Sustainable Finance Manager (m|f|x) London

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Sustainable Finance Manager - London

About Holtara
Holtara is the leading worldwide consultancy firm specialising in ESG advisory services and software solutions. We help our clients, mostly Private Equity investors and their portfolio companies, to navigate the complexities of carbon & climate impacts, implement low-carbon practices, and achieve their sustainability goals. We are seeking a highly skilled, experienced and motivated Principal to lead our Global Carbon & Climate practice.

The role
We are looking for a Manager to join our Sustainable Finance practice. As a Manager, you would be responsible for supporting the growth of the practice through client engagement, service delivery, new product development and business development. Commented [DS1]: Perhaps just: Holtara is part of Apex and we have embarked.... Clients would include investors, assets managers and other financial services organizations, with a particular focus on private credit and private equity. Clients will also include portfolio companies across a number of sectors and geographies.

Finally, you would have direct oversight and line management responsibilities for a small team of consultants, located both in London and internationally.

Aufgaben

• Design and develop sustainable finance instruments: Work with clients, including sponsors, lenders and their portcos, to structure sustainable finance instruments, including sustainability-linked loans and bonds, green loans and bonds, and social instruments.
• Provide advice on regulatory compliance: support clients with designing investment strategies that align with regulatory instruments such as SDR, SFDR, the EU Green Taxonomy, and other relevant climate regulation and disclosure standards.
• Support Holtara thought leadership and innovation: keep abreast of ESG market development, authoring short reports and blogs on key market trends, and working to spot developments that might be relevant for our clients
• Develop new products and services: work with the broader Holtara advisory and software teams to develop new products and services to support clients with further integrating sustainable finance priorities in their practice and creating value from ESG investments
• Own client relationships: act as the primary contact point for senior clients, both during project delivery as well as continuously to ensure their priorities are met and emerging needs addressed
• Support business development efforts: work closely with the sales team to maintain a grow a pipeline of sustainable finance opportunities and onboarding new clients
• Manage junior consultants: provide management support, coaching and supervision to junior consultants and implementation specialists both in the UK and internationally

Profil / Ihre Qualifikation / Ihre Persönlichkeit:

• Educated to master level, ideally with a specialisation in finance, business, economics or closely related field
• At least 5 years of previous working experience, ideally for a financial institution (e.g. in asset management, private equity, private credit, banking, venture capital or impact investment) or financial advisory business, with a strong understanding of the trends and developments in ESG, sustainable and climate finance.
• Familiarity with the relevant organisations and frameworks active in the sustainable finance space (Green Loan Principles, Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles, Climate Bonds Initiative, etc.)
• Strong critical thinking skills to analyse complex situations and develop creative solutions
• Strong team player and experience with managing and coaching junior team members

Kontakt

Sunami Rai

HR Consultant

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