Associate, Esg Research

The role is a Research Analyst, focusing on ESG research. The role holder, working closely with in house economists and analysts, produces high quality ESG research for the Bank’s internal and external customers. The role will involve producing and communicating the teams’ views on ESG research for clients globally.

The Role Responsibilities

The individual will be responsible for

• Delivering a range of client-led research approaches for content, content delivery and client engagement across ESG research.
• Undertake in depth research on economies and markets for publications and presentations.
• Construct and manage data bases and prepare charts for research publications.
• Respond to management requests for data, information and analysis as required. Prepare ad-hoc reports and summaries based on in depth knowledge of the latest global research forecasts, insights and publications.
• Develop relationships within the Global Research team, senior management, Risk and Corporate affairs. Externally with clients, economists, researchers and policy-makers around the world in institutes, government, academia, media and the private sector.

Key Stakeholders

Internal

• CCIB Relationship managers
• FM Sales and trading
• Legal, Compliance and Risk
• Corporate and Public Affairs
• Support functions including Operations, Finance and Technology

External

• Key clients and potential new clients
• Government agencies and policy-makers

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in the Global Research team

Our Ideal Candidate

The candidate would require a degree in economics or closely related subject and experience of Investment Research, including emerging markets.

• Strong knowledge of key ESG regulatory and reporting frameworks including EU Taxonomy, SFDR, GRI, TCFD and TNFD.
• The ability to write to a high standard and have excellent communications skills is essential.
• Experienced in the use of external information databases including Bloomberg.
• Highly experienced in large scale database construction and management.
• Knowledge of workings of mandatory and voluntary carbon markets.
• Highly experienced in Excel with coding / programming skills.
• Good Business and People management.
• Good Client relationships.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Analytical thinking
• Investment Bank Research Analysis
• Effective Presentations
• Global Economic Analysis (GEA)
• Oral communication
• Written communication

­About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual, parental / maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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