Senior ESG Tooling & Methodology Lead

Details

This role leads the strategic development and continuous improvement of ABN AMRO’s ESG assessment methodology, processes, tooling, governance, reporting and implementation for Corporate Banking clients. It combines sustainability expertise with tooling and data affinity, stakeholder management and hands-on change leadership across sustainability, business, risk and technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development of ESG assessment methodology, including design principles, governance, calibration and periodic review.
• Work with ESG subject-matter experts to maintain and further develop the quality of ESG assessments.
• Define and drive the roadmap for ESG tooling and dashboards in collaboration with technical teams, acting as the senior link between business and IT.
• Translate market standards, regulatory expectations and internal sustainability ambitions into improvements to assessments, processes and management information.
• Represent the business perspective in senior discussions with Risk and other control functions.
• Own and improve the end-to-end ESG assessment process, identifying opportunities for simplification, scalability and improved data quality.
• Drive implementation and adoption of methodology and tooling changes through guidance, communication and user support.
• Monitor framework effectiveness through reporting and stakeholder feedback, and initiate improvements.
• Lead complex initiatives independently from concept through implementation.

Working Environment

You will join the CB ESG Expertise team within the Sector & Sustainability Expertise Department. The role involves collaboration with Corporate Banking Clients, Strategic Risk Management, IT Grids / CDS, Financing Solutions and Credit Risk teams. You will report to the Head of ESG Expertise and work in a dynamic environment where sustainability expectations, business needs and regulatory developments continue to evolve.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Sustainability, Finance, Economics, Business, Law or another relevant academic field.
• 5–8 years of relevant professional experience, including leadership of complex methodology, tooling, risk, sustainability or transformation initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of ESG and sustainability, with the ability to translate external developments into practical business and risk implications.
• Demonstrated experience designing, governing and improving ESG methodologies, assessment frameworks, decision rules and processes.
• Experience translating business and methodology needs into functional, data and tooling requirements.
• Experience working with business, risk, data and technology teams.
• Strong data affinity, including understanding data requirements, quality limitations and their implications for ESG methodologies and decision-making.
• Experience working in complex stakeholder environments, preferably at the intersection of business, risk and technology.
• Affinity with or experience in lending processes, sustainability risk management, client assessments and data-driven tooling.
• Experience with development of IT tooling.
• Strong strategic thinking, methodology, governance, quality, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work independently and lead complex initiatives with limited supervision.
• Excellent spoken and written English.

Benefits

• Gross monthly salary of €6,066–€8,666 based on a 36-hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
• Pension scheme.
• Flexible working, with working from home possible in consultation with the team and depending on the role; an ergonomic home-office setup is provided.
• Five weeks of vacation per year, two mandatory additional days off and the option to purchase up to four extra weeks annually.
• Five “Banking for better days” for personal development or volunteer work.
• Development budget of €1,000 per year, accumulating up to €3,000.
• Annual public transport pass for travel throughout the Netherlands for business and private use.