Job Description
The Manager, Decarbonisation Specialist is a critical technical role within the Global ESG & Sustainability team, responsible for supporting the bank's efforts to measure, track, and accelerate the decarbonization of its financed and operational emissions. This individual will bring deep expertise in GHG accounting, climate science, and sector-specific decarbonization pathways to translate the bank's net-zero commitments into actionable strategies. The role involves rigorous data analysis, methodology application, cross-functional collaboration, and providing specialist advice to business lines to facilitate their transition to a low-carbon economy.
- Support stakeholders in developing and refining the bank's decarbonization strategies and roadmaps for financed and operational emissions, aligned with global net-zero commitments.
- Support the implementation of specific decarbonization initiatives and projects, ensuring alignment with overall climate transition goals.
- Conduct in-depth research and analysis on sector-specific decarbonization challenges, technologies, and opportunities relevant to the bank's lending and investment portfolios.
- Engage with the collection, validation, and analysis of GHG emissions data both operational and financed, with a strong focus on financed emissions (Scope 3 Category 15) using frameworks like PCAF (Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials) and other relevant methodologies.
- Review the data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across all regions and business lines, managing internal data collection processes and supporting external data assurance.
- Support and maintain internal dashboards,trackers and reporting tools to track decarbonization progress against targets.
- Support the annual financed emissions baseline refresh calculations
- Apply and manage science based target setting methodologies for both corporate and financed emissions.
- Evaluate and recommend new methodologies, tools, and best practices for emissions measurement, target setting, and decarbonization pathways
- Provide expert guidance on the interpretation and application of climate accounting standards and frameworks.
- Evaluate climate transition and disclosure frameworks, standards, analyze rating methodologies, identify areas for improvement, and develop action plans to enhance climate transition. Strong quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, conduct rigorous analysis, and develop practical, data-driven solutions.
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Energy Management, Sustainability, Data Science, or a related technical field.
- A Master's degree is highly preferred.
- Experience: 5-8 years of progressive experience in environmental management, GHG accounting, climate risk, sustainable finance, or a related technical role, preferably within a financial institution, consulting firm, or a large corporate with a significant climate agenda.
- Deep and practical expertise in GHG Protocol Corporate Standard (Scope 1, 2, & 3).
- Extensive experience with PCAF Standard for financed emissions accounting.
- Proven experience with science based target setting and validation processes.
- Strong understanding of various sector-specific decarbonization levers and technologies (e.g., renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon capture, sustainable fuels).
- Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., advanced Excel, Python, R, Power BI, Tableau).
