Job Description:

About the Job

Reporting to the Head of Sustainable Finance, the holder will be responsible for growing the green book for Retail Banking, working with internal and external stakeholders to develop compelling green finance products as well as mobilizing green funding to support the sustainable finance initiatives.

Responsibilities

Implement the bank’s Retail banking green finance strategy and work with other stakeholders in building a centre of excellence for Retail banking green finance.
Work with Retail banking sectors leads and relationship managers to grow the green lending book for Retail banking.
Deliver an innovative sustainable finance product and service suite to meet needs of Retail banking customers and achieve business objectives.
Identify new fundraising opportunities for climate funding, trends in climate finance and emerging donor interests within the region, and work with other internal stakeholders in the conversion of these opportunities into value for the Bank’s Retail customers.
Facilitate the commercialization of sustainable finance products in liaison with product teams, business units, cross functional teams, and subsidiaries.
Serve as first line of defense in the management of climate related risks across the green lending portfolio within the legal, regulatory and Group compliance frameworks.
Work closely with Group corporate affairs team to build an internal / external stakeholder strategy promoting green lending while ensuring consistent messaging to internal and wider market.
Develop a deep understanding of sustainable finance ecosystems, mapping out opportunities for green finance and working with commercial teams on opportunity maximization.
Work with Corporate regulatory affairs to conduct ESG analysis for Retail clients as well as ESDD for Retail facilities in line with Group policy and best practices.
Align the Retail banking sustainable finance portfolio to best practice requirements including to the requirements of the various partnering development finance institutions.
Capacity development of Retail banking relationship managers, credit teams and other internal stakeholders involved in the design and delivery of sustainable finance solutions to Retail customers.
Work with the Risk, Credit and commercial teams in monitoring the performance of the green lending portfolio to keep it within the approved risk appetite for the Bank, including recovery of any nonperforming green assets.
Track the performance of the Retail green lending portfolio against establishing performance metrics and take appropriate interventions in collaboration of Retail relationship managers and sector heads.
Prepare and provide pertinent performance reports of the Retail banking green finance portfolio to senior management to guide business strategic actions.

Requirements

Hold a bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.
A minimum of six years’ experience in Retail Banking Relationship Management.
At least five years’ experience in Stakeholder Management.
A minimum of three years’ experience in Sustainable Lending/Green Finance for Retails and Climate Fundraising.
At least two years’ experience in Climate Project Management, as well as ESG and Sustainability Reporting.