This senior adviser helps SEB judge sustainability questions linked to clients, transactions and the bank’s own activities. The role turns complex environmental and social evidence into clear recommendations for business teams and decision-makers, while supporting the policies and governance that guide those choices.
The work matters because a bank’s decisions about capital and client relationships can affect activity across many sectors. SEB’s team examines risks, impacts and uncertainties, then interprets changing science, regulation and market practice for the bank. This places sustainability expertise close to real commercial decisions, where careful analysis can inform how the bank responds to material issues and supports clients.
This suits someone who brings substantial environmental or social sustainability experience, sound judgement when evidence is incomplete, and the ability to explain technical findings in practical language to colleagues and clients.
Job FAQs
What are the main missions and responsibilities of this role?
The adviser assesses material environmental and social issues relating to clients, transactions and bank activities, weighing evidence, impacts, dependencies and uncertainty. They prepare clear recommendations for business, risk and sustainability decision-makers and advise teams on sector-specific questions.
The role also supports sustainability policies and governance, evaluates targets and criteria against relevant frameworks, and interprets changes in regulation, science, technology and market practice. Guidance, briefings, tools and training help colleagues apply this expertise across the bank.
Key learning opportunities for this job
The role could deepen expertise in applying environmental and social assessment to financial decisions across varied sectors. The adviser would gain exposure to sustainable finance issues, client and transaction assessments, and the practical use and limits of ESG data, methods and models.
Working with policy, risk, credit, reporting and business colleagues could build knowledge of how sustainability governance operates within a bank. Engagement with emerging regulation, science and market practice may also develop the ability to turn complex changes into internal guidance.
How does the ideal candidate look like (experience, skills)?
The ideal candidate has a relevant academic degree and significant professional experience in sustainability, environmental or social assessment, corporate sustainability, human rights, climate, biodiversity or a related field. The posting places particular value on hands-on work with material sustainability issues in industries relevant to SEB’s corporate clients.
They should be able to assess data and methodologies critically, distinguish material concerns from secondary ones, and communicate balanced recommendations clearly in English. Experience in financial services or sustainable finance is an advantage, while sound judgement, intellectual care and constructive collaboration are central to the role.
Advice to stand out and make a successful application
Use the application to show how you have assessed a specific environmental or social issue in an industry relevant to corporate banking. Explain the evidence you considered, its limitations, how you judged materiality and what practical recommendation followed.
Prepare examples of translating technical findings for business or risk decision-makers, and of handling differing views when the evidence was incomplete. If you have used ESG data, models or external standards, describe how you tested their suitability rather than simply naming them.
What aspects of the company's sustainability is this role likely to focus on?
The role is likely to focus on environmental and social risks, impacts and dependencies connected to SEB’s clients, transactions and business activities. Its contribution is to bring those issues into policy, governance and business decisions through evidence-based assessment and practical recommendations.
Climate, biodiversity, human rights and other sector-specific topics may arise, depending on the cases reviewed. The adviser also tracks regulatory, scientific and market developments, helping the bank understand their relevance to clients and its own ways of working.
What are the main challenges someone in this role might face?
A central challenge could be reaching sound recommendations when evidence is incomplete, data and models have limitations, or stakeholders interpret an issue differently. The adviser must weigh uncertainty while identifying what is material to a client, transaction or business activity.
Another challenge may be making technical or emerging sustainability topics useful to teams with different priorities and levels of expertise. The work spans many sectors, so recommendations need to reflect context rather than rely on a single general approach.
How could a typical day look like for someone in this position?
A day could include reviewing information on a client, transaction or sector issue, checking data and research, and assessing environmental or social risks, impacts and uncertainties. The adviser may then prepare a recommendation or briefing for a business, risk or sustainability decision-making forum.
Other work could involve discussing a case with client-facing colleagues, advising on a policy or target, or interpreting a regulatory or scientific development. Some days may focus on guidance, tools or training that help colleagues apply sustainability knowledge in their work.
What are the opportunities for professional growth and development in this role?
The position could build a broad perspective on how sustainability assessment informs decisions across a financial services group and its corporate client sectors. It may also deepen specialist knowledge in environmental or social topics, governance frameworks, ESG data and sustainable finance.
Work with business, risk, credit and reporting functions could prepare the adviser for broader policy, governance or sustainability leadership roles. The posting does not specify a promotion path, so development would likely depend on expertise gained and future opportunities within the group.
The main stakeholders you might be interacting with
The adviser would work closely with Group Sustainability colleagues, business divisions, and relevant risk, credit and reporting functions. These interactions could involve interpreting issues, shaping recommendations and helping teams apply sustainability policies and frameworks.
Client-facing teams and clients are also part of the role, particularly when sustainability expertise is needed for sector, client or transaction discussions. The adviser may present analysis to business, risk and sustainability decision-making fora.
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