Sustainable Finance Lead

Role Overview

• Collaborate with leadership to develop and execute the Service Area strategy, go-to-market approach, and business plans.
• Provide end-to-end direction for business development, technical excellence, project delivery, and quality assurance.
• Lead recruitment, retention, and performance management; provide coaching and mentorship to drive career growth and team capacity.
• Direct the full lifecycle of complex consulting projects, ensuring high-quality execution from initiation to close-out.
• Act as a strategic advisor on market trends and regulations; manage key relationships to deliver measurable business value and sustainability impact.
• Partner with regional teams to shape opportunities, lead sales activities, and oversee proposal development.
• Define and evolve market-leading offerings, creating the frameworks, assets, and methodologies needed to stay competitive.
• Manage financial performance in alignment with global business lines and establish rigorous quality standards and training programs.
• Partner with global peers to advance thought leadership and share best practices across the organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years in sustainable finance, ESG integration, responsible investment, and/or financial services advisory.
• Proven experience leading portfolio-level ESG strategies, due diligence, and/or sustainable finance frameworks.
• Track record in business development and managing complex consulting or financial sector projects.
• Strong knowledge of key frameworks: EU Taxonomy, CSRD (FI), SFDR, PCAF, TCFD, ISSB.
• Expertise in some or all of: ESG due diligence; ESG strategy development; portfolio screening, performance improvement, monitoring and reporting; climate/transition risk, and/or investment-grade ESG insights.
• Ability to simplify and communicate complex ESG and regulatory topics.
• Experience building, leading, and developing teams.
• Strong line management capability: performance, coaching, and talent development.
• Ability to set strategic direction and coordinate across global/matrixed teams.
• Ability to lead go-to-market strategies, shape offerings, and convert opportunities.
• Strong relationships and relationship-building skills with investors, PE, banks, and corporates.
• Experience preparing proposals, scopes, and budgets.
• Ability to lead large, multi-disciplinary, full-cycle consulting projects.
• Strong executive-level advisory and presentation skills.
• Ability to design and evolve sustainable finance tools, methodologies, and offerings.
• Collaborative approach, working across business lines to ensure consistency and quality.
• Advanced degree in a relevant field (finance, economics, sustainability, business, etc.).
• ESG or sustainable finance certifications are a plus (CFA ESG, PRI, GARP SCR).

Benefits

• Work within a highly motivated team in an innovative and rapidly growing global company.
• Opportunity to have a direct impact and be a key part of the growth and development of the business and the team.
• Work solely on projects that have an impact on the sustainability and climate change. goals/challenges for clients.
• Opportunity to work with, collaborate with and learn from sustainability SME’s who are passionate about the work they do and the impact Anthesis can have.
• Exposure to a wide range of clients and projects on a global basis.
• Competitive salary in line with education, experience and skills.
• An opportunity to participate in the Anthesis Employee Participation Plan (EPP), an industry-pioneering employee incentive plan that allows all employees to be rewarded for the growth in the equity value of Anthesis.
• Cooperative, supportive and open working atmosphere.