HBCE ESG Climate and Nature Risk Manager (f/m/d)

Being part of HSBC in France, you’ll help evolve and grow our business.

Global Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a sub-function within Group Risk and Compliance. Its mandate is to ensure HSBC understands, monitors, and effectively manages its non-financial risk profile by providing end-to-end oversight of key processes, risks, and controls. ERM also maintains robust stewardship of the Bank’s risk appetite, ensuring alignment with risk, business, and regulatory priorities.

ERM strengthens risk culture across the organisation by applying effective policies and governance frameworks that promote consistent risk management practices across businesses and functions at global, regional, and market levels.

The HBCE ESG and Reputational Risks team sits within HBCE ERM. As part of Enterprise Risk Management in HSBC Continental Europe (HBCE), the team develops deep capability in ESG risk management, risk stewardship, as well as the assessment of reputational risk, working across both non-financial and financial risk frameworks.

Do you enjoy interpreting regulatory requirements and designing a framework that satisfies regulatory expectations and supports effective risk management—specifically enabling the prevention, detection, and management of risks?

Are you analytical, structured, and comfortable working with data and multiple stakeholders?

Do you enjoy driving end-to-end processes, improving ways of working, and presenting clear outcomes to senior audiences?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you!

What you will do: 

As an ESG Climate and Nature SME, you will support the Enterprise Risk Management function in strengthening the Bank’s ESG risk oversight and delivery. You will contribute to the enhancement and implementation of the Climate and the Nature risk frameworks, support key risk processes, and help ensure high-quality management information and reporting to internal and external stakeholders, in compliance with the local and European regulations, HSBC Group risk management framework and associated policies.

You will work closely with a broad range of partners across Risk, Sustainability, Compliance, Finance and the Business at Group and regional level to ensure ESG risk considerations are appropriately assessed, documented, communicated and embedded.

You are expected to employ innovative and logical thinking, to manage climate and environmental risks in HBCE with the various businesses and functions.

In this role you will: 

• Maintain ongoing oversight of EU and global regulatory obligations applicable to Climate and Nature risk management, ensuring requirements are monitored and interpreted consistently across HBCE.
• Analyse and interpret relevant laws, regulations, supervisory expectations and industry guidance affecting ESG risk; support gap analysis, impact assessment, and the definition of remediation roadmaps (actions, owners, timelines, dependencies).
• Support the HBCE Head of ESG and Reputational Risk in enhancing HBCE’s Climate and Nature risk approach, assessment guidance, risk appetite, metrics and reporting, in line with European regulatory expectations, the HSBC Group Risk Management Framework and the HSBC Group Climate Risk Approach.
• Lead the double materiality assessment under CSRD for Climate and Nature across HBCE businesses and functions, including stakeholder engagement, documentation and quality assurance.
• Represent HBCE in French and European industry working groups focused on EU regulation and environmental risk, capturing insights and translating outcomes into internal actions.
• Act as a subject matter expert across environmental risk topics and provide thought leadership to define, influence and embed nature-related risk approaches, tools and solutions.
• Influence and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders across HBCE Business and Functions to deliver enterprise-wide risk management as it relates to nature-related risk (e.g., credit, market, operational, liquidity, model).
• Contribute to internal and external reporting and disclosures.
• Support the execution of key ESG risk management processes, including planning, coordination, documentation and quality controls. 

You should apply if you have: 

• Strong experience in risk management, regulatory change, policy/process management, or a related control function within financial services.
• A strong interest in ESG topics, including Climate and Nature-related risks, and motivation to build deeper expertise in this area.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to review, structure and synthesise a significant amount of data.
• Proven ability to interpret regulatory and supervisory requirements and translate them into practical actions (e.g., gap analysis, impact assessment, implementation plans).
• Experience supporting governance and senior stakeholder forums, including producing clear materials, tracking actions and driving follow-through.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across businesses and functions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality written materials and present messages clearly.
• A proactive, organised mindset and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment. 
• Are fluent in French and English.

Even if you feel you do not meet 100% of our qualifications, we encourage you to apply, if you believe this role is right for you.

What you’ll get in return:

HSBC operates multiple variable pay plans, to reflect the diverse nature of the businesses, roles and markets in which we operate. Variable pay is designed to reward colleagues for their individual performance and contribution, as well as the performance of their relevant Business / Infrastructure, and the overall Group.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive package of benefits covering usually covering healthcare, life assurance, pension, and family friendly leaves, as well as many other benefits to support your wellbeing.

• We’ll help you progress your career, including access to development programmes, through HSBC University and our Degreed platform
• You can work your way and will have a say in when, where and how you and your team flexibly work together
• Our benefits will give you financial security, and can include company savings plan (PEE), savings plan for collective retirement, mutual insurance for you and your family, loyalty bonus, a Time Savings Account to monetize untaken off days (CET)…
• A Work Council which offers ticketing, travel, sports, legal aid, Christmas vouchers, Summer break vouchers…
• Our family-focused benefits can help you to support your loved ones and include family events days off (wedding, civil union…), additional maternity or breastfeeding leave, birth bonus, partial reimbursement of childcare costs, assistance to employees taking care of a relative with disability…
• We’ll give you a huge range of resources that support your well-being (yoga, sophrology, Mindfulness app)
• You’ll have international opportunities - this can be your place to start and branch out to anywhere we have offices
• A work environment that promotes Diversity & Inclusion, where you’ll be able to join our different Employee Resource Groups
• These benefits are on top of local usual benefits in France (refund of transport fees at 50%, 5 weeks of paid vacation & RTT, meal voucher card or corporate restaurant depending on location)

HSBC has been certified “Top Employer 2026” in Europe. This recognition from the Top Employers Institute rewards our HR practices and recognises HSBC as an HR Leader in several countries in Continental Europe. Not only is HSBC a great place to work, but we also offer the following unique and exciting benefits & opportunities!

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best.

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