DescriptionWe are looking for a sustainable products specialist to support our offerings of sustainable products towards our largest corporate and institutional clients with a special focus on the Finnish market.
The Sustainable Products Team is a specialist team within Investment Banking with responsibility for Danske Bank’s sustainable products offerings towards our most advanced clients. Our core task is to support clients in tailoring bespoke sustainable finance solutions aimed at their specific activities and financing needs, including advising on sustainable loans and sustainable bond frameworks. We also evaluate solutions developed outside Danske Bank.
Colleagues in the Sustainable Products Team are based in either Stockholm or Copenhagen, which will also be the location for this position.
Our team is among the strongest in the Nordic market and we consistently lead the sustainability leagues table within both bonds and loans. We are part of large transactions with blue chip companies as well as mid- and private equity companies.
About the role
The job offers a unique development opportunity within sustainable finance.
Your primary responsibility will relate to sustainable loans and guarantees, and over time you will be introduced to other products such as sustainable bonds.
You will be responsible for the full process, from pitching to closing. Tasks will include preparing client engagements (analysing ESG data, peer comparisons, research and outline sustainable financing options), pitch this to clients to win sustainable financing opportunities, act as the sustainability coordinator/advisor if such roles are won and perform evaluations of sustainable finance solutions structured outside Danske Bank. The work should also be properly documented.
We expect you to be our primary point of contact for the Finnish market engaging with both clients and our internal stakeholders, mainly being origination and relationship teams.
Your profile
To do well in this role you need to be flexible and comfortable with uncertainty as sustainable finance is rapidly developing. You are a self-starter and stay up to date on development in the sustainability and sustainable finance space . Ideally, you have had client facing roles in the past. You speak fluent Finnish and are willing to travel to Finland for client meetings. You are a high energy person who enjoys engaging with many stakeholders inside and outside Danske Bank and have a keen sense of quality.
Key skills and expectations:
- You have at least three years of relevant professional experience, ideally both from sustainability and finance
- Relevant higher education in finance, economics or sustainability, ideally combined
- You are fluent in Finnish and highly skilled in English
- An additional Scandinavian language is a plus
Does it sound interesting?
For further information, please email Lars Mac Key, Head of Sustainable Products, Investment Banking: lars.mackey@danskebank.se
Please apply as soon as possible as we conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.
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