Director, Sustainability Reporting

Director, Sustainability Reporting

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We are seeking an experienced and forward‑thinking Director, Sustainability Reporting to join our newly established Sustainability Reporting team within Group Finance. This is an exciting opportunity to shape how we report on climate and sustainability, ensuring our disclosures meet evolving global standards and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure external reporting aligns with TCFD, ISSB, CSRD and other sustainability disclosure requirements.
• Partner with the Chief Sustainability Office to verify the integrity of climate, carbon and other sustainability data.
• Act as a technical expert on sustainability reporting, keeping the Group up to date with standards from ISSB, FRC, PRA, HKMA and other regulators.
• Benchmark best practices with peer banks and enhance the Group’s reporting standards.
• Address and resolve audit‑related reporting issues and liaise with external auditors.
• Develop and maintain sustainability reporting policies, including taxonomies, and represent the Group in external industry forums.
• Support country teams to prepare local disclosures aligned with Group standards.
• Provide training, guidance and leadership to ensure strong technical capability across the team.
• Work closely with risk and control partners to embed robust governance and reporting frameworks.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong expertise in financial and sustainability reporting frameworks, including IFRS and ISSB standards.
• Deep understanding of climate risk, net zero concepts, and sustainability disclosure requirements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and explain technical concepts clearly.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to identify issues, propose solutions, and see them through to resolution.
• Proven ability to collaborate across diverse teams and geographies.
• Leadership mindset – able to mentor, guide, and build capability in others.

Qualifications

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (or equivalent level of experience in another field) with a Financial Services background, ideally in banking.
• Minimum of 8‑12 relevant years of experience.
• Proven track record in financial reporting with knowledge of sustainability reporting requirements.
• Experience engaging with auditors and regulators on sustainability or financial disclosures.
• Strong technical knowledge in both financial and non‑financial reporting frameworks.

About Standard Chartered

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years we have worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and want to work for a bank that makes a difference, we want to hear from you.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do.
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well.
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term.

What We Offer

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time‑off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market‑leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first‑aiders and self‑help toolkits.
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values‑driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Location: London, England, United Kingdom