GSC: UK ESG Specialist

Job title:

GSC: UK ESG Specialist

Company

HSBC

Job description

Job Advert DetailsSome careers shine brighter than others.If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.Your career opportunityAs a part of HSBC’s climate and sustainable finance agenda, the Group has made public commitments to build a net zero economy through a.) Becoming a net zero bank b.) Supporting our portfolio of customers to thrive through transition c.) Unlocking next-generation climate solutions. Wealth Management and Private Banking has an important role to play in bringing the strategy to life for our client segments from mass retail to UHNW. Our vision is to empower clients to make a positive change in the world through wealth value creation. ESG/SI is an incremental opportunity as well as a transformational change to our business which will enable us to deliver sustainable growth, protect our market share, and support the Group ambition.By working with various stakeholders including Global ESG Solutions team, Products, Business, risk stewards, COO, Transformation, Group Sustainable Finance and other functions, the role holder will contribute and deliver the ESG strategy across the full client continuum (Wealth and Private Bank) in the UK to implement a globally consistent and locally relevant best-in-class ESG proposition, sharing global guidance and best practice.What you’ll do

• Leadership: Supporting thought-leadership workstream, content editing, updating and reviewing for both internal and external publications to support thought leadership and marketing workstream.

• Marketing: Supporting the workstream’s deliverables and partnering with the local marketing teams for adaptation and implementation of projects and campaigns such as client events.

• Products: Driving ESG product governance and approval, providing support on an ongoing basis to translate investment ideas into approved product capability to meet business growth targets while ensuring the right client outcomes are achieved. Ensure consistent classification of Group Sustainable Investments definition as well as UK requirements/regs.

• Risk and Regulation: keeping appraised of evolving industry developments in ESG investing and new regulatory standards in UK, through cooperation with other Group entities and risk stewards, to gain insight into emerging risks, best practices and interpretations. Coordinate and implement necessary changes in the UK to meet Group’s internal ESG framework and local regulatory requirements.

• Business Management: ongoing support to the ESG team and work with COO team in coordinating reports, events, activities. This also includes supporting group reporting requirement and client facing teams on their ESG requests.

• Client journey integration: through close interaction with Global ESG Solutions team, drive and support the implementation of deployment of ESG capabilities in the UK, including client reporting, advisory integration and preference capturing.

What you need to have to succeed in this role

• Knowledge and experience of investment product and services along with their associated risks.

• Passionate about ESG topic. Having prior ESG experience will be preferred.

• Previous experience in wealth management, private banking, proposition development, strategy consulting and/or analytics with exposure to strategy development, proposition formation, product development, commercial management across specific traditional and/or digital financial product categories and customer segments.

• Knowledge of Wealth/Private Banking client journey and the UK market to include regulatory framework, competitor landscape, customer and industry insights.

• Experience with multi-geography team/across various client segments.

• Understanding of HSBC WPB Strategy and the Group is beneficial. Willingness to learn (IMC, CFA and/or Certificate in ESG investing underway).

What we offer

• Competitive salary

• Annual performance-based bonus

• Additional bonuses for recognition awards

• Multisport card

• Private medical care

• Life insurance

• One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN).

• Corporate parties & events

• CSR initiatives

• Nursery discounts

• Language classes

• Financial support with trainings and education

• Social fund

• Flexible working hours

• Free parking

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process:

• Interview with the hiring manager

We are looking to hire as soon as possible so don’t wait and apply now!You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.We thank all interested candidates for their applications. We reserve the right to contact only selected candidates.Applications sent to us will be taken into consideration only if they include the following statement:“I hereby declare that I have familiarized myself with the Privacy Statement for Applicants published at http://www.about.hsbc.pl/careers and I hereby give consent for personal data included in my application to be processed for the purposes of recruitment in HSBC Service Delivery (Polska) Sp. z o. o. according to rules described in the Privacy Statement for Applicants, as per the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (GDPR).”In case you would like to resign from participation in recruitment process or withdraw previously sent to us application, please email us at: krakow.recruitment@hsbc.com

Expected salary

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 05:57:49 GMT

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