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ESG Compliance Officer

  • Location:

    City of London

  • Sector:

    Compliance

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Contact:

    Jack Merriott

  • Contact email:

    jack@rutherfordsearch.com

  • Contact phone:

    020 3778 0309

  • Job ref:

    MEJ11367_2

  • Published:

    about 2 years ago

  • Expiry date:

    2022-02-12

​Our Client

Our client, a global active investment management firm are looking to hire an experienced ESG governance lead to establish and support the regulatory framework for the firm. The successful candidate will join a growing ESG, Infrastructure and Governance team, and will lead on regulatory developments and horizon watching, as well as advising the Responsible Investments and Assurances teams. The position will play a vital role in influencing Portfolio Managers and Analysts to assess the implications of ESG issues for sustainable investment decisions.

The company are headquartered in London and operate internationally, investing across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with an emphasis on responsible investing, which is applied broadly across the company.

Main Duties

Key responsibilities for this position will include, but are not limited to:

  • Support establishing the ESG regulatory frameworks for the firm.

  • Monitor these regulations and develop reports and frameworks in coordination with the infrastructure team.

  • Horizon scanning and liaising with the regulator ahead of developments.

  • Communicating regulatory change with the wider team.

  • Other ad-hoc ESG focused tasks.

  • Support the central Compliance team.

Your Profile

  • 3+ years of relevant experience within ESG Compliance, preferably within an Investment Management firm

  • Familiarity with regulation developments and reporting within the sphere

  • Strong background and knowledge of industry standards

  • Strong communicator

For more information about this position, please get in touch with Jack Merriott.
Email: jack@rutherfordsearch.com
Phone: 020 3778 0309
Reference Code: 11367

About Rutherford

Rutherford is a boutique search firm located in London. Our consultants are the executive specialists in compliance recruitment, and also in financial crime, legal and cyber security, all within the financial and professional services sectors in the United Kingdom and New York. We use our carefully curated relationships, networks and market knowledge to find the best fit for the clients in hand. We work with a wide range of clients, spanning from advisors, management consultants, corporate and commercial banks, brokers, exchanges, MTFs and financial tech, through to global investment managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, investment banks and technology firms. We began as a compliance recruitment firm in London and expanded to offer new resourcing expertise across legal and cyber recruitment. We have been a leading legal and compliance search agency in London for a decade and are excited about bringing our expanded offering into the technology area.