Job description
THE ROLE
As a Sustainability Expert - Finance in Germany, you will develop and implement winning sustainability strategies for our major clients in the financial industry, as well as contribute to the expansion of Quantis’ leading edge sustainability strategy solutions. Your role will combine financial industry insights with sustainability and consulting expertise to help clients drive strategic transformation. You will work with banks, insurance providers, and asset managers to shape ambitious transition strategies, embed sustainability into core business decisions, and accelerate their shift toward resilient, future-fit financial models.
DOES THIS DESCRIBE YOU AND YOUR NEXT ROLE?
You’re motivated to put your creativity, strategy development, client relationship development and consulting skills to work towards our mission of aligning business with Planetary Boundaries and building a sustainable future.
You bring proven experience (5+ years) working with in sustainability in the banking, insurance, or asset management sector, either through consulting or in-house roles. You understand how financial actors can meaningfully contribute to climate and nature targets and have led sustainability engagements in this space.
You have a strong understanding of the German financial system, including its regulatory and voluntary frameworks related sustainability — such as CSRD, SBTi and evolving EU sustainability standards.
You have some sales and business development experience of business development and sales experience, and can executeing sales initiatives to bring on new clients in collaboration with sales enablement support.
You’re eager for a fast-paced and diverse role: Developing and implementing sustainability strategies for our clients, supporting account relationships and helping to design the next generation of winning services and solutions.
You understand business strategy and/or strategy consulting, ideally complemented with expertise in the corporate sustainability space. You are motivated by the challenges of transforming the world’s largest companies into more sustainable businesses.
You have an entrepreneurial spirit to be part of a team finding new solutions using this expertise to change the world. You’re highly motivated by the challenges of guiding global companies on a sustainable change pathway, adapting your strategy expertise to new challenges and innovating new paths to success.
You communicate effectively in fluent English. You speak German at least at work proficiency level.
AS A SUSTAINABILITY EXPERT AT QUANTIS, HERE’S A PREVIEW OF WHAT TYPE OF WORK YOUR DAYS WILL INCLUDE:
Client consulting sustainability strategy responsibilities:
Strategic Finance Advisory: Provide tailored sustainability advisory to financial institutions, applying frameworks such as PCAF, TCFD, SBTi-FI, and TNFD to support clients’ regulatory compliance and transformation journeys.
Sales & Business Development: Lead sales processes and business development conversations.
Strategy & Solutions Creation: Lead the implementation of sustainability strategy projects, working with senior sustainability leaders, internally and externally, to develop sustainability strategies, managing their implementation and change pathway.
Strategic Implementation: Support the shaping and delivery of all Quantis solutions around the strategy, bringing in our expertise on science, metrics, tools, communications and more.
Teamwork: Proactively co-create with our other Quantis team members to strengthen our delivery of strategy-related services.
Innovation: Support efforts within Quantis’ innovation activities to develop a new generation of smart sustainability strategy solutions.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE QUANTIS
Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, our dynamic and visionary team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform their industries and pave the way for a planetary economy that aligns business with nature. We strive to be agents of change, helping companies transform from business as usual to business at its best.
We believe that sustainable transformation is possible and within our power. We’re contributing to this transformation by combining the latest science with strategic business insights. Our advice enables global leaders in our focus sectors to understand how to reduce their environmental impacts, implement the changes and operate within planetary boundaries.
Motivated by this common purpose, our 300+ talented professionals cultivate a unique, collaborative culture that we call the Quantis Spirit. We are innovative. We are impact-oriented. We are science-based. We are Quantis.
Join us!
Learn more about Quantis and our Mission.
SOME OTHER DETAILS TO CONSIDER:
Location: Germany - NRW (Cologne/Dusseldorf) or Berlin. Flexible remote policy.
Optimal start date: As soon as possible
Frequent collaboration with other Quantis branches (France, USA, Switzerland and Italy) via web-conferences
Ability to travel occasionally
Quantis has a distinctive, fluid structure nurtured by our Quantis Spirit and our way of collaborating that provides a positive and unique working environment.
To learn about the Quantis Spirit and what makes us exceptional, check out our A Braver New World video and our Employee Spotlights.
Quantis Diversity-Equity-Inclusion Statement
At Quantis, the principles of DEI have always been an essential part of our identity, our values and our mission. Our commitment is to elevate the voices of all Quantisians to foster an inclusive culture where all employees feel that they belong and are valued. Our goal is to create a workforce that reflects the diversity of all the places where we live and work. This extends to our clients, their clients, and their entire value chain as sustainable thinking and collective representation are integral components of our purpose to transform the way that businesses operate.
