Vice President - Sustainability Strategy in London

We are looking for a VP to join our Sustainability Strategy team in London.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and execution of the Sustainability Strategy for the EMEA region, aligned with Mizuho Financial Group Sustainability Strategy and Net Zero targets.
• Primary responsibilities focus on leading on data related projects, including the development of monitoring tools, and other internal initiatives to ensure the delivery of the strategy.
• Work closely with Mizuho EMEA’s risk and regulatory teams to ensure compliance with Sustainability and Climate regulatory requirements for risk assessment, monitoring and disclosures.
• This includes horizon scanning as pertains to Sustainability and leading compliance readiness reviews, as well as risk assessments.
• Support the Head of Sustainability Strategy participation in the relevant Sustainability Committees / Forums / Working Groups, including supporting materials and action logs.
• Maintain awareness of market developments with ESG data, ratings and methodologies, sharing the information with the team.
• Maintain, update and develop ESG Dashboards and MI across Risk, Business and Operational aspects, and support with the development of related metrics and targets.
• Fosters knowledge and sharing of sustainability trends across the different Mizuho EMEA teams.
• Contribute to thematic research and analysis on sustainability trends.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent.
• Collaborative nature to contribute to a successful team performance.
• Sound knowledge of the Banking Industry.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Knowledge of SQL and other data tools are an asset.
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience involving data analysis and project management.
• Great organisational and time management skills.
• Experience with stakeholder management.
• Understanding of risk management, including stress testing.
• Good communication skills.
• Experience managing and developing junior members of the team.

What Mizuho Can Offer You

Here at Mizuho, there are fantastic progression opportunities and clear paths to promotion. We will give you ample opportunity to affect change and to help grow our business. In addition to the great opportunity outlined above we are also currently able to offer:

• Competitive starting salary, plus discretionary bonus.
• Non-contributory pension.
• 27 days’ annual leave.
• Core working hours.
• Hybrid working - office and home based.
• Virtual GP.
• Wellbeing benefits, including Mental Health Allies and First Aiders.

At Mizuho, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs. We are committed to supporting equality, diversity and equality, and seek to create a workplace that is fully inclusive. We welcome applications from all sections of the community that we operate in and from all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, beliefs, gender identities and disabilities. If you require more information about our equal opportunities policy or wish to discuss any accessibility requirements or reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team – recruitment@mizuhoemea.com and we will be happy to help.