DO WORK THAT MATTERS.

CommBank’s Group Environmental Strategy team focuses on environmental matters, including supporting an inclusive transition to net zero emissions and climate resilience, along with nature and biodiversity.
These areas of focus are core to the Commonwealth Bank’s purpose: building a brighter future for all.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A highly experienced sustainability professional with either banking or sustainable finance experience, preferably both
• Extensive experience designing, implementing and managing Sustainable Funding frameworks and governance capability
• Deep knowledge of sustainable funding frameworks being implemented globally, including the EU taxonomy and the emerging ASFI taxonomy in Australia
• Attention to detail and ability to implement robust processes
• Ability to synthesise and make recommendations based on emerging guidance and literature related to sustainable finance, and apply it to the banking context
• Ability to implement processes for monitoring emerging trends in sustainable finance
• Strong communications skills and ability to present effectively to stakeholders
• Strong stakeholder influencing skills to partner and drive significant organisational change
• Ability to bring together appropriate cross-functional knowledge, skills and capabilities to deliver common objectives
• Strong work ethic, a curiosity to learn and an eagerness to pursue personal development
• Risk mindset - all CommBank employees are expected to proactively identify and understand, openly discuss and act on current and future risks.

THE ROLE.

Our Group Environmental Strategy team is looking for an Executive Manager to join and partner with senior sustainability and business leaders across CBA to set the bank’s environmental strategy, defining key commitments, priorities and objectives; and to ensure the bank delivers them while continuing to deliver value to our stakeholders.
This role is responsible for supporting the Group’s Sustainable Funding Governance capability, in line with emerging standards. This includes tracking our progress and frameworks against both domestic and international standards and concepts while being a valuable subject matter resource to business leaders across the bank on interpretations, information and sustainable finance strategy.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supporting business units in the interpretation of Sustainable Funding Frameworks and Guidelines for individual transactions or product design across the bank’s different business units
• Establishing and overseeing effective governance of Sustainable Funding Frameworks and Guidelines
• Undertaking special projects related to the Group’s sustainable funding activities, in the context of an evolving regulatory environment and opportunity for cross-business unit collaboration (e.g. leading consultation feedback)
• Collaborate with Group Finance and data teams to support accurate reporting of sustainable funding targets and commitments
• Reviewing and evaluating technical screening criteria from updated sustainable finance taxonomies