Sustainability and Climate reporting Lead

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role could be based in our Edinburgh, Birmingham, Telford or London offices with time spent working from home and from the office on a hybrid basis.

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Closing Date: 10 November 2026

Salary and benefits: £85,000 to £111,000 depending on experience plus an indicative bonus range of 30-60%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in shaping and delivering Standard Life’s approach to sustainability and climate reporting at a time of significant change in the external reporting landscape.

We’re looking for a Sustainability & Climate Reporting Lead to join our Finance team, bringing strong technical reporting expertise, sound judgement and a passion for turning complex requirements into clear, high-quality external reporting.

You’ll work across Finance and the wider business to translate evolving requirements into robust disclosures, reporting processes and controls, providing technical expertise and practical leadership as we strengthen our existing reporting and prepare for new requirements, including the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS).

• Lead the development and delivery of controlled sustainability and climate reporting for Standard Life and relevant entities, including disclosures within scope of TCFD requirements.
• Lead and support implementation of emerging sustainability reporting requirements, including UK SRS, translating technical requirements into practical actions across reporting, data, controls and governance.
• Help shape our sustainability reporting strategy within Finance, bringing technical insight, external perspective and regulatory expertise to strengthen both near-term reporting and longer-term readiness.
• Act as a senior sustainability reporting SME, providing clear, pragmatic advice and constructive challenge to Finance and business stakeholders on complex or judgemental reporting matters.
• Build strong relationships across Finance and the wider organisation, bringing together stakeholders responsible for sustainability information, reporting, risk, governance and assurance.
• Support assurance and control readiness, helping ensure sustainability information is supported by appropriate evidence, review, governance and reporting controls.
• Monitor the external reporting and regulatory landscape, assessing emerging developments and translating them into clear implications and priorities for Standard Life.

• Strong technical sustainability and climate reporting expertise, with proven experience delivering within a financial services environment and applying…