ESG Stewardship Analyst

About Capital Group

Capital Group is one of the largest and most trusted financial companies in the world, with a mission to improve people’s lives through successful investing. The company operates across more than 9,000 associates working in 30+ offices around the world, providing investment management and advisory services to millions of clients globally. Capital Group’s core values of integrity, client focus, long-term thinking, diverse perspectives, and community guide all organizational decisions and employee interactions.

For nearly 90 years, Capital Group has been dedicated to delivering superior investment outcomes through disciplined research and proven investment processes. The company manages substantial assets across various investment vehicles including mutual funds, separately managed accounts, and retirement plans. Capital Group’s reputation for trustworthiness and investment expertise has been built through consistent performance, rigorous research standards, and a commitment to understanding client needs across diverse markets and economic cycles.

Capital Group has integrated Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations systematically into its investment process. This integration is grounded in three key components: proprietary ESG investment frameworks, comprehensive monitoring processes, and engagement and proxy voting activities. The company believes that this approach to stewardship enhances its proven investment process, known as The Capital System, and helps deliver better long-term results for clients.

The company maintains a strong commitment to responsible investing practices and continuous improvement in how ESG factors are evaluated and applied across investment decisions.

The ESG Stewardship Analyst role offers an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to Capital Group’s investment process as a member of the Global Stewardship and Engagement (GSE) team, a specialized subset of the ESG team. This position combines proxy research, engagement activities, and governance research to support informed investment decision-making and responsible stewardship of client assets. The Stewardship Analyst is responsible for conducting comprehensive proxy research that culminates in proxy voting recommendations presented to the Investment Group.

Additionally, the role involves engaging with portfolio companies on stewardship priorities and managing proxy voting operational responsibilities. The analyst will produce and publish high-quality, investment-relevant governance research throughout the year, independent of proxy-focused work, contributing to the broader knowledge base and market understanding of governance best practices. The analyst in this role works collaboratively with Investment Analysts, Portfolio Managers, and ESG team members to conduct sector- and industry-specific research on governance best practices and standards.

The position demonstrates strong working knowledge of Capital Group’s proxy voting guidelines and operates with increasing autonomy as experience develops. The individual displays a comprehensive understanding of the proxy voting and engagement cycle and may represent Capital Group at industry events to share insights, best practices, and process enhancements with the stewardship community.

• Prepare company and sector-level research and apply proxy voting guidelines with appropriate judgment, using analysis to diagnose and resolve issues across governance, environmental, and social topics
• Demonstrate detail orientation in analysis of proxy voting ballot items, ensuring voting decisions are transmitted to the market in a timely and accurate manner
• Utilize effective decision quality when elevating proxy votes for Investment Group review and manage proxy voting operational responsibilities, including recommendations for resolution
• Demonstrate appropriate knowledge in the application of proxy voting guidelines, escalating relevant trends and making recommendations in a timely manner to senior members for guideline committee consideration
• Build credibility with the investment group over time, providing value-added…