Job Title: Associate Director | Financial Services | Bengaluru | Finance Transformation
Context – HSBC Global Finance
· Global Finance aspires to be the best finance function in the financial services industry, delivering powerful insights to our customers, within the bank and externally.
· We work as a seamless team to support HSBC’s businesses to deliver our strategy. We champion innovation and continuous improvement as we strive to give our customers a consistently better experience.
Senior Manager, ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Reporting
· The Senior Manager, ESG Reporting, will work with senior business, functions and finance stakeholders to ensure that Group external ESG disclosures are fair, balanced, understandable, and meet disclosure requirements.
· This role is a unique opportunity to work in an area of growing interest to regulators, investors, and the wider external market. Disclosure rules and regulation for ESG topics are evolving globally. There is a need to understand new and changing disclosure requirements, and how these can be best met through Group’s external reporting.
· As the ESG disclosures have grown in prominence, there has been an increased need for robust assurance and oversight of disclosed ESG materials.
· The Senior Manager, ESG Reporting, is responsible for the design, execution and documentation of Group’s disclosure and related controls to ensure consistent, reliable and accurate reporting of non-financial data. This includes but is not limited to:
- Analysing and operationalizing the delivery of the new ISSB standards, in the context of Group disclosures, as well as understating and supporting implications at local jurisdictions as ISSB standards get adopted locally.
- Lead on the delivery of the ISSB standards that are evolving. To start with, the focus will be on implementation of HKEX mandated standards, expanding to other standards as and when they get issued.
- Engage with DAO and FCD teams on the strategic solutions related to new requirements.
- Input into the consultation responses on ISSB standards by engaging with Group Regulatory Policy Team and other relevant teams
- Manage operational aspects of production of the interim and year-end disclosures, including drafting of governance papers
- Involvement in supporting the wider HSBC ESG strategy
- Support/consult/engage with key stakeholders in Group
- Support on the implementation of other regulations where ESG plays a part (eg. CSDDD working with GCOOO).
Experience
· 10-14 years of solid experience in Finance at a major institution, including demonstrable end-to end ownership of ESG/sustainable external disclosures or regulatory reporting with ESG disclosure integration experience.
· Commercial outlook – able to connect numbers, performance drivers and ‘real world’ events.
· Deep knowledge of HSBC’s business strategy, operations and structure.
· Highly motivated, diligent, collaborative, personable and capable of working independently and exercising judgment.
· Project management skills, including creating lean processes and governance structures.
· Strong people and communication skills – able to develop and articulate a viewpoint when working with a broad range of stakeholders.
· Strong written skills – to both create slide presentations as well as writing governance papers to the highest governance forums within the organisation
· Able to prioritise tasks, resolve problems and respond effectively to emerging issues.
· Able effectively to work effectively within a complex, global organisation.
Qualifications
· Quantitative degree, ideally with professional education in Finance (Qualified Accountant).
Skills
· Strong skills in Excel, Word, PowerPoint. Fluent English (written and spoken).
Additional skills - good to have
· Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and technologies, and an interest in leveraging AI to enhance productivity and reporting efficiency