Director, sustainability reporting and strategy

Société Financière Manuvie; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 105,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Toronto is looking for a Director, Sustainability Reporting & Strategy. This role involves leading the sustainability reporting team, managing disclosures to ESG raters, and ensuring compliance with sustainability frameworks. Candidates should have expertise in corporate sustainability, strong project management skills, and a background in relevant educational fields. This position offers a hybrid work model and a competitive salary range.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical benefits

Flexible working environment

Retirement savings plan

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in corporate sustainability or related discipline.
• In-depth knowledge of sustainability reporting frameworks.
• Proficiency in communication of complex information.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure team.
• Oversee publication of annual Sustainability Report.
• Manage responses to ESG raters and rankers.

Skills

Corporate sustainability expertise

Strong project management

Excellent research skills

Team leadership

Education

Post-secondary education in a relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Manulife’s Global Sustainability & Impact team is seeking a Director, Sustainability Reporting & Strategy to lead our global sustainability reporting and disclosures-both voluntary and regulatory-and help accelerate progress against our Impact Agenda.

In this role, you’ll report to AVP, Global Sustainability and collaborate with a passionate team of sustainability professionals and cross-functional partners across the organization. You’ll play a key role in shaping how we measure, communicate, and advance our sustainability performance with integrity and transparency.

At Manulife, our mission is Decisions made easier. Lives made better. Our sustainability strategy-the Impact Agenda-is how we bring that mission to life, focusing on areas where we can drive meaningful change for our customers, communities, and the planet.

If you're driven by purpose, energized by complexity, and ready to lead in a space where sustainability is both a business imperative and a catalyst for innovation, we’d love to hear from you!

Position Responsibilities:

• Lead the Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure team, providing coaching and leadership to direct reports.
• Oversee the production and publication of Manulife’s annual Sustainability Report, Public Accountability Statement, and related disclosures.
• Oversee Manulife’s sustainability reporting process, including maintaining strong governance, contributing to data collection and third‑party assurance.
• Manage Manulife’s responses to ESG raters and rankers including MSCI, S&P, Sustainalytics, Corporate Knights, among others.
• Develop executive caliber materials to ensure all levels of Manulife’s sustainability governance structure are informed of progress against strategy.
• Collaborate closely with Legal, Compliance, Government Relations, and other teams in monitoring, assessment, and compliance efforts to track the sustainability regulatory landscape across the jurisdictions Manulife operates in.
• Drive continuous improvement of internal sustainability reporting by developing and maintaining policies, and overseeing the design of dashboards, frameworks, and tools for in‑depth analytics to inform management decisions and support organizational change.
• Lead best‑practice research and analysis contributing to the sustainability strategy development.
• Lead the day‑to‑day operations and sessions of the Sustainability Centre of Expertise, including setting developing meeting agendas and materials.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (e.g., community investment) to integrate sustainability considerations into business operations and decision‑making processes and provide subject matter expertise to internal stakeholders on matters related to sustainability disclosure in efforts to increase our performance.
• Stay informed of emerging sustainability‑related policies, regulations, standards, and industry trends, providing strategic guidance on opportunities and challenges.
• Act as a trusted advisor and collaborator with procurement, investor relations, facilities, finance, legal, marketing, human resources, corporate governance, communications and others to help operationalize the sustainability strategy, drive performance and communicate to key stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

• Post‑secondary education in a relevant field, ideally with a focus on sustainability, corporate responsibility or similar.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in corporate sustainability or related discipline (inclusive of postgraduate experience), with experience in the financial sector or with consulting firms is considered a strong asset.
• In‑depth knowledge and experience with the voluntary sustainability reporting frameworks (i.e. SASB, GRI) and regulatory frameworks (OSFI B15, ISSB).
• In‑depth experience preparing disclosures and responses to rating agencies such as MSCI, S&P’s Corporate Sustainability Assessment, Morningstar Sustainalytics, and others.
• Excellent research, writing and synthesizing skills with the ability to communicate complex information succinctly.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft suite of tools, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong people skills with ability to develop and maintain relationships internally and externally, build consensus and drive change through effective collaboration.
• Excellent project management skills.

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well‑being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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À propos de Manuvie et de John Hancock

La Société Financière Manuvie est un chef de file mondial des services financiers qui aide les gens à prendre leurs décisions plus facilement et à vivre mieux. Pour en apprendre plus à notre sujet, rendez vous à l’adresse www.manuvie.com.

Manuvie est un employeur qui souscrit au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi

Chez Manulife/John Hancock nous valorisons notre diversité. Nous nous efforçons d’attirer, de perfectionner et de maintenir une main d'oeuvre qui est aussi diversifiée que nos clients, et de favoriser la création d’un milieu de travail inclusif qui met à profit la diversité de nos employés et les compétences de chacun. Nous nous engageons à assurer un recrutement, une fidélisation, une promotion et une rémunération équitables, et nous administrons toutes nos pratiques et tous nos programmes sans discrimination en raison de la race, de l’ascendance, du lieu d’origine, de la couleur, de l’origine ethnique, de la citoyenneté, de la religion ou des croyances ou des convictions religieuses, du genre (y compris grossesse et affection liée à une grossesse), de l’orientation sexuelle, des caractéristiques génétiques, du statut d’ancien combattant, de l’identité de genre, de l’expression de genre, de l’âge, de l’état matrimonial, de la situation de famille, d’une invalidité ou de tout autre motif protégé par la loi applicable.

Nous nous sommes donné comme priorité d’éliminer les obstacles à l’accès égalitaire à l’emploi. C’est pourquoi un représentant des Ressources humaines collaborera avec les candidats qui demandent accommodement raisonnable pendant le recrutement. Tous les renseignements communiqués pendant le processus de demande d’accommodement seront stockés et utilisés conformément aux lois et aux politiques applicables de Manuvie. Pour demander une mesure d’accommodement raisonnable dans le cadre du recrutement, écrivez à [e-mail].

Région de référence du salaire

Toronto, Ontario

Modalités de travail

Hybride

L’échelle salariale devrait se situer entre

$105,750.00 CAD - $190,350.00 CAD

Si vous posez votre candidature à ce poste en dehors de la région principale, veuillez écrire à [e-mail] pour obtenir l’échelle salariale correspondant à votre région. Le salaire varie en fonction des conditions du marché local, la géographie et des facteurs pertinents liés au poste telles les connaissances, les compétences, les qualifications, l’expérience et l’éducation ou la formation. Les employés ont également la possibilité de participer à des programmes de motivation et de toucher une rémunération incitative liée au rendement de l’entreprise et au rendement individuel.

Manuvie offre aux employés admissibles une vaste gamme d’avantages sociaux personnalisables, notamment une assurance soins médicaux, soins dentaires, santé mentale, soins de la vue, invalidité de courte et de longue durée, assurance vie et assurance DMA, assurance adoption, de maternité de substitution et de soins médicaux non urgents ainsi que des programmes d’aide aux employés et leur famille. Nous proposons également aux employés admissibles différents régimes d’épargne-retraite (y compris des régimes de rente et un programme international d’actionnariat assortie de cotisations patronales de contrepartie) ainsi que des ressources en matière d’éducation et de conseils financiers. Notre généreux programme de congés rémunérés au Canada comprend les jours fériés, les congés annuels, les congés personnels et les congés de maladie, et nous offrons toute la gamme des congés autorisés prévus par la loi. Si vous posez votre candidature à ce poste aux États-Unis, veuillez écrire à [e-mail] pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur les dispositions relatives aux congés rémunérés spécifiques aux États-Unis.