Senior Asset Stewardship Analyst, State Street - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Overview:

As a senior member of SSGA's Asset Stewardship team, the individual in this role will be responsible for managing activities associated with State Street Global Advisors' asset stewardship practice.

The Asset Stewardship team is responsible for developing andimplementing the firm's proxy voting and engagement guidelines, managing issuer engagement, and undertaking research and analysis of governance and sustainability related issues.

This role requires significant cross-organizational leadership and teamwork skills to: i)build relations with members of investment and client-facing teams across geographies, ii) present our views to clients and market participants, and iii) enhance GlobalAdvisors' stewardship program through thought leadership.

Key responsibilities:

Responsible for voting and engaging with companies across EMEA
Assess a company's management of ESG risk
Lead investee engagement on a variety of issues including corporate sustainability, R-Factor, disclosure of impact metrics, alignment with expectations
Work with our Stewardship team to engage, track and organize company meetings as well as annual reporting, delivering ad hoc thought pieces and other external communications
Assist with answering engagement related requests from stewardship, marketing, sales and consultant relations teams
Contribute to the wider Responsible Investment agenda in areas including regulatory and policyrelated developments, engagement with external parties, and impact frameworks, guidelines and standards

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Experience & Skills:

5+years of experience in proxy voting and company engagement or relevant investment analysis
Understanding of the interplay between business, strategy and ES/corporate governance factors; familiarity with the investment management business
Proven ability to independently research and analyze an issue through multiple angles, identify viable alternatives, develop and communicate vote rationale and recommend solutions
Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills to articulate complex concepts and issues in a compelling, persuasive, factbased manner
Background in working crossfunctionally/ geographically and building relationships with investment, sales, operations, marketing and product teams
Willingness to collaborate with members of the team to achieve group performance targets

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Education