The position is part of the ESG Rating agency of the EthiFinance Group, which produces solicited and non-solicited ESG ratings of European companies and supplies Second Party Opinions for green, social and sustainability bond issuers. We serve customers across Europe. The role of this methodology and product expert will be to develop, manage and improve products and methodologies offered by the ESG Agency, in collaboration with colleagues from the Research & Operations Team (Product Line Coordinators and Sector Research Leads).

Responsabilities

• Facilitate and coordinate the development and update of product methodologies, in collaboration with the Product Line Coordinators and Sector Research Leads (ESG ratings and scores, assessment of climate transition plans, sector matrices, SPOs, contribution to the sustainable development goals, etc.)

• Coordinate and contribute to writing studies and papers on the ESG database or key ESG trends, in collaboration with the ESG Research team

• Collaborate with the EthiFinance Analytics team on research and development of models and methodologies (on climate, biodiversity, etc.)

• Provide training on methodologies to analysts and other colleagues (Sales, Client Relations, Credit Rating…)

• Build and manage a monitoring system of regulation, ESG topics, new trends, etc.

• Collaborate with the marketing team on news & short insights to share with clients

• Present products and methodologies to clients and prospects in conjunction with the sales team and provide methodology inputs to Sales on RFPs

• Work closely with the IT team on the maintenance of production tools and ongoing IT developments (contributing to the writing of specifications, testing new developments, etc.)

Reporting line: The Methodology and Products Expert will report directly to the Global Head of ESG Methodology and Products.

• Entry level (Master’s degree)

• Specialization in ESG, environmental science, political science, finance, economics, or similar

• Ability to work in autonomy, in a thorough and efficient way

• Team spirit and excellent interpersonal skills

• Initiative and ability to propose new ideas

• Successful first experience of ESG / sustainability and the sustainable finance market

• Excellent level of English, both written and spoken

• Good level of French and/or German and/or Spanish, both written and spoken

• Excellent knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint and ease with digital tools, a good knowledge of Python or R is a plus