thought leadership in respect of Group Financial Reporting's role in projects requiring external reporting expertise, specifically in the sustainability space.

Regulatory and Business Conduct

Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

Interaction with regulators