Analyst, Climate and Sustainability Services

S&P Global, Inc.; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Flexible downtime

Continuous learning opportunities

Retirement planning and educationτ 지원

Job summary

S&P Global Energy is seeking a Climate & Sustainability Analyst to shape the future of sustainable finance. You will blend quantitative rigor, AI-driven analytics, and strategic insight to help market leaders navigate the net-zero transition.

Responsibilities include deploying AI workflows, conducting scenario analyses, and translating complex data into compelling client pitches and sustainability roadmaps. Strong communication and project management are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing climate risk and ESG advisory.
• Proven ability to manage projects and stakeholders across levels.
• Strong skills in quantitative analysis, data visualization, and AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on AI-driven climate analytics and scenario analyses.
• Advise clients on decarbonization strategies and disclosures.
• Translate complex data into executive-ready insights and proposals.
• Lead project lifecycles with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Support business development through technical solutioning and client pitches.

Skills

Climate risk analysis

Quantitative modeling

Python programming

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Data storytelling

AI workflows

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Sustainability/Environmental Finance

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

GIS

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 10

The role: Shape the Future of Sustainable Finance.

As a Climate & Sustainability Analyst, you will combine quantitative rigor and AI-driven analytics with sharp commercial instinct to help market leaders navigate the net-zero transition.

• Build & Innovate: Deploy AI workflows, rigorous quantitative models, and scenario analysis to assess climate risks and opportunities.
• Deliver Impact: Advise top financial institutions and enterprises on strategic decarbonization and evolving global standards.
• Win the Market: Act as a technical specialist with a client-first mindset, translating complex data into compelling pitches and winning proposals.

The Team:

Powered by S&P Global’s unmatched data intelligence, the Climate and Sustainability Services team is a global powerhouse with a large number of market practitioners and academic experts.

Operating without regional boundaries, we combine proprietary datasets and rigorous cross-disciplinary analytics to help global market leaders seamlessly embed climate and sustainability into core enterprise strategy. In this role, you will report into the Pacific Practice Lead, driving high-impact client solutions across the region and globally.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaborative Innovation & AI Transformation (Lead Driver): Thrive in a fast-paced, cross-functional global team—bringing an open, growth-oriented mindset to constantly challenge legacy workflows. Actively design, test, and deploy AI-driven solutions and automated analytical pipelines across all practice areas to accelerate client delivery, scale proprietary toolkits, and pioneer next-gen climate advisory products.
• Rigorous Project Management & Execution: Own project lifecycles from scoping to delivery—driving cross-functional workstreams, enforcing strict quality standards, managing timelines, and seamlessly coordinating global stakeholder inputs to exceed client expectations.
• Climate & Nature Analytics: Execute quantitative analyses on greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting (incl. financed emissions across asset classes), climate-related physical and transition risks (through scenario analysis methodologies), nature & biodiversity impacts and dependencies and target setting to evaluate clients’ key impacts, risk exposure and potential opportunities.
• Strategic Solutioning & Disclosures: Guide clients through global reporting standards, sustainability disclosure requirements and readiness, materiality assessments and relevant E&S risks and opportunities to craft sustainability-inclusive risk management frameworks, actionable transition plans and sustainability roadmaps.
• Project Delivery & Stakeholder Management: Collaboratively manage project workstreams with other team members, coordinate data collection processes, ensure quality control and synthesize complex technical outputs into executive-ready reports, briefings, and presentations with clear articulation of approaches and methodologies deployed.
• Cross-functional Collaboration & Commercial Enablement: Support regional leadership and commercial teams to drive business development through technical solutioning and drafting of client pitches and proposals.

Essential Qualifications:

• Experience: More than 3 years of relevant experience in assessing climate risk, performing ESG analysis / advisory and/or executing corporate sustainability efforts and reporting with proven track record in project management and stakeholder management at multiple levels.
• AI, Quantitative & Technical Innovation: Combine strong quantitative modeling and statistical thinking across financial and ESG datasets with hands-on Python programming, API integration, and agent development. Operating with an agile, entrepreneurial mindset, you will rapidly prototype, test, and deploy automated workflows and prompt-engineered solutions. Translating client delivery workflows and business requirements into scalable, market-ready AI capabilities.
• Executive Communication & High-Impact Storytelling: Exceptional written, visual, and verbal articulation with proven mastery in crafting boardroom-grade decks and C-suite briefings. Ability to command executive presence, captivate institutional audiences, and translate complex quant, code, and AI methodologies into decisive, high-stakes business narratives.
• Essential Abilities: The candidate is expected to demonstrate sharp analytical rigor, attention to details, a solution-oriented mindset and strong systems thinking acumen to navigate problem statements, strategize action plans and distil assessment findings into coherent, business-useful insights.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Postgraduate degree in Sustainability, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Finance, Environmental Science, Economics, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Technical Standards & Frameworks: Solid grounding in core sustainability and disclosure frameworks, incl. GHG Protocol, SBTi, PCAF, ISSB (IFRS S1 & S2) and their regional variations, SASB and TNFD.
• Communication & Presentation Skills: Articulate written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience structuring high-quality presentation decks, executive summaries, and captivate the audience.
• Analytical Toolkit: Advanced quantitative and data modelling capabilities in Excel; ability to synthesize large, complex environmental and financial datasets.
• Language: Proficiency in a local language apart from English is preferred.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced Data Analytics Tools: Working familiarity with data analysis and visualization platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, R, or SQL) and/or geospatial mapping tools (GIS) for physical/nature risk screening.
• Portfolio Analytics: Prior experience in sustainability portfolio analytics and performance attribution (e.g., portfolio financed emissions, portfolio climate risk, stress testing) from a financial institution would be strongly preferred.
• Sustainable Finance Literacy: Operational understanding of Sustainable Finance Principles and taxonomies incl. ICMA, CBI, EU and regional taxonomies and E&S risk management frameworks within banking incl. Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards not mandatory but good to have.

About S&P Global Energy

At S&P Global Energy, our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value. Our four core capabilities are: Platts for news and pricing; CERA for research and advisory; Horizons for energy expansion and sustainability solutions; and Events for industry collaboration.

S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise, and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive economically in a rapidly changing global landscape. Learn more at www.spglobal.com/energy.

What’s In It For You?

Our Mission:

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People:

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals.

Benefits:

• Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
• Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.

For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries

Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global:

At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets.

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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.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to [e-mail] and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

US Candidates Only:

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Location: Manila, Philippines