Senior Analyst, Climate Risk and Opportunity

S&P Global, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

The Role: Senior Analyst, Climate Risk and Opportunity

The Team: The Research and Methodology Team is a key component of S&P Global’s Sustainable1 organization part of Commodity Insights. This team is responsible for the innovation, development, and maintenance of methodologies and models that support S&P Global's comprehensive sustainability data and analytical solutions. The team ensures alignment across divisions in methodology development, governance, and quality, prioritizing quality, efficiency, transparency, and continuous innovation through collaboration and a global mindset.

The Impact: S&P Global Sustainable1 is a vital source of sustainability intelligence within S&P Global, offering products, insights, and solutions to help clients navigate the transition to a net-zero, sustainable future. As demand for evidence-based insights, high-quality data, and advanced analytics grows, our extensive global market coverage and in-depth sustainability intelligence provide financial institutions, corporations, and governments with unmatched clarity and confidence.

What’s in it for you: This role is part of the Climate Methodology team, which manages methodologies for datasets, platforms, and solutions focused on climate change risks and opportunities. The global team includes analysts from diverse technical backgrounds across the USA, UK, Spain, India, Hong Kong, and Australia. You will collaborate with stakeholders to deliver research and innovation supporting the product roadmap, maintaining and enhancing existing methodologies, and developing new ones to meet emerging client needs. This role contributes to our Climate Risk and Opportunities research theme, including research on transition pathways, policy risk, litigation risk, and climate opportunities. It offers a chance to provide actionable data and insights for corporate and financial institutions to transition to a sustainable future.

Responsibilities:

• Support research, design, prototyping, and implementation of new analytical methodologies on climate risk and opportunities topics.
• Maintain and enhance existing methodologies.
• Implement methodologies in the S1 Data Platform with a focus on automation, efficiency, and quality assurance.
• Support data quality and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Engage in the S1 Research Governance framework to uphold quality and transparency.
• Manage key project components with internal and external partners.
• Communicate insights and technical approaches clearly, including documentation for varied audiences.
• Collaborate with a global team to conduct analysis and ensure insight quality.
• Develop reports, factsheets, blog posts, and materials for various audiences.
• Provide market feedback to shape S&P Global’s climate and sustainability product innovation roadmap.

What We’re Looking For:

• Strong quantitative background, with favorable experience in data science and geospatial analysis.
• Skills in data and project management.
• Intellectual agility and comfort with diverse environmental topics.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience translating analytical information for non-specialists.
• Ability to work independently and support a multidisciplinary team.
• Self-awareness, global mindset, and ability to work with diverse cultures.
• Self-motivated, organized, detail-oriented, with a positive attitude.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant technical and industry experience, including complex technical projects preferred.
• Strong quantitative background in Data Science, Economics, Engineering, or Natural Sciences.
• Proficiency in data science and coding languages like Python, SQL, R; experience with Databricks is favorable.
• Detail-oriented, numerically proficient, with curiosity and an innovative approach to problem-solving.
• Ability to convey complex information compellingly to senior executives.
• Financial services experience is beneficial but not required.
• Fluent in English, with additional languages like Mandarin, Spanish, German, or French viewed favorably.

Right to Work Requirements: This role is open to individuals with an indefinite right to work in the United Kingdom or Spain.

About Sustainable 1: S&P Global’s centralized source for sustainability intelligence, Sustainable1 offers comprehensive coverage of global markets combined with sustainability products, insights and solutions from across our divisions to help customers assess risks, uncover opportunities and inform long-term sustainable growth. Companies, governments and institutions worldwide look to us for in-depth data, and well-informed points of view on critical topics like energy transition, climate resilience, positive impact, and sustainable finance.

Equal Opportunity Employer: S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.