Company DescriptionJoin the UAE\'s largest bank and one of the world\'s largest and safest financial institutions. Our focus is to create value for our employees, customers, shareholders and communities to grow through differentiation, agility and innovation. We are looking for top talent and your success is our success. Accelerate your growth as you help us reach our goals and advance your career. Be ready to make your mark a top company, in an exciting and dynamic industry. JOB PURPOSE:Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues is a key driver in better business performance and stakeholder value.Heightened requirements in the field of ESG risk management and sustainable finance framework (SFF) are driven by key stakeholders such as regulators, other authorities, shareholders, clients, and market preferences. Hence, it is important that the ESG risk team has a solid foundation when it comes to ESG risk assessments, SFF due diligence assessments, monitoring data and making better informed decisions based on data.FAB wants to focus more on ESG going forward, as it is increasingly impacting our clients and represents risks for them, and hence for us. FAB wants on the medium term to be a regional leader on ESG risk management, not only among peers, but among all companies. And to that order not only taking care of our own risks, but also providing guidance to our customers, and help them perform financially better and by that making the transition to a world, where ESG and focus on sustainable transition is material.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:Generic Accountability

• Apply the ESG risk management to the highest level in the MENA region
• Assist in creating an ESG risk culture in FAB (e.g., knowledge sharing, supporting business lines in applying the ESG risk framework)
• Seamless collaboration with the Group to implement ESG risk and Sustainable Finance framework (SFF)
• Uphold FAB and G-ESG team values

Job ContextSpecific Accountability

• Assist in implementing the ESG risk framework including sanity checks of ESG assessments and deep dive assessments, as needed
• Contribute to preparing ESG disclosures/metrics, internally and externally, under the ESG Risk team
• Assist in conducting research to improve the SFF and ESG risk due diligence assessment methodology
• Assist in drafting ESG data analytics and intelligence provided to Group-ESG, e.g., but not limited to ESG trends on sectors, peer best practices, emerging regulatory requirements, FAB markets and countries, regions, issues, and incidents.

Assist in preparing Group-ESG educational and training material to build the level of ESG awareness in the Bank and culture#LI-SD1QualificationsMinimum Qualification

• Must have a relevant bachelor or an advanced degree in finance, economics and or sustainability
• Developed technical, analytical, collaboration, stakeholder management, presentation, and communication skills
• Demonstrated expertise in analyzing ESG risks and trends, and how they relate to other factors

Minimum Experience

• Optimal 1-3 experience working with ESG risks and risk management or analytics in a financial organization, large company, university, or government body such as central bank, regulator etc.

First Abu Dhabi Bank