Lead: ESG Strategy and Analytics at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

• Bring your passion for ESG and be part of the team as the Lead: ESG Strategy and Analytics. In this role you will coordinate, enhance, expand existing firmwide efforts to elevate and drive the ESG agenda across CIB. Working collaboratively with Product partners, Client coverage and Infrastructure teams (Risk, Credit etc.), the Lead ESG Strategy and Analytics will coordinate the implementation of all ESG-related initiatives across CIB.
• You will also craft the CIB ESG strategy and monitoring its implementation as well as providing a single source of truth on the status of all ESG related activities / data across CIB. Working alongside Product, Coverage and Infrastructure (Credit, Risk, Operations, Chief Digital Office) teams to Monitor, track and report progress on CIB’s ESG flagship initiatives.
• Providing external ESG themes, trends and insights to internal stakeholders for both knowledge sharing and use in client conversations / pitches etc.  Monitoring, tracking and reporting on ESG scorecard as well as to coordinate stakeholder meetings i.e. Sustainable Finance Committee, Societal Good Workstream, ESG Tribe Sessions etc

Job Description

Some of your key accountabilities will include;

• Developing materials for client meetings, including market reviews, industry trends and investor / regulatory expectations
• Researching emerging ESG trends and present insights in a compelling and easy to digest manner
• Collaborating with Product, Coverage and Infrastructure teams to create repository of ESG data and insights for use in decision making by CIB franchise
• Shaping the CIB ESG scorecard and hold Product, Coverage, and Infrastructure (Credit, Risk, Business Enablement) teams to account for performance and co-create solutions
• Support Head: ESG in providing CIB inputs to Absa Group for corporate reporting, and benchmarking requirements, and new and future regulations
• Collating data and inputs from different partners to provide input on behalf of CIB for Group sustainability reports, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) reports and other disclosures
• Playing a strategic role in providing direction to generating business value from advanced analytics
• Leveraging a fit for purpose statistical and analytical tools and techniques in deriving relevant insights
• Setting, monitoring and reporting on the short term ESG targets and ensure accurate disclosure across CIB
• Developing, maintaining and enhancing procedures and processes for ESG reporting requirements within CIB

Kindly send in your application if you have;

• A Post Graduate Degree in Commerce or Finance or equivalent required
• Knowledge of Banking and Finance products
• Knowledge of the ESG regulatory and reporting environment, especially regarding Banking and Capital Markets (TCFD, UN Principles for Responsible Banking etc.) Knowledge of Banking and Finance products

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)