Senior Sustainable Finance Lead

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🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Climate Bonds Initiative

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2009

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

Consulting • Healthcare • Non-profit

Climate Bonds Initiative is an international nonprofit organisation that mobilises global capital for climate action and resilience by developing science-based standards, screening and certifying green and sustainability-linked bonds, and providing market data, taxonomies, policy guidance, and capacity-building services. It supports investors, bond issuers, financial institutions, and policymakers with certifications, market intelligence, training, and technical assistance to ensure investments align with low-carbon, adaptive, and sustainable outcomes.

📋 Description

• Provide senior technical leadership for CBI’s work to advance transition and resilience finance in Japan • Develop CBI technical positions, policy recommendations and strategic advice on transition and resilience finance in Japan • Provide advisory into key workstreams in Japan, including Green List alignment, GX Bond alignment with CBI standards, and expansion of subnational bond issuance • Engage in senior stakeholder discussions, working groups and consultations • Support strategic engagement with government, financial institutions and other key stakeholders • Identify emerging opportunities for Japan’s sustainable finance market • Advise the Japan Team on priorities for CBI engagement and market development • Report to the Head of Japan • Fixed-term position for an initial period of 6 months

🎯 Requirements

• Fluency in written and spoken Japanese and English • Master’s degree in relevant fields • Professional experience in providing policy advisory on climate transition and resilience finance • Strong knowledge of Japan’s climate and financial-sector policy landscape • Experience analysing financial frameworks, policies or standards and translating technical issues into practical recommendations • Experience engaging with government institutions, financial-sector stakeholders or other senior stakeholders • Strong analytical, writing and communication skills • Ability to work effectively across Japan-based and international teams

🏖️ Benefits

• This role is fully remote, based in Japan • Flexible working hours • Opportunities to work from another location • Make a meaningful impact every day