Purpose
This new strategic role will contribute to the overall success of the Aztec Group through the leadership and delivery of sustainability services to our clients and driving the growth strategy of the team.
Reporting to a member of the Group Executive Committee, the individual will be a senior leader within the wider Group, with responsibility for leading internal sustainability operations, and, identifying and implementing new services and revenue streams.
The role will require the individual to shape priorities, approach and strategic direction in this exciting area
Key responsibilities:
- Developing and leading the overarching Sustainability Strategy for Aztec Group
- Discuss ESG topics and sustainability initiatives with prospective and current clients
- Express views on ESG trends through thought leadership pieces
- Developing a data-driven ESG assessment process by setting up the ESG frameworks and processes with data providers
- Development of ESG intellectual and thought leadership pieces including carbon foot printing methodology
- Researching material ESG concerns relating to our clients
- Supporting and developing tools for the effective integration of ESG analysis
- Drive Climate and Environmental topics through internal committees with the aim, of becoming carbon neutral as an organization
- Own the calculation of the carbon footprint of the business and drive the reductions of this through time, through review of suppliers, and approach to environmentally friendly options
- Working with internal and external stakeholders to enhance their sustainability knowledge and awareness ensuring that ESG factors are included in their corporate, investment and business ambitions for the future.
Day to Day Duties:
- Develop and deliver our Sustainability product strategy into the marketplace to meet our clients needs
- Maximise product revenues
- Ensure high quality service delivery
- Manage and maximise client satisfaction
- Internal Sustainability champion
- Represent Aztec in relevant external groups
Governance
- Sustainability reporting
- Participate in local jurisdictional leadership team meetings
Locations
Based in either Guernsey, Jersey, Luxembourg or UK.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
- You’ll look on the bright side, always finding the opportunity. You’ll think big, but you’re also a doer driven to find the right solution. You know that the right solutions aren’t always the easy ones either, and you’re constantly curious, looking to find the best way.
- You’ll have considerable Sustainability/ ESG knowledge and experience
- You will understand the integral role sustainability play and will support in the overall commerciality of the service for the benefit of our clients and Aztec Group
- Excellent relationship builder. You build lasting relationships with colleagues, clients and intermediaries alike, and have proven ability to work with multi-jurisdictional teams, plan strategically and implement globally.
- You have the skills and desire to deliver exceptional client service on a big scale.
- You use strong organisational abilities to meet deadlines, organise, prioritise and allocate resources effortlessly.
- Your excellent attention to detail ensures your leaders naturally follow suit, adhering to policies, procedures and complex regulatory requirements without fail.
- Commercially driven - to identify new opportunities for growth, and, partner with colleagues and clients to bring these to life.
- You have experience in the leading the design and implementation of technology based solutions that drive exceptional client service, excellent user experience and deliver operational efficiencies.
- Demonstrate strong problem solving capabilities
- People leadership and management: motivate, grow, select and augment the team to ensure the right mix of capabilities is available
Purpose
Intelligently enabling brighter futures
Vision
To be recognised as the leading global specialist in outsourced funds and corporate services.
Mission
To provide an invaluable client experience from the brightest talent, that brings innovation to the markets we serve and turns ambitions into reality.
Values
Our strategy is to deliver a market- leading, outsourced solution to our clients, shaped by the elixir of the Aztec Group and driven by our shared values. These shared values guide how we behave and work – together, and with our clients, stakeholders and the wider communities in which we live.
Bright: We’re empowered to create smart solutions for our clients’ needs. We nurture an environment where innovation and an alternative way of thinking is second nature; it’s in our DNA.
Caring: We’re a people business. A greater understanding of ourselves, our colleagues and our clients enables us to continuously develop and achieve our full potential.
Passionate: We’re an enthusiastic bunch, taking great pride in our work, our teams’ achievements and our clients’ successes. It motivates us to achieve positive solutions, every day.
Responsible: Our clients and colleagues place great trust in us. We act with integrity and hold ourselves accountable for our commitments and one another.
Unified: We’re one business with a single purpose and vision. We proactively communicate and collaborate across boundaries to deliver excellence.
Specific personal qualities
- Builds open and trusting relationships
- Acts in the organisation’s best interests
- A focus on detail while being able to look at the big picture
- Organised and disciplined but able to cope with ambiguity
- Tendency to approach problems in a positive and constructive manner
- Works effectively using mutual influence across functions
- Capacity to spot issues and distil the important from the unimportant
- Highly pragmatic and action orientated
- Excellent ability to inspire and influence others
- Clear and grounded set of values that align to Aztec’s Values
- Values the flexible and work life balance agenda
Exhibits the following strategic leadership characteristics:
Strategic Leadership: “The ability to simplify complexity and develop a clear operations strategy”
- Helps to drive the Big Picture forward to the ground level – interpret the reality of how the vision is likely to be enacted.
- Can establish an operational strategy which is aligned to the Big Picture.
- Displays a strong empathy with the clients - voices their needs, reactions and concerns to the organisation.
- Is vigilant in terms of understanding external trends, regulatory and economic factors along with technological changes which are likely to impact on – imports this understanding to counteract complacency
- Garners support and challenges when appropriate in order to secure results.
People Leadership: “Builds a shared vision around the Big Picture which fosters commitment and investment of people”
- Is able to inspire individuals intellectually and emotionally – impact of style is to create followership. Has the persona to connect with people at all levels of the organisation
- Takes the time and energy to engage with people at the ground level, in a personally-relevant way
- Is able to attract, recruit and develop and maintain high calibre people
- Creates empowered teams, with strong ethos and drive, at all levels of Aztec
- Constantly provides purpose and meaning to individuals by linking their contributions to the Big Picture
- Encourages people to take responsibility for generating results and taking corrective action – particularly in respect of client issues
Making Change Happen: “Makes the agenda clear and tangible. Distils the vision for change into a few performance priorities which are clearly stated and actionable”
- Creates a sense of urgency by appealing to competitive instincts and continuously focusing on the marketplace and potential threats on the horizon
- Involves people in the process of contributing or shaping change plans – creates a coherent working change vision which enables people to see clearly in their own minds where the change will take them
- Ensures clients are the focal point of attention
- Develops and maintains contact with regulators, clients and knowledge of competitors to help identify future needs in relation to the drive for opportunities
- Makes the agenda clear and tangible
- Focus on securing early wins to generate momentum over time