Sustainability Risk Director

Energy Vault; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Vault seeks a Risk Director focused on embedding robust sustainability risk management practices. The role involves collaboration across various teams and managing sustainability-related risks, while driving accountability and enhancing business effectiveness. Competitive benefits include flexible working, health coverage, and comprehensive family policies.

Benefits

Flexible working

Market leading family policies

Shopping discounts in the West End

Private healthcare

Life and critical illness cover

28 days holiday with the option to buy more

Qualifications

• Senior level exposure & Committee (non executive) exposure.
• Ability to build effective partnerships with key senior stakeholders.
• Clear and methodical planning approach.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing sustainability risks and driving control ownership.
• Work with Sustainability Reporting team on TCFD, TNFD disclosures.
• Support development of TCE-wide risk registers.

Skills

Risk management experience in relation to sustainability

Business partnering experience

Risk and control reporting

Proven influencing skills

Clear communicator

Analytical consultant perspective

Job description

Advert Close date: 3rd June 2025

Purpose of Role:

The focus of the role is to devise and deliver the embedding of a robust control framework across within various areas of TCE business. With a particular focus on leadingsustainability risk management and control and working with Sustainability team and SBU sustainability teams to build capability in the business on sustainability risk and opportunities.

The roleis responsible for driving risk and control ownership in the first line of defence, supporting second line assurance over controls to senior management and where applicable assuring these risksacross the business. The role acts as a point of contact between the Risk Team and the front-line business functions and leaders in the business and will encompass training, liaison and supportelements. The role will also work closely with the Head of Internal Audit, Risk and Assurance, Chief Sustainability Officer, other GLT members, SBU Directors of Sustainability and others owning andmanaging risk across the business and will demonstrate how intelligent risk management and appropriate controls can enhance business effectiveness across the wider enterprise. The role willinclude reporting to Sustainability and Audit Committees where required.

Main accountabilities:

The risk director will be primarily responsible for leading and supporting the business inmanaging its sustainability risks, actioning controls to mitigate the risks, and supportreporting of sustainability risks in both external and internal reporting.Understand and address long term sustainability risks andopportunities to maintain the value of our assets, through producing a 3-year resilience andadaptation plan and supporting delivery of year one of our 3-year TCFD roadmap.

Sustainability Risk Understanding:

· Technical knowledge of TCFD framework - Ability to analyse climate risks andopportunities, understand their impact on TCE assets, operations and value creationframework.

· Understand climate data, metrics, and tools (including stress testing and climatescenarios) and climate scenario analysis. Ability to assess decarbonisation plans andprovide subject matter guidance & expertise.

· Knowledge of quant universe, methods & models including MSCI Real Assets, ability tobridge the gap between business units and available quant tools & research.

· Technical knowledge of TNFD framework and LEAP assessment - Ability to analysenature risks and opportunities, understand their interlinks to climate and impact on TCEassets, operations and value creation framework.

Driving maturity through supporting and facilitating the delivery and ongoing support for a robust risk and control environment:

· Work with teams in identification, scoring and management of risk – driving clear accountabilities in line with our operational excellence, compliance, safety first and customer experience programmes

· Play a key role, working with the Sustainability Reporting team, to prepare disclosures in relation to TCFD, TNFD and other relevant frameworks

· Creation and oversight of a clear risk escalation process

· Creation of control standards and working with other governance teams to ensure that those standards are embedded

Attend and contribute to Quarterly Business Reviews, Audit and Sustainability Committees:

· Supporting the Head of IA, Risk and Assurance in the wider delivery of effective risk management at TCE at both operational and strategic levels.

· Supporting the Head of IA, Risk and Assurance in the development of TCE-wide risk registers as live documents with clear information flows up and down the organisation and well understood risk and control ownership hand-offs between teams.

· Inputting into work led by Group Sustainability to monitor emerging sustainability-related risks and determine when and how to escalate within the business.

Most important skills based requirements:

· Risk management experience in relation to sustainability

· Business partnering experience

· Risk and control reporting

· Senior level exposure & Committee (non executive) exposure

·Proven influencing skills

· Ability to build effective partnerships with key senior stakeholders

· Clear communicator: ability to present information and ideas logically and succinctly

· Clear and methodical planning approach

· Clear, comprehensive and actionable understanding of how risk management can enhance the effectiveness of an organisation – an analytical consultant perspective combined with knowledge to deliver long-lasting change.

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance relatedbonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End,to private healthcare; life andcritical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly,enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclaimer:

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

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