
Sustainable Investment Specialist
- Milano
- Tempo indeterminato
- Full time
- Developing and integrating ESG strategies (screening, integration, sustainable investment, and active ownership) into the investment process, across different asset classes to:
- support Group strategic objective and target on Sustainability (e.g. climate change, biodiversity, UNSDGs)
- manage Sustainability Risk related to investment (outside-in and inside-out risks)
- comply with relevant regulation (e.g. EU Sustainable Finance framework)
- Developing specific ESG investment guidelines to support Sustainable Insurance-based Investment Products development efforts, as well as public and corporate communications, as related to industry-specific or cross-sectoral sustainability topics
- Contributing in integrating ESG topics into portfolio companies’ engagement and proxy voting
- Developing monitoring and reporting to:
- Senior management: Managerial reporting: sustainable investment KPIs and Targets
- Markets/Clients (e.g. SFDR, EU Taxonomy, CSRD)
- Supervisory Authorities (e.g. EIOPA / IVASS)
- Ensuring alignment with applicable industry, collaborating closely and liaising with stakeholders in relevant industry associations and initiatives (e.g. UN PRI, Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance, Climate Action 100+)
- Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Finance, Economics, Management or Engineering
- At least 7-10 years’ experience in a sustainable investing function, preferably within an asset owner or manager with international expertise or in the banking sector
- Solid Understanding of sustainable investing initiatives (i.e. UN PRI, TCFD, SASB, CA100+, GFANZ-NET ZERO collation)
- Solid understanding of the investment process of an asset owner/manager, in relation to different asset classes (Public Corporate/Sovereign as well as Real Asset – Private Equity, Debt and Real Estate)
- Analytical and Research skills: data-management skill will be consider a plus
- Strong presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate research findings in both written and spoken format
- Comfortable collaborating closely with senior managers
- Able to work independently, establish and maintain working relationships internally and externally
- Change management and problem solving skills
- Client focused and pragmatic
- Ability to navigate complex organizations and build multi-stakeholder relationships
- Very good knowledge of Microsoft Excel or other data management/analytics tools
- Strong knowledge and experience in writing presentation through Power Point