Sustainability and Climate Reporting Specialist

Standard Life plc; Telford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Career breaks

Income protection

3x volunteering days

Job summary

Standard Life plc is seeking a Sustainability & Climate Reporting Specialist to shape and deliver our approach to sustainability reporting during a period of regulatory and market change. You will translate complex requirements into robust disclosures and robust processes across Finance and the wider business.

You will help prepare for UK SRS and other developments, providing technical expertise and practical support while maintaining rigorous evidence and timetables.

Qualifications

• Understanding of sustainability, climate, financial or corporate reporting, ideally from a financial services context.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work through detailed reporting requirements.
• Good organisation and delivery skills managing multiple activities to defined reporting timetables and deadlines.
• Collaborative approach building effective relationships with colleagues across Finance and the wider business.
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn about evolving sustainability reporting landscape.

Responsibilities

• Support the production of sustainability and climate disclosures for Standard Life and relevant entities, ensuring reporting is accurate and delivered on time.
• Work with data and disclosure owners across the business, gathering and reviewing information required for sustainability reporting.
• Support implementation of emerging reporting requirements, including UK SRS, assessing implications for disclosures and processes.
• Undertake technical research and analysis, expanding knowledge of sustainability reporting standards and external developments.
• Support audit and assurance activity, maintaining evidence and responding to information requests.

Skills

Sustainability reporting

Climate reporting

UK SRS

TCFD

Data gathering

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Reporting timetables

Job description

Job Description

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role could be based in our Edinburgh, Birmingham, Telford or London offices with time spent working from home and from the office on a hybrid basis.

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Closing Date: 10th November 2026

Salary and benefits: £70,000 - £89,600 depending on experience, plus an indicative bonus range of 18-32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a part in shaping and delivering Standard Life’s approach to sustainability and climate reporting at a time of significant change in the external reporting landscape.

We’re looking for a Sustainability & Climate Reporting Specialist who wants to build on their existing expertise, bringing strong technical reporting expertise, sound judgement and a passion for turning complex requirements into clear, high-quality external reporting.

You’ll work across Finance and the wider business to help translate evolving requirements into robust disclosures, reporting processes and controls, providing technical expertise and practical support as we strengthen our existing reporting and prepare for new requirements, including the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS).

Key Responsibilities

• Support the production of sustainability and climate disclosures for Standard Life and relevant entities, helping ensure reporting is accurate, complete, well evidenced and delivered to timetable.
• Work with data and disclosure owners across the business, gathering and reviewing information required for sustainability reporting.
• Support implementation of emerging reporting requirements, including UK SRS, helping assess new requirements and document the implications for disclosures, data and reporting processes.
• Undertake technical research and analysis, building your knowledge of sustainability reporting standards and external developments to help translate requirements into practical reporting actions.
• Support audit and assurance activity, helping maintain evidence, respond to information requests and ensure reporting judgements and conclusions are appropriately documented.

What We're Looking For

• An understanding of sustainability, climate, financial or corporate reporting, ideally from a financial services context, with an interest in developing deeper knowledge of sustainability reporting frameworks and emerging requirements such as TCFD and UK SRS S1/S2.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work through detailed reporting requirements, data and supporting evidence and identify inconsistencies or areas requiring further investigation.
• Good organisation and delivery skills, with the ability to manage multiple activities and work effectively to defined reporting timetables and deadlines.
• A collaborative approach, building effective relationships with colleagues across Finance and the wider business to obtain, understand and challenge information required for reporting.
• Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to learn, keeping up to date with a rapidly developing sustainability reporting landscape and building your technical expertise over time.

We Want To Hire The Whole Version Of You

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

Find Out More About Working At Standard Life

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