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Avencia Consulting are partnered with a leading Specialty & Bespoke Insurer based in the City, who are looking to hire a Sustainability Analyst to join on a permanent basis. This role will be fully on site in there London office.
Across product lines and geographies, we focus on three diversified pillars: reinsurance, specialty and bespoke solutions. We are truly diversified. Our long-standing partnerships with capital providers and quota share partners make us nimble. Our breadth of expertise and capabilities deliver outstanding market returns.
The role
You will be an essential member of the Sustainability team, supporting the implementation of the sustainable underwriting framework. Your focus will be on tasks related to the day-to-day ESG review process, including research and data collection to inform underwriting decisions.
Key accountabilities
- Key initial responsibility will be review of underwriting risks against sustainable underwriting guidelines (including research as well as writing up of recommendations)
- Be involved in collating, verifying, manipulating and presenting ESG-relevant data to support internal reporting (e.g. monthly and quarterly management updates) as well as public disclosures (e.g. for Poseidon Principles or investor presentations)
- Support on drafting annual ClimateWise report
- Support on technical implementation of ESG tools (e.g. refining ESG tools over time into a more integrated platform)
- Support Head of Sustainability as required on other ESG-related tasks (e.g. employee engagement initiatives through the Green Team)
Skills & experience
- Relevant university degree and ideally 1-2 years of work experience
- Knowledge of (re)insurance essential, with prior experience in the industry a plus (Lloyd's/London Market/specialty insurance/reinsurance)
- Strong interest in sustainability
- Passion for data with strong skills in interpreting, cleaning, manipulating and visualising data
- Excel, Power BI and Powerpoint skills
- Attention to detail
- Not essential as pre-requisite but will be key to the role: Familiarity with key initiatives and standards such as TCFD/TNFD, PCAF, GFANZ
- Optional albeit beneficial: Basic coding skills
