Director, Sustainability Reporting

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To our office in London we are looking for a strong Sustainability Reporting technical SME to support the existing Team. This is a demanding and exciting new role within the newly created Sustainability Reporting team in Group Finance.

• Ensuring that external reports meet applicable TCFD, ISSB, CSRD and other new 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.
• Performing a key role 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, ISSB, CSRD 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.
• Building strong 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.
• The candidate will need to have strong stakeholder management skills to share insight in a clear and concise fashion to senior management and other key stakeholders.
• Decision making and problem solving is core to the role. The successful candidate will be skilled in identifying and ensuring a full understanding of issues before making their recommendations.
• Experience in Sustainability reporting, having technical sustainability reporting knowledge, or in providing technical assurance audit/advice on sustainability reporting will be highly beneficial.

• This candidate will support the Head of Sustainability Reporting Policy and Strategy and the wider Sustainability and Net Zero global team to develop the Group’s strategy for disclosures in this area and ensure that the data collected is complete and accurate and collected in a controlled manner.

• The candidate will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the financial accounting and regulatory landscape and will:
• Ensure that the Annual and when required Half Year accounts as well as quarterly disclosures meet all the applicable sustainability accounting and regulatory requirements.
• Utilise knowledge of IFRS standards and the IFRS Foundation, including the ISSB to help develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group’s external financial statements
• Knowledge or experience of sustainability reporting assurance and associated technical requirements will be beneficial in the role.

• Develop and maintain policies for sustainability reporting in the Group’s external financial statements.
• Actively follow current developments in sustainability reporting through monitoring requirements and horizon scanning.
• Engage with other stakeholders across the Group to develop best in class disclosures.
• Act as a TCFD and ISSB expert in its application for preparing group accounts.
• Work with country teams in leveraging off the Group disclosures in preparing country specific TCFD/ISSB disclosures, where applicable.
• Liaise 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.
• See issues through to completion working with other functions as needed.

• 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.

• Work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with accounting and…