Environmental Social & Governance Business Manager - Executive Director

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks an experienced individual for its ESG Business Management team to lead the implementation of regulatory obligations related to ESG/Sustainability. The role involves engaging with multiple stakeholders, managing complex projects, and ensuring compliance with evolving regulations. Ideal candidates should have strong analytical skills, project management experience, and proficiency in tools like Excel and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Experience with ESG/Sustainability regulations globally.
• Ability to manage complex and fast-paced projects.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of ESG/Sustainability regulatory obligations.
• Engage with stakeholders on ESG/Sustainability compliance.
• Develop training and awareness for upcoming regulations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

PowerPoint skills

Tools

Alteryx

Tableau

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join the ESG Business Management team, with a primary focus on providing subject matter expertise on regulatory compliance and overseeing the practical implementation of ESG/ Sustainability-related regulatory requirements and expectations. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a structured program to ensure the delivery of regulatory obligations related to ESG/Sustainability regulations, as well as external disclosures. Acting as a subject matter expert on regulatory expectations, the candidate will align their work with the firm's business strategy and risk management framework. This role requires effective coordination and collaboration with key stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

The ESG Business Management team engages with a diverse range of both external and internal stakeholders. This role offers an outstanding opportunity to gain exposure to a wide array of business areas, multiple asset classes across various geographies, and to develop expertise as an ESG/Sustainability subject matter specialist within a dynamic regulatory and legislative environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, enabling them to review and interpret regulatory expectations and contribute to the development of solutions for external disclosures and regulatory compliance.

Other Key Responsibilities

• Function as subject matter expert for matters relating to ESG/Sustainability-related regulatory demands across J.P. Morgan legal entities
• Project delivery for assigned regulatory implementation programs: drive strategy, remove barriers, manage critical dependencies
• Provide leadership across dedicated workstreams; set overall scope, direction/approach; review and approve significant workstream deliverables including formal accountability setting across the program
• Develop training and awareness for stakeholders on key aspects of upcoming regulations and legislation on ESG/Sustainability agenda

Key Skills and Experience

• Practical experience with ESG/Sustainability-related regulations and supervisory expectations globally and across EU, UK, EMEA and other regions
• Expertise in delivery of sustainability reporting and disclosures such as CSRD/ESRS, ISSB, UK Climate disclosures, SFDR, ESG Pillar 3 and others
• Familiarity with the emerging regulatory and legislative ESG/Sustainability agenda
• Ability to interpret and distil complex regulatory requirements into actionable implementation tasks
• Ability to triangulate different sources of information between firmwide and regulatory deliverables to inform regulatory compliance strategy, identifying key risks and dependencies, and working to resolve / escalate these where required.
• Experience managing complex, fast-paced and multi-faceted projects and flexibility to meet changing requirements and priorities
• Robust understanding of Commercial and Investment Bank products, services and decision-making processes
• Problem solving capability with the ability to identify authoritative data sources, propose alternate solutions and remove roadblocks towards deliverables & ability to excel and maintain a positive attitude in a high-performance, fast-paced professional environment
• Ability to convey information clearly, accurately and succinctly (both written and verbally) with excellent analytical, critical thinking and quantitative analysis skills with ability to draft high-impact presentations and documentation
• Very strong Excel and PowerPoint skills are a pre-requisite.
• Strong initiative and entrepreneurial spirit with strong time and people management skills with ability to manage multiple projects and time sensitive deliverables

Preferred Skills

• Alteryx & Tableu skills and experience

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

J.P. Morgan's Commercial & Investment Bank is a global leader across banking, markets, securities services and payments. Corporations, governments and institutions throughout the world entrust us with their business in more than 100 countries. The Commercial & Investment Bank provides strategic advice, raises capital, manages risk and extends liquidity in markets around the world.