Do Work That Matters:
As Australia’s largest bank, CommBank is committed to supporting Australia’s transition to net zero emissions. Our customers are at the centre of everything we do. We have over 48,000 employees across our retail, business and institutional banking, superannuation, investment and broking businesses, as well as a range of interests around the world. As such, we offer a broad range of opportunities for our employees to continue to build on their skills and develop their careers in new and interesting directions.
Our Group Environmental Strategy team is responsible for shaping the Group’s approach to nature and guiding how we identify and manage nature related risks & opportunities. Within the Group Environmental Strategy team, the Nature team works closely with Net Zero and Climate Resilience teams to translate complex insights into actionable executive recommendations.
We're seeking a team member to join our Nature team as Manager, Nature Strategy and Analytics. Our ideal candidate will have strong GIS, quantitative analysis and coding skills, with a sustainability background or environmental strategy experience. A strong understanding of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Framework (TNFD) is preferred.
The Role:
As part of our Group Environmental Strategy team, you’ll support the Senior Manager, Nature Strategy to deliver our nature priorities across the bank. Your near-term focus will include implementing a nature risk & opportunity assessment aligned to the Group Environmental Strategy and helping to embed TNFD-aligned practices across the business.
Your responsibilities:
Lead the GIS and quantitative analysis that will underpin delivery of a nature risk and opportunity assessment, including the evaluation of nature-related datasets and development and implementation of methodologies for risk analysis.
Help to maintain strong collaboration with key stakeholders across the Group to develop decision-useful metrics and actionable insights, and support business teams with embedding analysis into internal processes.
Contribute to the development of the Group’s capabilities on nature, by sharing knowledge and expertise on key nature-related topics, including those covered by the nature risk and opportunity assessment.
Monitor external nature‑related developments and engage, as appropriate, in external nature-related partnerships and initiatives.
Partner with the broader Environmental Strategy team (Net Zero and Climate Resilience) on adjacencies, including data projects.
Your skills and experience:
Exceptional data analytics skills with demonstrated experience with GIS (analysing large geospatial datasets using open-source tools preferred) quantitative analysis and coding skills (Python preferred, SQL).
A strong background in sustainability or environmental strategy experience and familiarity with global and national nature-related frameworks (primarily the TNFD), policies and initiatives preferred.
Ability to work autonomously to extract key business and risk insights related to the financial and societal implications of nature-related issues from complex data analysis and communicate them clearly and concisely to team leaders.
Undergraduate qualifications in Geography, Environmental Management, Economics or other related field and/or relevant Graduate Diploma or Masters Qualification.
Your Development and Career Progression:
At CommBank, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce reflecting the customers, businesses and communities we serve. As a values driven organisation, we nurture and support our people through focusing on skill and talent development, collaboration, flexibility and internal promotion.
We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office.
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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