Director, Head of Sustainability and Impact Advisory, Asia Pacific

Core Responsibilities:

· Coordinate and perform ESG engagement and advisory with/to with APAC clients

· Lead the business development and origination of sustainable financing solutions across GLBA APAC

· Actively contribute to raising awareness and spread the knowledge on sustainability among GLBA staff in APAC region

· Participate actively in the reinforcement of our external communication on the Group's sustainability ambition and capabilities through notably external engagement and active involvement in external working groups and collaborative initiatives.

· SHIFT project: lead and coordinate the APAC SHIFT program across APAC region including new businesses.

· Support APAC management as expert team on sustainability topics for external engagement and internal policy development.

· Where necessary, work with teams outside of GLBA to coordinate the sustainability strategy and engagement with regulators in the region (e.g. central RSE team, CPLE, RISQ, MARK).

Resource Management:

· Handling of sensitive issues

· Development of staff (i.e. having a growth plan, filling in products gaps, upgrading as necessary)

· Ensuring job descriptions exist, individual appraisals are carried out and objectives are in place

· Ensuring appropriate resources are adequately utilized

Culture & Conduct:

· Embody SG’s Code of Conduct and demonstrate the adequate appropriation and continuous improvement on Culture & Conduct issues by (i) adhering to GLBA and compliance policies and procedures, and when interacting with external partners/vendors, customers, and colleagues and (ii) by identifying conduct risks and incidents and systematically processing their root causes, so as to prevent them in the future.

· Ensure that deadlines are met (incl. for mandatory trainings, controls performance and IGAD or regulatory recommendations) and that mandatory tasks are of high quality

· Contribute to improving the data quality and ensure exhaustiveness, accuracy and prompt update of data produced or owned on your perimeter

· Through a sound environment encouraging speak-up and ethical decision making

· Practical and inventive spirit, rigor, ability to obtain information

· Analytical quality and spirit of synthesis

· Ability to work alone and in a team, ability to cooperate effectively with different departments involved

· Excellent oral and written communication skills

· Knowledge of the different structured finance businesses of GLBA

· Good understanding of SG's organization as well as the wider SG's markets capabilities in terms of lending, capital, market, derivatives

· Strong origination capabilities as well as advisory

· Experience in working in an international environment

· Experience in interaction with governmental bodies, regulators and international institutions

· Important risk awareness culture and adherence to compliance and regulatory policies

Behavioral Skills

· Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I encourage and demonstrate positive out of the box thinking

· Team Spirit - Conflict Management: I anticipate conflicts and strive to resolve them fairly and sustainably

· Client - Client focus: I nurture a long-term relationship with the clients/internal partners

· Innovation - Change management: I lead my team through the change process

· Commitment - Inspiration/Vision: I inspire others by communicating a clear vision and strategy

· Commitment - Sustainability: I develop people

Note - This job role will be open for Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore locations

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I):

Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our vision:

· Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate

· Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents

· Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

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Department Description

The GLBA Sustainability and Impact Advisory team in APAC is responsible to drive GLBA APAC’s sustainability strategy, positioning ESG leadership as a differentiating factor to enhance client relationships and boost origination in the region through:

(i) Facilitating client engagement when E&S expertise is needed, supporting the origination process and developing innovative offerings to accompany our clients in their sustainability and transition journeys.

(ii) Assessing the ESG risks associated with clients and transactions, developing COV, CPM, F&A sectors, DCS and IBD’s understanding of our clients' sustainability strategies, challenges, and needs through training, workshops, and knowledge sharing

(iii) Originating and structuring sustainable financing products (green, social, sustainability-linked loans and bonds), monitoring and analysing sustainable finance market trends, market standards and best practices and building COV, F&A sectors, DCS and IBD’s understanding of such products

SIA APAC Sustainable Finance is also expected to support broader SIA initiatives from other regions, including Impact Based Finance, Nature Capital Solutions, Social Impact Solutions and ESG Corporate Advisory, where feasible.

As the Head of GLBA/SIA APAC, responsibilities are to lead all the above initiatives as well as defining the overall team strategy and priorities, develop the team and manage resourcing. In addition, the role requires active contribution to our external communication on the Group's CSR ambitions.