What does this job entail?
Sustainability is more important than ever. For KBC, for our customers, for society and for the environment. We support and respect all sustainability rules, fulfill all regulations and challenge ourselves with our own expectations in the area too. As our Compliance Sustainability Advisor, you make a vital contribution to these efforts. Working with your colleagues in the Corporate & Compliance Governance team, you ensure KBC leads the way when it comes to sustainability.
What do we expect from you?
- You stay up to date with relevant legislation and all new developments relating to sustainability.
- You develop a framework for describing and evaluating the risk related to sustainability.
- You prepare a gap analysis that shows where we are and where we are headed.
- You advise on and monitor the implementation and correct application of sustainability standards and procedures. Your aim here? Ensuring compliance across all KBC activities.
- You support commercial line management in improving employee awareness. You assist in the development of targeted training programmes.
- You understand the importance of internal policies. You develop and revise them as necessary.
Your key strengths?
- You pair excellent knowledge of sustainability regulations with two to five years of practical experience in the area.
- Your master’s degree is in a related field, such as law, economics or IT.
- You’re solution-oriented. You combine critical thinking and analytical skills with out-of-the-box thinking.
- You’re diplomatic, but still assertive and persuasive. You unite others, inspiring and leading them to fulfil common goals.
- You communicate clearly in English, as well as either Dutch or French.
- You’re committed and driven to succeed.
- You’re reliable, responsible and able to work independently. At the same time, you enjoy working with others. You enjoy pursuing – and achieving – goals as a team.
What can we offer you?
- You’re assured of an excellent onboarding and a pleasant, collegial work atmosphere.
- Throughout your entire career at KBC, we encourage you to grow as a person and as a professional. You can follow training courses in which you further sharpen your hard and soft skills.
- Our offices are easily accessible by public transport. You’re also welcome to partly work from home.
- Flexible work hours help you to balance your work and your private life.
- We offer you a permanent contract and a competitive salary, supplemented by extralegal benefits. Sounds familiar? Of course. It’s what you read in every job description. At KBC, we make a difference with our extended flex package. It’s too extensive to go into details here. However, we will happily discuss the various benefits—large and small—at your interview.
Can you help us make the difference?
The most interesting aspect of working as a Compliance Advisor on Sustainable Finance & ESG is that sustainability touches every compliance domain and is rooted in every layer of our organisation. It means I get to work together with colleagues from several departments within KBC. As sustainability is now ever more in scope of the supervisors, and legislators are publishing new sustainability legislation, sustainability is really a hot topic to work on.
Mukan Heynderickx, Compliance Advisor Sustainable
Respect and inclusion are core values at KBC. We believe that the individuality of our employees and the diversity of our teams are key to achieving great things. That’s why we recruit new employees based on talent and motivation, regardless of their background or story.
We work closely together to be the reference in the financial sector by innovating, greening and connecting. Interested in joining a ‘Top Employer’ and contributing to new ideas and solutions that help our customers and society move forward?
If this ticks all your boxes, apply now so we can get to know you. And if there are any specific things you’d like us to consider in your application, please let us know. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
