Crisil - Lead Analyst - Sustainable Lending - ESG/Climate Risk

Key Roles & Responsibilities :

Client and project management :

- Be CRISIL's subject matter expert in sustainable lending during client engagements

- Identify requirements in risk assessment of sustainable transactions through the loan life cycle - underwriting, risk rating processes, regulations, compliance, portfolio monitoring, loan recovery / resolution, among others

- Lead / execute new client pilots for new opportunities in the sustainable lending (ESG + Climate risk work streams) space

- Lead and manage assigned engagements / projects in the sustainable lending (ESG and climate risk projects in ICR) and credit risk space

Support in growing ICR's sustainable lending franchise:

- Work with business leaders to modify/build business offerings to meet the market needs

- Leverage know-how on the subject and industry network to provide leads to business leaders for establishing and expanding business (top tier large and regional banks) in the sustainable lending space

- Track regulatory developments across different regions in sustainable lending to ensure that our offerings and services stay relevant

- Work closely with business heads and business development team to identify opportunities and plan go-to-market strategies for offerings in this space

- Support the business leaders with research and preparations on proposals, Requests for Proposal and Request for Information responses

- Take the lead to demonstrate CRISIL's capabilities (in white papers, point of view notes, webinars, etc.) in the sustainable lending space

Team management :

- Lead teams of analysts to deliver on client requirements

- Manage the performance of team members, conduct regular quality reviews and responsible for workflow management

- Train new hires in the team and coach team members to keep them updated with changes

Job Skills & Qualifications :

- MBA/CA/CFA/ + Certifications in ESG / Climate risk / Sustainable finance (GARP, etc.)

- Knowledge of existing and evolving regulations impacting the credit and sustainable lending space

- Strong understanding of credit risk criteria and climate risk assessment frameworks

- 7-9 years of experience in the credit risk space with good exposure to ESG assessment of banks' lending portfolio, climate risk assessment of banks' lending portfolio, monitoring KPIs / SPTs in banks' sustainable loans

- Excellent organization, oral, and written communication skills with ability to interpret business problems and respond with sharp solutions

- Strong domain knowledge, team management and problem-solving skills, with experience of leading moderately-sized teams (4-5 members)

- Ability to work in a high-pressure, deadline-oriented environment and work independently with minimal supervision

About Global Research & Risk Solutions:

Global Research & Risk Solutions is the world's largest and top-ranked provider of high-end research and analytics services. We are the world's largest provider of equity and fixed income research support to banks, and the foremost provider of end-to-end risk and analytics services to trading and risk management functions at world's leading financial institutions. We provide corporate research and analytics solutions to operations, strategy, and sales and marketing teams of corporations globally. Coalition provides analytics and business intelligence to 14 leading global investment banks. We operate from 8 research centers in Argentina, China, India and Poland, working with clients across time zones and languages. Being part of CRISIL enables us to attract and retain top quality talent. We have over 2,300 employees, 75% of whom hold advanced degrees in finance, accounting and management. We employ the largest number of CFAs and CFA aspirants in India. We have won top honours at the World HR Congress on Talent Management and HR Project for the year 2015. We have also won the NASSCOM Exemplary Talent Practices Award (NExT Practices) for skill development for two years in succession in 2011 and 2012. The award recognizes us as a firm that has the vision to proactively invest in its people and get them future-ready.