Join Us in Pioneering Climate and Environmental financial Risk Initiatives!

Are you passionate about driving change and shaping the future of sustainable financial risk? Do you have a keen eye translating principles into actions? Are you good with numbers and easily deficer financial models? Can you see how to translate the qualitative to quantitative? Ready to push boundaries to lead initiatives in climate risk management? The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is seeking a hands-on dynamic, self starter and experienced Principal, Climate Risk to join our Climate Risk Team.

Purpose of Job

As the Principal, Climate Risk, you will spearhead the implementation of EBRD’s internal climate risk methodologies and related financial sustainability approaches. You will lead the development and execution of approaches aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) principles, now ISSB within the EBRD’s operations.

Facts/Scale

• Drive execution and implementation of key climate risk and financial sustainability initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the Bank to develop and implement methodologies, processes, and assessment frameworks.
• Mentor and enable junior team members to support project delivery.
• Engage with similar professionals to share best practices and foster collaboration.

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Develop, refine, and maintain methodologies in line with ISSB requirements.
• Translate emerging sustainability requirements into financial risk management procedures.
• Roll out procedures across relevant departments, initiate pilots, and monitor implementation.
• Have and maintain domain expertise in ISSB, TCFD, CSRD and related climate risk subjects.
• Drive aspects of the team’s strategy and provide input to the Bank’s leadership on financial sustainability matters.

Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Can create order with disorder, manage ambiguity.
• Strong communication, persuasion and stakeholder management skills.
• Self-starting mentality with a drive to deliver high-quality results promptly.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and presentation.
• Sound database assessment skills and data management experience.
• We are a small hands on team – you will draft, prepare and collect and assess.

Experience and Knowledge

• Proven experience in climate risk and credit risk fields.
• Ability to translate ESG risk standards into financial inputs for scenario analysis and aggregation.
• Understanding and quantifying financial risk climate change and environment risks.
• Sound familiarity with ISSB, TCFD, CSRD, and other emerging standards.
• Understanding of financial risk frameworks and key concepts of credit risk management.

What is it like to work at the EBRD?

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience! You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people’s lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in;
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity;
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.

Diversity is one of the Bank’s core values which are at the heart of everything it does. A diverse workforce with the right knowledge and skills enables connection with our clients, brings pioneering ideas, energy and innovation. The EBRD staff is characterised by its rich diversity of nationalities, cultures and opinions and we aim to sustain and build on this strength. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities. As an inclusive employer, we promote flexible working and expecting our employee to attend the office 50% of their working time.