ESG & Sustainability Coordinator (Associate), CIO Office, London

Coller Capital; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an ESG & Sustainability Coordinator to join their CIO Office. This role focuses on integrating ESG factors into investment management processes, collaborating with various teams to enhance ESG practices across the firm. The successful candidate will support compliance reporting, engage with stakeholders, and contribute to the development of the firm's ESG policy. This dynamic position offers the opportunity to grow within a meritocratic environment, where innovative thinking and teamwork are highly valued. If you're passionate about sustainability and finance, this role is an exciting opportunity to make a tangible impact.

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance

Attractive Pension

Competitive Salary

Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• Strong Excel skills and advanced financial modelling.
• Experience in ESG data management and relevant regulations.

Responsibilities

• Implement and enhance ESG Policy and practices across the firm.
• Support investment team in assessing ESG factors during due diligence.

Skills

ESG Data Governance

Financial Modelling

Stakeholder Management

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Newly Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

2:1 degree or higher

A level Maths, grade A or above

Tools

Excel

Business Intelligence Tools

Job description

Coller Capital has grown rapidly since its formation in 1990 and is now one of the world's leading investors in private equity's secondary
market - widely acknowledged as an innovator and a stand-out player at the complex end of secondaries. The firm provides liquidity solutions to many of the
world's leading private equity investors, acquiring interests in private equity funds, portfolios of private companies, and other private equity-related assets.

In January 2021, the firm closed Coller International Partners VIII, with capital commitments of over $9 billion raised. As part of a new multi-product strategy the
firm also successfully closed its first credit fund at over $1.4 billion capital commitments, making it the world's largest pool of LP capital dedicated to private
credit secondaries.The role
The CIO Office is a critical team responsible for overseeing the firm's investment process, fund strategy and portfolio construction, portfolio monitoring and post-investment portfolio monitoring.

ESG and sustainability is encompassed within all these elements of the CIO Office and the successful applicant will join this team and will have responsibilities across all these areas, but with specific emphasis on and responsibility for ESG data governance, analysis and compliance reporting. This will mean acting as a business partner to colleagues across the Investment team, Investor Relations and the Finance department.
Given the evolving and increasingly integrated approach to finance and ESG regulations there will be an expectation to focus on ESG at the level of the funds but also the firm-level (corporate) ESG.

You will be expected to foster strong relationships with various counterparties and service providers to deliver for our investors. The firm supports the Investment team's collaborative, entrepreneurial spirit and fast-paced atmosphere which has proven to be an ideal environment for team members to learn, develop and flourish.
The details
The ESG & Sustainability Coordinator (Analyst) will encounter a broad remit, and this opportunity exposes you to a diverse range of areas across the platform to ensure you can maximise your strengths.

You will sit within the CIO Office, and the overarching emphasis of the role will be to provide support to ensure the full and proper integration of ESG factors within the investment management processes of the firm. The role also involves working across the wider business (as we adopt an integrated approach) and will include a monitoring/measurement component; Investor Relations support; thought leadership component; public speaking; Legal & Compliance support; and Operations (firm level) support. Emphasis will involve working collaboratively with our Investment Monitoring team to achieve common goals, as well as a number of other areas both inside and outside of the organisation, per the below.

Responsibilities will include:
Implement and enhance our ESG Policy and practices by working across the Firm (our "Three Pillars") within Investments; Investor Relations/Marketing; and Operations.
Investments.
* Support the Investment team (across all Coller offices) in identifying and assessing material ESG factors during due diligence on potential investments (with a particular focus initially on LP led fund position investments and credit books). Over time and with experience and on the job training there will be exposure to other types of secondary investments.
* Manage our portfolio monitoring and analysis via for example, those related to compliance with EU-SFDR, TCFD and CSRD et al.
* Collaborate with investment professionals and other relevant functions at Coller Capital to engage on ESG.
* Contribute to the development of Coller Capital's ESG Policy and programme development, and presentations.
* Identify and execute improvements in how Coller Capital integrates, enhances and promotes ESG across all investment types, and more widely within private markets and the Finance Sector generally.
Operations:
* Support colleagues in maintaining Coller Capital's compliance with existing Firm level obligations (e.g. ESOS, SECR, CSRD, Modern Slavery et al) and emerging ESG Policy/regulatory requirements.
* Support colleagues in maintaining Coller Capital's status as a carbon/climate neutral firm and work towards a net zero commitment.
Investor Relations/Marketing:
* Collaborate with Investment teams and Investor Relations to engage with LPs and other key stakeholders (e.g. UN-PRI, trade associations and NGOs) on ESG (e.g. Coller events, ESG Workshops, thought leadership).
* Support in preparing and delivering upon our reporting obligations including our annual ESG Report, TCFD Report, SFDR Reports and the UN-PRI annual reporting, et al.
* Maintaining and updating our database of GP and LP ESG contacts and service providers.

More infrequent work may be required and could include designing process improvements and efficiencies, and project work or initiatives which may see you collaborating with multiple teams across the business.

The candidate
We value strong communicators who have impact and influencing skills, and the ability to take responsibility for significant areas of work, whilst managing multiple competing priorities. The successful candidate would be encouraged to form opinions and make recommendations on workflows. This is an influential role and provides a top-performing candidate with the opportunity to gain general private equity and private credit industry knowledge, experience across the full spectrum of ESG within our firm, whilst adding value to the business as a whole.

You will see your efforts deliver tangible results and you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a meritocratic environment. We recognise, support, and value effort. Our corporate structure shuns hierarchy and bureaucracy - preferring agility, teamwork and innovative thinking. We are committed to supporting the learning and development of team members, through both structured training programmes and informal channels.

Essential experience:

Newly Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
Strong organisational and motivational skills, with excellent attention to detail
Very strong Excel skills and advanced financial and business modelling skills
Fluent (written and spoken) English

Desirable experience:

Experience in one of the Top 10 firms or within a PE firm/Asset Manager/Big 4 Accounting Firm
Familiarity with senior stakeholder interaction
Some exposure to ESG data management and relevant regulations such as SFDR, CSRD and TCFD
Experience in Business Intelligence / Data Analytics / Process Change
First time passes in professional qualification
A level Maths, grade A or above
2:1 degree or higher
Experience working alongside Administrators/third party providers

Competencies:

Excellent interpersonal skills; able to create, develop and maintain strong business relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Ability to work collaboratively in a growing, fast-paced environment and manage multiple competing priorities within deadlines
Demonstrate an ability to analyse, assimilate and adapt quickly to new knowledge and complex concepts
Ability to take responsibility for significant areas of work and deliver with minimal supervision showing an accountable and proactive approach
Ability to identify efficiencies and work collaboratively to drive change
Demonstrates a positive attitude; places value on and contributes to a collaborative and supportive team culture

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary and bonus scheme, we offer private medical insurance and an attractive pension.

Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments at interview in order to fully support and promote your talent.

Department CIO Locations London