ESG - Corporate Governance Analyst, (Stewardship Team)- London

Job description

ESG - Corporate Governance Analyst, (Stewardship Team)- London - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

This is a great job for someone who has responsible investment experience, with a focus on proxy voting and company engagement.

A bit about the job:

Reporting to the Head of Governance, this role based in London, will help deliver team objectives related to proxy voting, company engagement and ESG integration.. You’ll work alongside investment and ESG teams, meet investee companies, and gain knowledge of their strategies, and governance and sustainability practices. The successful candidate will execute voting rules across AI’s global portfolios and ensure timely engagement with relevant investment teams and companies in determining voting positions. Alongside this you will also work with Climate, Social and Biodiversity experts to integrate ESG considerations in voting actions.

This is a great opportunity to work in an exciting and experienced team and at a firm with a strong track record in responsible investment. 

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

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Demonstrable knowledge of the proxy voting process, including policy development, research, execution, and operations

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Highly organised approach and deadline driven

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Great all-round communicator, able to embed themselves in a team-based culture, demonstrate collaborative behaviours and drive decision making and outcomes

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Strong relationship management skills with experience of working with investment teams and engaging with investee companies

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Good understanding of financial markets and how existing and emerging ESG considerations can impact investment performance

What you’ll get for this role:

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Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

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Eligibility for annual performance bonus

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Family friendly parental and carer’s leave

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Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

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Up to 40% discount for Aviva products

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Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars

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Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

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21 volunteering hours per year

In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.

Aviva is for everyone:

We are inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Excited but not sure you tick every box? Research tells us that women, particularly, feel this way.  So, regardless of gender, why not apply. And if you’re in a job share just apply as a pair.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you.

Most of our people are smart working – spending around 60% of their time in our offices and 40% at home. We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online.  If you require an alternative method of applying, send an email to  GlobalRecruitment@avivainvestors.com .