Analyst, Sustainable Finance

Requisition ID: 167825 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture. **About the Group** Across Scotiabank, we’re committed to advancing the climate transition and promoting sustainable economic growth - for now, for the future. The dedicated and experienced Sustainable Finance Group within Global Banking and Markets provides advice and solutions to corporate, financial, public sector, and institutional clients across the Bank’s global presence. We work alongside our clients to incorporate sustainability across capital markets activities, leverage opportunities, reduce risk, and align financing and investing with sustainability strategies and goals. Our team is a combination of sustainability and finance experts with specialties that include sustainable business advice and solutions, and providing innovative solutions for sustainability challenges across all industries, geographies and sectors. **Purpose**: Primary responsibilities for this Analyst in Sustainable Finance include supporting the team in the generation of new business opportunities and successfully executing on mandates, with a focus across Latin American markets. The role will involve collaborating with a broad range of groups, including external clients as well as a variety of internal stakeholders, to develop sustainable finance products and initiatives. **Is this role right for you?** - Support client marketing efforts and execute on mandates across all sustainable finance products and industries with a focus in Latin America; - Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Scotiabank to further develop sustainable finance initiatives and explore product development opportunities; - Maintenance of detailed databases, client presentations, market communications and internal reporting; - Create sustainable finance product frameworks (green, social, sustainability, transition, KPI) for a cross-section of issuers (corporate & public sector); - Maintain current knowledge of evolving ESG trends including policy and regulatory developments (transition, ESG targets, ESG reporting, ESG ratings, taxonomies, legislations, ICMA Principles) - Maintain strong knowledge of global sustainable finance market developments (market trends, financial product development, structuring) - Provide insightful thought leadership for both clients and internal stakeholders including market commentary, opinion pieces, recommendations and ad hoc analysis; and - Manage external collaboration initiatives and third-party vendor relations including conferences, trade associations, ESG working groups, SPO verifiers, ESG ratings providers, credit rating agencies, accounting firms and more. **Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have**: - 1-3 years of relevant experience (ESG/ sustainability, investment/ corporate banking, debt capital markets (DCM), equity capital markets, management consulting, corporate finance); - English and Spanish speaking and writing skills required; - Experience in ESG/ sustainability considered an asset; - Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in finance, business, economics and/or sustainability and - Advanced professional designation preferred (Master’s degree, CFA, CPA). Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.