Senior Esg Engagement Analyst (Governance)

Position:

Institutional investor engagement with public companies is increasing globally due to emerging regulatory requirements and voluntary frameworks. As a global corporate governance and proxy voting leader with two decades of experience, we provide a range of services to assist institutional investors to enhance their engagement programs. Our Stewardship Solutions are designed to accommodate a range of needs, from a SaaS-based tracking and reporting platform to a fully custom service that leverages our Stewardship team to perform and manage engagement campaigns on behalf of institutional investor clients.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Analyst will work with the Stewardship Team team to help support Proxinvests' and our engagement solutions by:

• Managing Proxinvest's engagement offering
• Supporting the development of Proxinvest's ESG engagement agenda
• Researching ESG themes for engagement with corporate issuers
• Participating in engagement meetings with corporate issuers
• Supporting other Stewardship Solutions
• Producing reporting for institutional investor clients
• Gathering and managing data generated by the Stewardship Solutions offering
• Performing other related duties and tasks as necessary or as assigned
  
  
  

Requirements


Qualifications/ Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 3 years of experience in ESG research and engagement
• Demonstrated understanding of corporate sustainability/ESG issues and existing sustainability frameworks (i.e. UN PRI, SASB, TCFD, SFDR, SRD II)
• Expertise in corporate climate risk, biodiversity, human and labour rights desirable
• Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Strong data management and analytical skills
• Collaborative, team-player with a continuous improvement mind-set
• IT skills; proficiency in MS Office, Excel and online research tools
  
  
  

Languages:

• Native level fluency in French
• Excellent English reading and writing skills