Senior Executive, Sustainability

Allianz Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Allianz Malaysia is seeking a Sustainability Governance professional to help manage and govern the implementation of the company's sustainability strategy in Malaysia. The role focuses on aligning with local regulatory requirements, and Allianz's global directives, while supporting a low carbon transition and ESG due diligences.

The candidate will coordinate governance, reporting to Management and Boards, and support ESG committees with policy TORs, MOMs, and documentation for compliance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Sustainability or equivalent.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently, resourceful and able to multitask.
• Agile to work in fast paced environment.
• Growth mindset with strategic & business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sustainability governance and internal control align to local regulatory requirements and Allianz group directives.
• Develop, maintain and implement local Sustainability Framework, Policies, Guidelines, SOPs.
• Operationalise the sustainability framework supporting low carbon business model transition, incl. ESG due diligence.

Skills

Excellent communication (English & BM)

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Independent worker

Multitasking

Agile mindset

Project management

AI tools proficiency

Microsoft Office & SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Sustainability or equivalent

Tools

AI Tools e.g. ChatGPT

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Job Summary

To support the immediate superior to manage and to govern the implementation of Allianz Malaysia’s sustainability strategy in creating positive sustainability (ESG) impacts in the Malaysia contexts. Thereby accelerate the overall sustainability business integration into the organisation aligning to local regulatory requirements, management and Allianz’s global directives.

To support the immediate superior to manage and to govern the implementation of Allianz Malaysia’s sustainability strategy in creating positive sustainability (ESG) impacts in the Malaysia contexts. Thereby accelerate the overall sustainability business integration into the organisation aligning to local regulatory requirements, management and Allianz’s global directives.

Key Responsibilities

• To ensure sustainability governance and internal control are in place and align to local regulatory requirements, management and Allianz global’ s directives:
• Development, maintenance and implementation of the local Sustainability Framework, Policies, Guidelines, Standard Operating Workflows
• Operationalise the sustainability framework in support of the organisation’s low carbon business model transition journey, which includes ESG due diligence screening exercises.
• Ensure Allianz complies to regulatory and Allianz’s group requirements and facilitate to close those identified compliance gaps.
• Support to ensure sustainability strategies and targets are achieved as planned:
• Assist to govern, to align, to facilitate and to monitor the implementation and integration of sustainability across organisation covering: Sustainability Governance, Risks and Opportunities, Strategies and Metrics. This is to ensure short, mid and long terms sustainability strategies and targets are actualised.
• To prepare relevant reporting to Management and Board on the progress and achievements of sustainability integration.
• Serve as the governance point to facilitate, manage and monitor the periodic sustainability strategy performance for initiatives and projects identified within the organisation. Ensure those initiatives and projects are appropriately monitored, based on defined scope, deliverables, targets and timeline.
• To monitor and analyse sustainability strategy performance periodically and highlights irregularity to management.
• Stakeholders’ facilitation, engagement and management; includes preventive or corrective actions with the initiatives or projects owners to ensure achievement of sustainability targets.
• Support the Secretariat Lead for Sustainability Committee, Special Sustainability Committee, ESG Taskforce with key responsibilities on:
• Establishment of relevant committee’s Term of Reference (TOR) and ensure compliance of the mentioned.
• Schedule and agenda determination aligning sustainability strategy priorities.
• Sustainability governance, administration, facilitations and closure follow-ups on minute of meetings (MOMs), relevant documentation and internal control of those committees.
• Assist management to steer industrial research, analysis and benchmarking on sustainability strategy, business model and targets for strategy formulation and performance setting as and when needed.
• To support / provide / advise on all ESG related enquiries (including surveys) from internal and external stakeholders.
• To support day-to-day departmental administration works, regional co-ordinations for sustainability matters, including duties such as Privacy Champion & Data Steward, and Business Continuity Management Coordinator, among others, based on year-on-year assignment.

Key Requirements

• Minimum Degree in Business Administration, Sustainability or equivalent
• Preferable candidate with minimum 3 years working experience for similar function
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently, resourceful and able to multitask
• Agile to work in fast paced environment.
• Growth mindset with strategic & business acumen.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia
• Good project management skills and team work
• Excellent computer knowledge including AI Tools eg. ChatGPT, Microsoft Office and SharePoint
• Insurance industry or financial industry exposure is an added advantage

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

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