Location: Any CEE country
Department: Wholesale BankingPrague
Manager: EMEA Head Sustainable Finance (functional -Amsterdam) and Head of WB CEE Network (hierarchical - Prague)
Your role & work environment:
Are you passionate about sustainability and engaging with clients on this theme? Do you believe that sustainable business is the future? A growing number of major companies have adopted sustainable business strategies to ensure their long-term resilience and profitability. As a result, new sectors are emerging, and business models are developing that require creative financial solutions. Companies are looking for banks and investors, which will finance their transitions towards sustainability. This provides ING with solid business opportunities which are profitable and contribute to a sustainable global economy.
ING receives high rankings in sustainability indexes and is considered as a leader for the integrated approach of sustainable business. The Sustainable Finance team is growing and provides sustainable financing solutions to clients through its regional hubs in Amsterdam, Brussels, New York, and Singapore. To drive the business further in the CEE region (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, and Ukraine) we seek to extend our team by attracting a Sustainable Finance Lead. You will drive the sustainable business for existing and potential clients within this region jointly with the client and product coverage teams on the ground.
We are looking for an entrepreneurial professional who would enjoy further growing the business, can support all product groups by structuring sustainable solutions and accelerate potential across the region.
Responsibilities:
The Sustainable Finance Lead CEE will:
Execute the EMEA sustainable finance strategy into the local market and as such will craft marketing & origination plans, identify growth opportunities and groundbreaking sustainable structures for the various product groups.
Work with the Sustainability Champions network within Wholesale Banking CEE to formulate & execute a regional strategy.
Drive innovations in new sustainable finance products and structures, which will provide added value to clients and drive sustainable business with our clients.
Responsible, together with all front office teams, to originate & execute sustainable transactions.
Act as face to the market for Sustainable Finance. As such you will build & manage relations with experts, advisors and industry/finance & governmental bodies enabling you to be an active advocate in external conferences, roundtables, and associations & increase credibility towards clients.
Improve and build ING's profile in sustainable business initiatives for employees, clients, peers, and other partners.
Profile
A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and has the ability and drive to always being a step ahead. In other words, strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. A naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals and challenges the status quo and is eager to propose creative solutions to problems.
The Sustainable Finance Lead is expected to be/have:
Client focused, yet detail oriented as well in relevant sustainable finance regulation
Client engagement is the key priority in further strengthening the sustainability profile of our clients and drive the Sustainable Finance business
Orientation in Sustainability or Sustainable Finance
Orientation in CEE region and the relevant country-specific decarbonization agendas
Analytical & creative mindset
Entrepreneurial spirit to drive the business in the region
Able to take to service clients with a product agnostic mindset
Experience in origination and execution of transactions with a minimum of 10 years of commercial experience (ideally both financial transactions experience in structured finance, debt capital markets, credit analysis and/or deal structuring, and/or sustainability related roles) with minimum 5 years of active client-facing front-office experience
Leadership experience (Team Lead also qualifies)
International team exposure/experience
Ability to mobilize the organization in a collaborative spirit
A good network within ING Wholesale Banking CEE and/or external stakeholders with regards to sustainable development
A master’s degree holder in Business/Finance or other relevant disciplines (additional sustainability related academic background a positive)
Fluent in English (verbal and written)
Society is transitioning to a low-carbon economy - so are our clients and so is ING. While we finance a lot of sustainable activities, we still finance more that aren’t. Learn more about how we’re progressing in our latest Climate Progress Update.