Sustainability SME

Sustainability SME Contract duration: 6 months Pay: £759-900/day (PAYE/Umbrella) Location: London (4 days onsite) We are seeking an experienced senior manager to serve as Senior Manager, Sustainability Regulatory Strategy & Execution, responsible for supporting and coordinating the firm's sustainability regulatory strategy, implementation, governance, disclosure readiness, and regulatory reporting operating model. Reporting within the Sustainability Hub, this role serves as a senior coordination and delivery lead for global sustainability regulatory programs, ensuring evolving regulatory requirements are translated into scalable operating models, effective governance, robust controls, and high-quality disclosures across enterprise and legal entity reporting. The successful candidate will partner closely with Sustainability, Risk, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Functions, regional business leadership, and legal entity governance forums to deliver consistent, controlled, and assurance-ready execution across key regulatory regimes, including CSRD, EU Taxonomy, ISSB, California SB 253/261, Singapore MAS requirements, CRR3, CRD VI and Pillar 3 ESG reporting. Key Responsibilities

1. Sustainability Regulatory Strategy & Regulatory Change Leadership

• Support the development and execution of the firm's global sustainability regulatory strategy, ensuring alignment between enterprise sustainability objectives, regulatory requirements, and legal entity obligations.
• Provide subject matter expertise and regulatory insight on sustainability and climate-related regulatory developments, assessing regulatory impacts and advising senior management on emerging risks, opportunities, and implementation priorities.
• Translate regulatory requirements into actionable implementation strategies, governance frameworks, operating model enhancements, disclosure requirements, and delivery roadmaps.
• Maintain a forward-looking view of regulatory change, supervisory expectations, industry developments, and peer practices to inform strategic decision-making and enterprise prioritization.

2. Enterprise Regulatory Execution & Program Delivery

• Coordinate and drive implementation of sustainability regulatory requirements across global and legal entity reporting obligations, driving delivery from regulatory interpretation through implementation, disclosure readiness, and business-as-usual integration.
• Support management of sustainability regulatory initiatives, ensuring clear accountability, effective prioritization, timely delivery, and resolution of execution risks.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Sustainability, Risk, Finance, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Functions, and regional stakeholders to ensure consistent and coordinated execution.
• Maintain regulatory requirements traceability, implementation documentation, and disclosure inventories to support transparency, accountability, and audit readiness.

3. Regulatory Reporting, Disclosure Readiness & Assurance

• Provide strategic oversight of sustainability and climate-related disclosures across enterprise and legal entity reporting, ensuring compliance, consistency, and alignment with regulatory expectations.
• Strengthen the firm's disclosure readiness through robust documentation standards, evidencing frameworks, controls, change management processes, and assurance support mechanisms.
• Partner with Finance, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Internal Audit to embed sustainability regulatory requirements within the firm's governance and control environment and support assurance-ready execution.
• Drive continuous enhancement of reporting capabilities, controls, and reporting processes to improve efficiency, consistency, and regulatory resilience.

4. Governance, Operating Model & Accountability

• Design and oversee the sustainability regulatory governance framework, including executive steering forums, legal entity governance engagement, escalation protocols, decision-making processes, and Board and Committee reporting.
• Establish and maintain a scalable global operating model that balances enterprise consistency with jurisdictional and legal entity-specific regulatory requirements.
• Drive governance, accountability, and control enhancement initiatives to ensure regulatory obligations are effectively owned, monitored, and executed across the organization.
• Provide regular updates to executive leadership and governance bodies on regulatory developments, implementation progress, key risks, dependencies, and strategic decisions.

5. Leadership, People Management & Stakeholder Engagement

• Manage, coach, and develop sustainability regulatory professionals while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment while building organizational capability and succession strength.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives and governance forums, influencing strategic decisions and driving alignment on sustainability regulatory priorities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across regions, functions, and legal entities to support effective implementation and embed accountability for regulatory outcomes.
• Represent the Sustainability Hub in interactions with internal governance forums, auditors, regulators, industry groups, investors, and other key stakeholders as required. Required Qualifications & Experience
• Significant experience in sustainability regulation, sustainable finance, ESG reporting, risk management, finance, controllership or related disciplines.
• Deep expertise across global sustainability and climate-related regulatory frameworks, including CSRD, EU Taxonomy, ISSB, SEC climate-related requirements, CRR3, CRD VI and Pillar 3 ESG reporting.
• Proven track record leading complex regulatory transformation programs across multiple jurisdictions, legal entities, and corporate functions.
• Strong experience designing governance frameworks, operating models, disclosure processes, controls, and assurance-ready reporting environments.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives, Boards, Committees, and governance forums.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, leadership, and strategic execution capabilities.