Climate Sector Expert Corporate Bank

In December 2022 our bank announced its Climate Strategy. Our climate strategy, as detailed in this report, is a plan of action designed to achieve our goal of bringing our portfolios into line with limiting global warming to a 1.5°C scenario and supporting the transition to a net zero economy by 2050. We have joined the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) providing us with a framework for our climate action. We are committed to aligning our portfolios and operations with a net zero trajectory and will seek to improve and scale our offering in terms of expertise, capital and partnerships, our key tools as a bank. We have set intermediate targets for 2030 for five priority sectors: oil and gas, power generation, shipping, commercial real estate (CRE) and residential mortgages. Currently we are assessing which other sectors will follow in 2023.
Our Corporate Bank (CB) is establishing a new Climate Team to facilitate meeting the requirements under NZBA and as published in our Climate Strategy report. The Climate Expert will predominantly focus on specific CB priority sectors (wave 1: New Energies, Shipping, CRE). Your focus will be on providing support to the sectors to enable them to successfully implement our climate plan. In addition, you will also provide knowledge and expertise in activities related to the Climate Plan, such as climate scenario analysis, climate heatmap and risk appetite. And you will be support in the further development and refinement of our climate strategy, including adjacent / new CB sectors (wave 2 selection).
As Climate Sector Expert, close coordination with internal stakeholders is in important part of your role, as well as providing guidance and training to our sector teams. If you would like to pioneer and help ABN AMRO to take steps on unexplored sustainability ground, this position may be for you!

As Climate Sector Expert, you take a supporting role on behalf of our Corporate Bank to ensure that specific sectors meet or exceed the bank’s climate ambition. Whilst maintaining our key focus regarding supporting our clients in their transition to more sustainable business models. Additionally, you liaise with key stakeholders within the bank, such as the Client Sectors, Sustainability Centre of Excellence, Sector Expertise, Risk, Grids and Finance. You work together with our Climate Lead and the other Climate Experts within SET as well as with change- and implementation managers from the Business Implementation team, Sector Expertise and Sector Coverage teams. Your initial focus is on supporting the Shipping or Commercial Real Estate or New Energies sector (wave 1 or priority sectors). But you will ensure that your learnings will be shared with so called wave 2 and 3 sectors as and when implementation commences.

Besides, you provide support to our sector teams to ensure that the processes, tools, training and guidelines are in place in order to implement and execute the Climate Strategy for our Corporate Bank. Your tasks include amongst others:
• Provide support and guidance for assessing and classifying the low-carbon transition readiness of clients;
• Organize required support for coverage bankers, such as the development of client questionnaires, writing guidance and organizing trainings for our client dialogues. Liaise with other – related programs such as SFR and CASY – to ensure requirements are aligned and efficient;
• Contribute to the development of dashboards and sector diagnostics tools, as well as sourcing the required data to ensure it is supportive for client engagement processes;
• Review and challenge existing targets;
• Be and remain updated on the latest developments on climate strategies in your sector;
• Liaise with our internal stakeholders (Risk, SFR, SF Grid) on climate (plan) related matters and provide knowledge and expertise to other climate related activities in the bank;
• Organize and/or participate in internal (and occasionally external) events to update the audience on the Corporate Bank’s climate ambitions and efforts.

As Climate Sector Expert, you are part of the Corporate Bank Sustainability Expertise Team (SET). Our team has a strong focus on facilitating the growth of the Sustainable Finance Portfolio. Which includes Sustainability Risk Advisory, Sustainable Finance Products, Sustainability Metrics Reporting, Policies and Strategy and Client Engagement for our Corporate Bank and Business Clients & Ecosystems. As Climate expert, you will also have a role in the Business Implementation and Transformation workstreams of the ongoing CB Climate Project.
Our team consists of experienced and enthusiastic colleagues. Within our team there is an open and informal atmosphere, and we are open to the opinions, views and cultural background of others. You work directly with the Climate Lead and other Climate Sector Experts within the Sustainability Expertise Team.

Do you think you are a great fit for this position? Check whether your profile matches our expectations!

• You have a strong demonstrable affinity with sustainability;
• Education: Academic master's degree (Economics – (Sustainable) Finance - Law – Environmental Science) or comparable level
• Work Experience: minimum of 5-year experience in a banking environment, preferably in Shipping / Commercial Real Estate/ Power Generation / Oil & Gas and/or Renewable Energy;

Knowledge:

• Good knowledge of bank processes, preferably with experience in a front office position and environmental, social and governmental (ESG) development
• Knowledge and /or interest in climate risk and climate strategies
• Knowledge of decarbonization targets and net zero pathways/scenarios
• Knowledge of sustainability reporting, and risk and interest to deepen that knowledge level.

• Skills: Proactive and hands-on. A team player with problem-solving skills and the ability to transfer knowledge.

In this role, you will learn a lot: in-depth knowledge about several sustainability topics and the continuously changing landscape of sustainability, the Corporate Bank’s sustainability strategy and working on a change in a large organization. Besides, you will work in an environment that is growing and developing. Therefore, your activities might fluctuate, will often be novel and you will also be able to pioneer and help our bank progress. Additionally, you will work with a team of experienced and enthusiastic colleagues.

Send us your application as soon as possible. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Peter Boogers via peter.boogers@nl.abnamro.com.. We very much look forward to meeting you!

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

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