SFDR Associate

MJ Hudson helps fund managers and investors operate more efficiently and invest more successfully. Working with fund managers, investors and advisors in both traditional and alternative assets allows us to see issues from all sides and advise our clients accordingly.

Our services include law, investment advisory, ESG and sustainability, IR and marketing, fund performance analytics, custodian bank benchmarking, AIFM and Manco, Fund Administration, corporate and private client services, regulatory solutions and middle and back office support.

Diversity

At MJ Hudson, we recognise that diversity makes for good business as it stimulates more ideas, opinions and perspectives. We are committed to the maintenance of a professional inclusive environment that recruits, retains, develops, remunerates, and promotes all of our people. We embrace diversity as fundamental to the promotion of our company’s values and understand that diversity and inclusion has an invaluable influence on MJ Hudson and all that we aspire to be.

You will be supporting the ESG Governance and Regulation Senior Manager with developing client solutions to meet regulatory requirements, spanning both Advisory and platform-based approaches. You will assist on multiple projects and work alongside fellow consultants and analysts within the ESG team. There will be opportunities for direct client interaction and helping to support business development activity.

Example projects range from assisting with the development of Entity and product level SFDR disclosures, Principle Adverse Indicators and EU taxonomy alignment, drafting responsible investment policies and strategies for fund managers and investors and development of sustainability strategy roadmaps for companies and facilitation of ESG strategy sessions with company management.

As an active thought leader in the transition to sustainable business practices, we are constantly developing and expanding our knowledge on various areas of the sustainability landscape. To remain at the forefront of this industry, we encourage our employees to develop expertise in a sustainability area aligned to their interests.

Candidate profile

We are looking for highly motivated candidate, with 5+ years of working experience, that have working knowledge of or genuine interest in sustainability. If you have an excellent academic record with a Master’s degree in finance, business, economics/econometrics or engineering, and are looking to make a positive impact we would love to hear from you.

Other qualifications include:

• Passion for sustainability and knowledge of ESG related regulations
• Basic knowledge of the ESG reporting and regulatory landscape as it relates to investment management particularly with respect to EU and UK regulation and its strategic impact on firms, and specific experience with SFDR and/or Taxonomy.
• Strong report writing and verbal skills and ability to communicate complex ideas.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent MS PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Fluent in English; fluent in Dutch a plus,