Associate, Sustainable Finance

Primary responsibilities for this Analyst in Sustainable Finance include supporting the team in the generation of new business opportunities and successfully executing on mandates, with a focus across Latin American markets. The role will involve collaborating with a broad range of groups, including external clients as well as a variety of internal stakeholders, to develop sustainable finance products and initiatives.

• Support client marketing efforts and execute on mandates across all sustainable finance products and industries with a focus in Latin America;
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Scotiabank to further develop sustainable finance initiatives and explore product development opportunities;
• Maintenance of detailed databases, client presentations, market communications and internal reporting;
• Create sustainable finance product frameworks (green, social, sustainability, transition, KPI) for a cross-section of issuers (corporate & public sector);
• Maintain current knowledge of evolving ESG trends including policy and regulatory developments (transition, ESG targets, ESG reporting, ESG ratings, taxonomies, legislations, ICMA Principles)
• Maintain strong knowledge of global sustainable finance market developments (market trends, financial product development, structuring)
• Provide insightful thought leadership for both clients and internal stakeholders including market commentary, opinion pieces, recommendations and ad hoc analysis; and
• Manage external collaboration initiatives and third-party vendor relations including conferences, trade associations, ESG working groups, SPO verifiers, ESG ratings providers, credit rating agencies, accounting firms and more.

• 1-3 years of relevant experience (ESG/ sustainability, investment/ corporate banking, debt capital markets (DCM), equity capital markets, management consulting, corporate finance);
• English and Spanish speaking and writing skills required;
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office and related applications (i.e. Excel, PPT, Word, etc.)
• Experience in ESG/ sustainability considered an asset;
• Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in finance, business, economics and/or sustainability and
• Advanced professional designation preferred (Master’s degree, CFA, CPA).
• Requires Spanish and English language skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable working in complex and rapidly evolving environment
• Strong work ethic and passion for sustainable finance
• Ability to cross-collaborate with varied and multi-stakeholder relationships
• Focused and attentive to detail
• Ability to work under constrained timelines
• Strong organizational skills
• Proactive and ‘can-do’ attitude
• Excels in a team environment
• Creativity and problem-solving ability