FS ESG Director - Banking

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), is a term that covers a range of issues facing the world today. At PwC, it’s an opportunity to have a purposeful career to positively contribute to one of the most pressing problems of our time by helping to reshape the whole economy and the society in which we live.Through speed, collaboration, and imaginative thinking we’re helping our clients to build trust in the climate transition by building credibility of non-financial and climate reporting, helping clients to transform sustainably, ensure the transition to Net Zero is fair, and ensuring our own business is ready to meet the challenge and sharing this story with our clients.As part of The New Equation, PwC is investing $12bn globally over the next 5 years, creating over 100,000 new jobs with a particular focus on strengthening our ESG capabilities across the firm. We’re working with our world-leading Sustainability & Climate Change practice to embed ESG into our market-leading services, bringing the best of our firm together to help our clients. Together, we can build good businesses for a stronger world. Join us on this journey as we create real, transformative impact.

The role 

Working in the ESG Team in our Risk line of service you will be responsible for leading a variety of challenging and career-advancing engagements. As part of a fast-paced and dynamic group, you will work across a diverse range of well-known clients across the financial services sector. This will include client advisory engagements on all aspects of ESG reporting and regulation, as well as being a trusted ESG advisor to the business internally. 

You will be responsible for identifying and pursuing business development opportunities to work with our varied client base. This will involve you creating networks across PwC, building relationships with clients, and winning work.

You will also contribute to the development and delivery of the wider ESG proposition for the Risk line of service within PwC UK, and support the knowledge transfer and training of the team.

The essentials

ESG expertise and experience

• In-depth knowledge of ESG with a reputation in the market as an ESG expert and thought leader

• Excellent knowledge of the ESG regulatory and reporting environment as it relates to banking and capital markets, particularly with respect to EU and UK regulation and its strategic impact on firms, and a strong ability to anticipate and absorb emerging ESG trends

• Experience of leading the delivery of ESG reporting and regulatory initiatives (for example TCFD, PRA SS3/19, UN Principles for Responsible Banking) either at a bank, regulator or a consultancy. 

• Detailed understanding of the value drivers within ESG, including how to conduct client-specific reporting maturity assessments and regulatory gap/impact assessments. 

• Experience in developing and implementing ESG risk, governance and reporting frameworks for banks

Risk
We’re a leading provider of trust in the digital world - in the eyes of our people, our clients and our stakeholders. Today's business environment is different. More complex. More connected. Companies not only face new and unknown risks, but also new and untapped opportunities. Our team is at the forefront of this change, join us to be a part of transforming how risk is perceived and capitalised on.

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Diversity
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