Quantitative Analyst Climate

Do you want to help identify what a changing climate means for Rabobank and its clients?

You & your role

As Quantitative Analyst Climate at RaboResearch you are crucial in understanding climate-related risks and impacts. Your work includes (geospatial) climate and sustainability analysis based on large datasets (e.g., comprehensive datasets of physical risk from changing climate projections and transition risks). You will be part of the team that delivers data for Rabobank’s Climate Risk assessments and climate impact analysis.

Examples from practice

• Assess the financial impact of climate change by analyzing the rising frequency of extreme weather events and long-term climate trends using scenario-based climate data covering acute and chronic risks.
• Partner with risk teams, the business, and climate scientists to turn hazard projections into actionable insights.
• Produce sustainability insights for clients by leveraging generative AI to efficiently extract key data points from client reports.

Facts & figures

• You work in a team of 12 sustainability data specialists within RaboResearch.
• Over 48,000 Rabobank colleagues worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Develop geospatial models and data processing pipelines to assess risk and impact of natural climate hazards, such as floods and droughts, under various climate scenarios.
• Combine geospatial data from different sources to estimate the current and future probability of impactful events across multiple regions in the world.
• Use your extensive knowledge in (geospatial) climate modelling and quantitative research skills in a cloud-based analytics environment to produce climate risk indicators, and support broader sustainability analytics such as using AI to assess company sustainability performance.
• Engage with scientists and external initiatives to stay up to date with the latest developments and collaboratively steer them to align with Rabobank's needs.

Use geospatial analytics and climate data to deliver concrete insights on climate risk and impact for Rabobank’s global activities, connecting science, data and decision-making in daily practice.

Together we achieve more than alone

We are curious about what you will bring to our team at Sustainability Data Analytics within RaboResearch.

“What I really enjoy is making direct impact: I help identify climate risks for our portfolio by developing geospatial analysis on the basis of big data from climate models.”

Feliks Raap, Quantitative Analyst at RaboResearch.

Rabobank finances farmers and food supply chain clients around the world. Climate change poses a risk to their operations, and therefore to the bank. At the same time, our financing impacts climate change through our financed emissions. How can we use (geospatial) data to quantify risks and impacts in these areas? Which type of data do we need to do so? And how can we reduce the risks and negative impacts?

Answering these questions is how you share your talent as Quantitative Analyst Climate at Rabobank, working together with colleagues in risk, data teams and sector experts. The 12 people of the Sustainability Data Analytics team deliver climate risk data and sustainability insights for Rabobank. Collaboration is our way of working; as one analytical and data-minded team within Rabobank, closely connected to risk, data and sector experts.

You & your talent

• Master’s degree or PhD in environmental sciences, geosciences or a related quantitative field.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in climate science, environmental modelling or sustainability analytics.
• Strong programming skills (Python is preferred) are a must.
• Experience in geospatial data analysis (with GeoPandas/xarray and/or ArcGIS).
• Solid grounding in climate science and environmental modelling.
• A solid foundation of data science and Generative AI is a plus.
• Experience working in cloud environments, preferably Azure (Databricks, DevOps) and version control (Git) is a plus.
• Knowledge or experience of working in climate change and sustainability would be an asset.
• Ability to communicate research results effectively by translating complex information to clients and stakeholders, and strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships within and outside RaboResearch to capture and translate requests from internal stakeholders to research questions.
• Fluent in English, both verbally and in writing. Proficiency in Dutch is considered an advantage.
• To be considered for this position you must be located in the Netherlands; re-location is not possible for this role.