CSO - Environmental/Social Due Diligence & Sustainable Finance Mgr

Job Title: CSO Environmental and Social Due Diligence & Sustainable Finance Manager

Corporate Title: AS

Role Description

The Chief Sustainability Office is responsible for developing Deutsche Banks sustainability strategy and driving its implementation across all business divisions, infrastructure functions, and regions. Its core responsibilities include defining the strategic framework, coordinating the Banks sustainable finance activities, setting ESG standards, and overseeing regulatory and disclosure obligations. It comprises four teams: Strategy & Regional Governance , Execution, Data & Regulatory , Group Sustainability , and ESG Transparency .

• Strategy & Regional Governance develops and coordinates the Groups sustainability strategy and governance. It supports the business divisions and cross-divisional business opportunities and coordinates the planning of the Banks Sustainable Finance targets.
• Execution, Data & Regulatory is responsible for implementing the Banks strategic sustainability objectives through the Sustainability Key Deliverable (KD) and also covers centrally managed non-KD implementation projects with an ESG nexus. In addition, it identifies and assesses ESG-related regulations, supports business divisions and functions in their implementation, collaborates with external stakeholders on regulatory ESG matters, and integrates technology, data, and innovation into sustainability-related data.
• Group Sustainability is tasked with establishing bank-wide standards and processes for environmental and social sustainability, including human rights. It controls and oversees the adherence to these standards, including enhanced environmental and social due diligence (ES), and oversees the classification of sustainable finance.
• ESG Transparency plays a key role in enhancing transparency regarding the Banks sustainability agenda and performance, as well as in fostering dialogue with key stakeholder groups. It develops and implements Deutsche Banks approach to assessing the materiality of sustainability topics and coordinates key ESG rating requests.

Your key responsibilities

As an Environmental and Social Due Diligence & Sustainable Finance Manager, you will be part of the Group Sustainabilit team within Deutsche Banks Chief Sustainability Office.

In this role, you will be responsible for applying and further developing the group-wide frameworks for managing environmental and social (ES) risks in the banks core business, as well as for classifying transactions under Sustainable Finance (SF) criteria.

• Supporting environmental and social due diligence for new clients and transactions, as well as contributing to the classification of deals under the Sustainable Finance framework.
• Contributing to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of related guidelines, processes, training programs, and control mechanisms.
• Preparing presentations, reports, and analyses on ES and SF topics for internal and external stakeholders.
• Raising awareness of environmental and social issues and associated risks, and delivering training sessions globally and within your region.
• You will support the engagement process with NGOs and rating agencies on environmental and social topics in India.

Your skills and experience

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a financial institution, investment bank, consultancy, or professional services firm, advising on sustainable practices, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, and related regulations.
• At least 2 years of proven experience specifically in Environmental and Social (ES) and/or Sustainable Finance (SF), ideally with a focus on valuation or transaction analysis involving environmental and social considerations, aligned with internationally recognized standards (e.g., Equator Principles, IFC Performance Standards).
• Solid knowledge of current ESG regulations and guidelines, including Sustainable Finance frameworks.
• Minimum educational qualification: Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Political Science, Natural Sciences, or a comparable field.
• Highly self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a strong sense of initiative and urgency, and the ability to manage multiple competing deadlines effectively.
• Comfortable working in an international role and dynamic, fast-paced environment, with a pragmatic, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset.