(Senior) Analyst, Sustainability & Climate
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About the Role
PSP Investments is seeking a (Senior) Analyst, Sustainability & Climate to join the Sustainability and Climate Innovation group.
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Responsibilities
- Perform research and analysis on emerging sustainability and climate factors (risks and opportunities) to support integration in investment and monitoring activities across asset classes
- Support sustainability assessment and monitoring processes of external managers and general partners
- Support implementation and scaling of PSP’s climate risk framework, including identification, assessment, and monitoring of physical and transition risks
- Contribute to design and continuous improvement of sustainability and climate integration workflows, including transition from Excel based tools to scalable, data driven and AI enabled processes
- Participate in development and application of quantitative approaches (data analysis, modelling, scenario analysis) to enhance sustainability integration
- Support development and evolution of internal tools, datasets, and analytical frameworks for sustainability and climate performance assessment
- Support engagements with portfolio companies, general partners and internal stakeholders to drive adoption of sustainability and climate practices
- Contribute to development of sustainability and climate related policies, internal procedures, and integration frameworks
- Conduct research and deliver insights on emerging sustainability and climate topics, including regulatory developments
- Collaborate on external disclosure and reporting on sustainability and climate matters
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field such as sustainability, climate, finance, business administration, or a related discipline
- 2 to 4 years of relevant sustainability related experience, including climate, in sustainable investing, investment ownership or management industry
- Strong quantitative and analytical skillset, including experience with data analysis, financial or risk modelling, and structuring scalable processes
- Demonstrated interest in sustainable investing principles and practices, including knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks and reporting standards
- Excellent communication skills in both English and French (or willingness to learn French)
- Self starting capabilities, with strong capacity to identify gaps and solutions
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About The Team
- Sustainable investment is an integral part of our investment approach, helping us mitigate risk, uncover opportunities to enhance long term performance, and bring our edge.
- Our Sustainability and Climate Innovation (SCI) group spearheads our efforts.
- We are seeking a (Senior) Analyst, Sustainability & Climate to play an active role in the activities of the SCI group.
About Your Role
- Perform research and analysis on emerging factors (risks and opportunities) to support the integration thereof in the investment and monitoring activities of PSP Investments across asset classes.
- Support the sustainability assessment and monitoring processes of external managers and general partners.
- Support the implementation and scaling of PSP’s climate risk framework, including identification, assessment, and monitoring of physical and transition risks at the asset and portfolio level.
- Contribute to the design and continuous improvement of sustainability and climate integration workflows, including the transition from Excel based tools to more scalable, data driven and AI enabled (agentic) processes.
- Participate in the development and the application of quantitative approaches (data analysis, modelling, scenario analysis, and process design) to enhance the robustness, consistency, and decision usefulness of sustainability integration across asset classes.
- Support the development and evolution of internal tools, datasets, and analytical frameworks used to assess sustainability and climate performance across portfolio companies and external managers.
- Support engagements on an ongoing basis with PSP’s portfolio companies, general partners and internal stakeholders to drive adoption of sustainability and climate practices and support value creation initiatives.
- Contribute to the development of sustainability and climate related policies, internal procedures, and integration frameworks aligned with PSP’s long term investment strategy.
- Conduct research and deliver insights on emerging sustainability and climate topics, including regulatory developments and best practices for institutional investors.
- Collaborate on PSP’s external disclosure and reporting on sustainability and climate matters, ensuring alignment with leading frameworks and internal practices.
What You’ll Need
- Robust educational foundation, degrees preferred (e.g., bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field such as sustainability, climate, finance, business administration, or a related discipline). Additional sustainability related certifications are assets.
- Demonstrated expertise through two (2) to four (4) years of relevant sustainability related experience, including climate, in the sustainable investing, investment ownership or management industry.
- Strong quantitative and analytical skillset, including experience with data analysis, financial or risk modelling, and structuring scalable processes.
- Demonstrated interest in sustainable investing principles and practices, including knowledge of relevant regulatory frameworks and reporting standards related to sustainable investing.
- Demonstrated interest or experience in AI enabled workflows, data tools, or automation applied to investment, sustainability, or analytics use cases.
- Communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders (internally and externally) at all levels.
- Self starting capabilities, with strong capacity to identify gaps and solutions and to meet expectations across multiple stakeholders.
- Business acumen, blending both qualitative and quantitative analysis to solve complex business problems is an asset.
- A results oriented and goal driven mindset, with a commitment to achieving quantifiable outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills in both English and French (or a willingness to learning French if not already acquainted).
Benefits
- Investment in career development.
- Comprehensive group insurance plans.
- Competitive pension plans.
- Unlimited access to virtual healthcare services and wellness programs.
- Gender inclusive paid family leave policy: up to 26 weeks for primary caregivers, 5 weeks for secondary caregivers.
- A personalized family building support, from pre pregnancy to menopause, with available financial assistance.
- Vacation days available on day one with additional days on milestone service anniversaries, and summer Friday afternoons off.
- A hybrid work model with a mix of in office and remote days.
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