ESG Risk Officer

Job Purpose

The job purpose is to coordinate the management of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk by providing a detailed insight into the effectiveness and Efficiency of the ESG Framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drafting ESG related Risk policies and procedures.
• Dealing with regulatory bodies and other stakeholders to understand and monitor ESG related regulations and covenants.
• Regular review of Financial and Non-Financial ESG related assessments completed by all stakeholders
• Drive an ESG culture and mindset across the business and all its stakeholders.
• Coordinate the activities of the ESG Management Committee and ensure effective management of all ESG Secretariat business.
• Perform independent portfolio level analysis and stress tests on exposures to ESG Risk in the Credit portfolio of the bank.
• Monitor ESG risk exposure to the capital of the bank through regulatory or governance breaches.
• Pro-actively analyze data and flag gaps in unutilized opportunities for Green lending. for
• Undertake validation of documentation that supports implementation of the ESH Framework and related activities
• Coordinate the development and implementation of the ESG Framework and work plan of the bank and ensure it is regularly updated.
• Evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of the bank’s various stakeholders in the implementation of the bank’s ESG Framework.
• Report incidences of violations of the bank’s ESG Framework and track all exceptions for reporting to management, KCBU Risk Management and Board Risk Committee.
• Ensure ESG risk reporting requirements are observed including the adoption of Risk Monitoring toolkits i.e. RCSA.
• Prepare ESG risk report(s) for management, BRC and Group.

Daily Responsibilities:

• To monitor the bank ESG risks across the lending portfolio types and identify specific risk items to be addressed and give recommendations to the Head of Risk.
• Monitor ESG risk exposure to be within the capital requirement with focus on management of exposure across different departments.
• To monitor ESG related limits established in the Risk Appetite Statement to ensure all violations are reported promptly.

Other

• Attend scheduled and unscheduled meetings.
• Stakeholder engagements and support.