Sustainable Finance Strategy Manager

Job Description

As a Strategy Manager, you will be instrumental in leading on key projects in the Sustainable Finance platform, including with banks, institutional investors, private equity, and real. You will work in highly collaborative project team set ups and work with complex multi-stakeholder relationships across the private sector, governments, NGOs, and industry bodies. You will input into workstreams that draw expertise from around the organisation and amongst external partners. You will have ample opportunity to introduce and own your own workstreams within the Sustainable Finance space. As such, we are looking for someone who has experience in operating across a range of sectors and the ability to work on fast moving corporate advisory projects and longer-term coalition pieces of work.

More specifically, the role will involve

• Delivering on strategic advisory projects within the Sustainable Finance platform
• Engaging with multiple stakeholders across the investment universe – building consensus around a vision for a net zero and nature positive sector, as well how to operationalize this in key investment decisions
• Co-create approaches with our partners/clients to overcome the perceived trade-offs between cost of decarbonization, financial upside, risk
• Helping to scale the fastest growing platform in Systemiq, working alongside the platform leadership
• Partner with new platforms … to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable economy

Requirements

The Mindset, Skills & Experience we are looking for

• 7+ years professional experience in relevant fields: (advisory/consulting, strategy, thought leadership/research, project management, investment)
• 2+ years operating in a strategic advisory role
• Experience formally managing teams
• Exceptional problem solving, analytical and structuring skills with high level of comfort & enthusiasm for delivering intuitive presentations of complex data
• Understanding of key concepts and contexts within the topic area of sustainable finance, urban environment, industry, energy, or agriculture/land use
• [preferred] Experience working with real estate investors, or familiarity with the built environment value chain
• Intellectual and commercial curiosity with an interest to quickly dive into new topics,
• Collaborative team player and can-do attitude,
• Evidenced passion for SYSTEMIQ's mission and the sustainability / environment / social enterprise space,
• Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to identify opportunities and new initiatives and to turn them into reality.
• Resilience under stress and resourcefulness to deliver
• Alignment with SYSTEMIQ's values (creativity, challenge, collaborate, change, care).