Stewardship Analyst – Corporate Governance & Ownership

Overview

Seeking an experienced Stewardship Analyst to strengthen our corporate governance, proxy voting and engagement capabilities across global investments at UBS Asset Management.

• Act as a corporate governance subject‑matter expert, providing independent, high‑quality analysis on boards, executive remuneration, shareholder rights, capital structures and governance risks across global markets.
• Apply deep governance expertise to inform voting decisions, company engagement priorities and investment discussions.
• Assess company practices in a global and competitive context, including peer benchmarking and evolving governance and ESG standards.
• Lead end‑to‑end proxy voting research and execution, ensuring voting decisions are robust, policy‑aligned and clearly articulated.
• Demonstrate strong hands‑on experience with proxy voting systems, voting workflows and data quality management.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and application of UBS Asset Management’s global proxy voting policies.
• Conduct in‑depth engagements with senior board members and executive management on governance and material ESG topics.
• Engage confidently on complex and sensitive issues, including executive pay, board effectiveness, succession planning and long‑term strategy.
• Integrate broader ESG considerations into engagement activity, including climate, nature, social issues and emerging areas such as AI governance.
• Work closely with active and passive investment teams, ensuring stewardship insights are well integrated into investment decision‑making.
• Support portfolio managers and analysts with governance and ESG insights relevant to risk assessment and long‑term value creation.
• Contribute to stewardship reporting and respond to internal and client stewardship‑related queries.
• Help drive innovation in stewardship research and processes, exploring opportunities to integrate AI and advanced analytics into voting and engagement research.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of stewardship frameworks, analytical tools and engagement practices.

• Experience in a stewardship, corporate governance, engagement or governance advisory role, ideally within asset management or a recognised governance consultancy.
• Strong and demonstrable corporate governance expertise with a clear track record – core requirement.
• Proven experience conducting senior‑level engagements with boards and executive management.
• Strong experience with proxy voting systems and proxy voting execution.
• Demonstrated experience working within a stewardship function and collaborating effectively with both active and passive investment teams.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex ESG, environmental and strategic issues and distil them into clear, decision‑useful conclusions.
• Solid ESG foundation, with particular depth on environmental topics and sufficient governance understanding to support voting and escalation decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Credible, thoughtful and confident engaging with internal stakeholders and external issuers.
• Comfortable operating in a high‑visibility, fast‑paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Collaborative, pragmatic and delivery‑focused, aligned with UBS’s long‑term, client‑centric culture.
• Curious and forward‑looking, with a genuine interest in innovation and responsible AI adoption.

• Sector specialism and/or regional market expertise.
• Knowledge of European, Swiss and/or DACH markets.
• Understanding of US governance and remuneration practices.
• Additional language skills.
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CFA) or postgraduate education.

Job Type: Full Time Job Reference #: 338234

Location:

London

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