Sustainable Finance Manager

ACCA Careers; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm specializing in ESG advisory is seeking a Sustainable Finance Manager in London. The role involves developing sustainable finance instruments, advising clients on compliance, and managing a team. Join a diverse team committed to impactful solutions in sustainable finance.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in financial institutions or advisory.
• Strong understanding of ESG and sustainable finance trends.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop sustainable finance instruments for clients.
• Provide advice on regulatory compliance for investment strategies.
• Manage junior consultants and support business development efforts.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Teamwork

Education

Master's Degree in Finance

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world's largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide. Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That's why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply 'empower' you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we'll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Sustainable Finance Manager - London

About Holtara

Holtara is part of Apex and is the leading worldwide consultancy firm specialising in ESG advisory services and software solutions. We help our clients, mostly Private Equity investors and their portfolio companies, to navigate the complexities of carbon & climate impacts, implement low-carbon practices, and achieve their sustainability goals. We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced and motivated Principal to lead our Global Carbon & Climate practice.

The role

We are looking for a Manager to join our Sustainable Finance practice. As a Manager, you would be responsible for supporting the growth of the practice through client engagement, service delivery, new product development and business development. Clients would include investors, asset managers, and other financial services organizations, with a particular focus on private credit and private equity. Clients will also include portfolio companies across various sectors and geographies. Finally, you would have direct oversight and line management responsibilities for a small team of consultants, located both in London and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop sustainable finance instruments: Work with clients, including sponsors, lenders, and their portfolio companies, to structure sustainable finance instruments, including sustainability-linked loans and bonds, green loans and bonds, and social instruments.
• Provide advice on regulatory compliance: support clients with designing investment strategies that align with regulatory instruments such as SDR, SFDR, the EU Green Taxonomy, and other relevant climate regulation and disclosure standards.
• Support Holtara thought leadership and innovation: keep abreast of ESG market development, authoring short reports and blogs on key market trends, and working to spot developments that might be relevant for our clients.
• Develop new products and services: work with the broader Holtara advisory and software teams to develop new products and services to support clients with further integrating sustainable finance priorities in their practice and creating value from ESG investments.
• Own client relationships: act as the primary contact point for senior clients, both during project delivery as well as continuously to ensure their priorities are met and emerging needs addressed.
• Support business development efforts: work closely with the sales team to maintain and grow a pipeline of sustainable finance opportunities and onboarding new clients.
• Manage junior consultants: provide management support, coaching, and supervision to junior consultants and implementation specialists both in the UK and internationally.

Skills & Experience

• Educated to master level, ideally with a specialisation in finance, business, economics or closely related field.
• At least 5 years of previous working experience, ideally for a financial institution (e.g., in asset management, private equity, private credit, banking, venture capital or impact investment) or financial advisory business, with a strong understanding of ESG, sustainable and climate finance trends and developments.
• Familiarity with relevant organisations and frameworks active in the sustainable finance space (Green Loan Principles, Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles, Climate Bonds Initiative, etc.).
• Strong critical thinking skills to analyse complex situations and develop creative solutions.
• Strong team player with experience managing and coaching junior team members.

Holtara & Apex Group

Our team consists of approximately 150 people from various academic backgrounds - all driven by the aim to make real impact. Our team is based in Amsterdam, London, Madrid, Valencia, New York, Bangalore, Mumbai and is ever expanding. Holtara is part of Apex Group and was formed as the ESG and sustainability brand of services. We have embarked on an exciting journey of growth: gaining international ground (with offices across Europe and North America), developing new products, and expanding our team - and we would very much like you to be part of that!

Diversity

At Holtara, we recognize that diversity makes for good business as it stimulates more ideas, opinions, and perspectives. We are committed to maintaining a professional inclusive environment that recruits, retains, develops, remunerates, and promotes all of our people. We embrace diversity as fundamental to the promotion of our company's values and understand that diversity and inclusion have an invaluable influence on Holtara and all that we aspire to be.

What do we stand for

Our current economic system has brought unprecedented levels of welfare and prosperity. Yet it is clear to all of us that the ways we produce, consume, and finance will have to change. At Holtara, we believe that investors play an important role in this transition. First, to better understand the impacts of their investments on climate change, ecosystems, and society. Second, to challenge their investments to reduce these impacts, but also to capture the opportunities that the sustainability transition provides.

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.