Manager, Sustainability Reporting

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Job Summary This is a demanding and exciting new role within the newly created Sustainability Reporting team in Group Finance. Responsibilities include :

• 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 reporting of Finance-owned quantitative metrics as required for the Group's annual report
• Preparing local sustainability reporting for all our global presence markets, supporting entity CFOs
• Supporting entity CFOs in dealing with local regulator queries, as required
• Building and maintaining knowledge of sustainability reporting requirements across each of the bank's markets, as these evolve
• Assessing and documenting processes and controls across the reporting process, including understanding the operations within the various functions which contribute to sustainability reporting
• Addressing and resolving financial reporting issues raised by the Group's external auditors with regards to sustainability disclosures within the Group or entity reports.
• Building strong working relationships with other teams in the bank focussed on sustainability.
• Developing and implementing target operating model on new sustainability reporting as requirements evolve, in support of future aim of standardised reporting for Group and each individual country entity

Strategy

This candidate will support the Head of Sustainability Reporting 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.

Business

The candidate will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the financial accounting and regulatory landscape and will :

Processes

Key Responsibilities People & Talent

Risk Management

Governance

Regulatory & Business Conduct

Key stakeholders

Skills and Experience Financial Reporting

Financial Record Keeping

Financial Process Documentation

Influencing Through Expertise

Climate Risk and Net Zero Technical Expertise

Qualifications

About Standard Chartered We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we :

Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do

Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.

Time-off including annual leave, parental / maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.

Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.

Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits

A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.

Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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