Sustainability Reporting Lead – Asset Management.

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 62 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Sustainability Reporting Lead – Asset Management.

Principal responsibilities

Impact on the business

Play a key role in:

• To ‘hold the pen’ or do the coordination role for the financial disclosures for TCFD, NZAM etc.
• Coordinate the production of internal/external MI relating to AM Sustainable Finance and our climate strategy, including annual disclosure on the progress towards our $750bn-$1tn commitment
• Defining key performance indicators (KPIs) to track product performance and financial health and driving continuous improvement by suggesting ideas and supporting delivery of optimisation and improvement of sustainable finance reporting processes.

Typical targets and measures    

• Effectively manage sustainable financial disclosure requirements
• High quality external disclosures and internal MI;
• Positive feedback from key stakeholders.

Customers / stakeholders

• Build trusted relationships with contributors in the business and function areas to facilitate robust, balanced and informed reporting;
• Build effective relationships with other relevant reporting cycle stakeholders as needed (e.g. Strategy, Investor Relations);
• Assist in resolving senior management queries (e.g. Group CFO, Group Financial and Regulatory Reporting, Head of Investor Relations).

Typical targets and measures    

• Strong and trusting relationships with key contacts to ensure smooth information flow and timely issue resolution;
• Timely and satisfactory resolution of senior management queries;
• Positive feedback from stakeholders.

Teamwork and thought leadership

• Work collaboratively with teams across the businesses and functions to drive action and deliver high quality reporting. As sustainable finance topics for disclosure continue to evolve, so too will disclosure needs.

Typical targets and measures    

• Timely completion of projects and tasks with minimum oversight;
• Positive feedback from External Reporting team members and the wider stakeholder community.

Operational effectiveness and control

• Maintain awareness of industry and regulatory developments in ESG requirements and make recommendations on how HSBC can best meet changing disclosure requirements.
• Lead the project and operational management of all sustainable finance reporting deliverables and processes, including maintenance of process and assurance documentation.
• Maintain and drive strong controls around data integrity and accuracy for all ESG reporting.

Typical targets and measures

• Timely completion of project deliverables;
• Positive key stakeholder feedback.

Major challenges

• During the annual results reporting cycle, the role involves managing a demanding workload around tight deadlines; therefore, an ability to work under pressure and prioritise deliverables is very important.
• There is a significant amount of senior stakeholder management which requires the role holder to build strong relationships within Asset mgmt. and across the bank, carefully manage potential differing views or issue resolution.
• New sustainable finance reporting requirements may be unclear, and may require the role-holder to exercise judgement on how these should be met.
• ESG reporting is an evolving space and growing priority for the bank and its stakeholders. The role-holder will support improvements in the disclosures, and keep up with the external environment while ensuring consistency with HSBC’s external messaging.

Role context

• The ESG Reporting role sits in the Asset Mgmt. FinOps team, a global team responsible for leading the Asset Mgmt. internal and external financial reporting, controls oversight, forecasting, stress testing and other key finance functions. The role is based in India.

Risk management

• Assess the operational risks associated with the role, taking account of changing market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements, operating procedures and practices, changes in the bank’s management structure and the impact of new technology.

Ensure that:

• All decisions and actions take account of the likely operational risk implications;
• Areas of concern are addressed promptly in conjunction with line management and/or the appropriate department.

Observation of internal controls

• Maintain HSBC’s internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit issues and any issues raised by external regulators.
• Understand, follow and demonstrate compliance with all relevant internal and external rules, regulations and procedures that apply to the conduct of the business in which you are involved, specifically Internal Controls and any Compliance policy including the Group Compliance policy.

Role dimensions

Role is responsible for:

• Coordinating the production of HSBC Asset Mgmt. sustainable finance disclosures via the Annual Report & Accounts, website, and other materials.
• Ensure sustainable finance disclosure requirements are being met through Group-wide disclosure;
• Ensure there is a robust verification process maintained for external ESG disclosures.
• Coordinating production of Asset mgmt. sustainable MI.