SUSTAINABILITY RISK ASSOCIATE I

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Job Summary: Coordinate the local implementation of climate risk management methodologies and tools, driving the integration of climate considerations into risk management. Key Responsibilities: 1. Manage the implementation of climate risk methodologies. 2. Coordinate the integration of climate criteria and variables into credit admission, monitoring, and risk management processes. 3. Design training and capacity-building programs on climate management. **Want to develop your professional career?** BBVA is a global company with over 160 years of history, operating in more than 25 countries, serving over 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with diverse profiles including finance specialists, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers, and designers. Our people make the difference in our success. **Employment Type:** Regular (Indefinite) **What Are We Looking For?** **Responsibilities:** * Manage the local implementation of climate risk management methodologies, models, tools, and frameworks defined by the Group and geography. * Coordinate the integration of climate criteria and variables into credit admission, monitoring, and risk management processes. * Promote the adoption and use of climate management tools across all involved teams—including credit admission, corporate banking, CIB, and others—to ensure their proper application. * Provide technical and functional support to users of climate risk tools and methodologies. * Coordinate with global and local teams to execute climate and sustainability risk-related initiatives and projects. * Monitor indicators, metrics, and outcomes associated with climate risk management for clients and portfolios. * Participate in developing and implementing capabilities for identifying, measuring, monitoring, and mitigating transition and physical climate risks. * Drive the integration of climate considerations into the bank’s enterprise-wide risk management frameworks. * Design and deliver training and mentoring programs to strengthen climate management capabilities across business and risk teams. * Prepare presentations, reports, and analyses for committees, management forums, and governance bodies related to sustainability and climate risk management. * Identify opportunities to improve climate management methodologies, processes, and tools, promoting continuous evolution. * Coordinate the implementation of regulatory and corporate requirements related to climate and sustainability risks. * Continuously seek business opportunities based on climate risk management through data exploitation, metrics, projects, or other means. * Promote the use of artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency and automate processes, contributing to climate risk management, evaluation, and reporting. * Perform other duties inherent to the role and assigned by the supervisor, supporting the achievement of departmental objectives. **Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree or higher in Economics, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Economic Engineering, Business Engineering, Finance, Administration, or related fields. * Minimum **3 years** of experience in risk management, sustainability, climate change, ESG risks, or environmental management—preferably within the financial sector, consulting firms, or public entities. * Specialization or complementary studies in climate risk management, sustainability, sustainable finance, climate change, or related areas. * Knowledge of physical and transition climate risks and their integration into enterprise-wide risk management processes. * Experience participating in projects implementing climate risk, sustainability, or ESG-related methodologies, models, tools, or initiatives. * Familiarity with sustainability and climate risk regulatory frameworks and international standards (e.g., TCFD, ISSB, TNFD, IFRS S1/S2, PCAF, NGFS, Equator Principles) (desirable). * Experience analyzing information and developing key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and executive reports to support decision-making. * Experience coordinating multidisciplinary projects with local and global teams. * Knowledge of credit risk management, credit admission, portfolio monitoring, and tracking processes (desirable). * Experience designing or facilitating internal user training and mentoring programs (desirable). * Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, data analysis, report development). * Knowledge of data analysis and visualization tools such as Power BI, SQL, or Python (desirable). * Interest and knowledge in applying artificial intelligence to process automation and data analysis (desirable). * Intermediate or advanced English proficiency. **Responsible Banking** --------------------- Our responsible banking model **aims to build a more inclusive and sustainable society.** Because the future of finance is financing the future. We began with the spirit of helping others make the best financial decisions. That spirit remains today and inspires us to keep moving forward—prioritizing innovation and digital transformation, and making the opportunities of this new era accessible to everyone. **Diversity** -------------- At BBVA, we believe that having a **diverse team** makes us a better bank. For this reason, we **actively support diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity**, regardless of race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, among others. We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that allows each person to bring forth their best self. **Our Values** -------------------- **Our values define our identity** and serve as the driving force behind fulfilling our purpose, guiding all our actions and decisions. **Legal Requirements** If the position you are applying for is located outside the country where you currently reside, you may need to obtain a visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit, as well as comply with any other requirements mandated by local labor and immigration regulations or applicable professional regulations for the role in that country. In the event you are selected as the final candidate, BBVA may assist you with processing the corresponding permit/visa, with the understanding that if, for any reason (i.) the relevant visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit is not issued, or (ii.) any other requirements mandated by local labor and/or immigration and/or professional regulations applicable to the role in that country are not met, unfortunately you will be excluded from the position. Likewise, if you already hold a visa and/or work permit and/or residence permit for the respective country, please indicate so when applying for the position.