Stewardship Analyst

Job description: Stewardship Analyst

Tasks

• Proxy voting:
  • Coordinating daily relations with our proxy voting research provider
  • Pursuing consistent and informed proxy voting activities to ensure the timeliness and completeness of research and analysis
  • Supporting the stewardship team in conducting additional analysis of third-party voting research and recommendations at the request of clients
  • Responding to questions from portfolio managers, strategists, teams, or proxies regarding voting; executing proxy voting and engaging with stakeholders
  • Preparation and production of detailed voting reports for various stakeholders
  • Ensuring that our voting is consistent with our proxy advice and engaging with our proxy voting provider to resolve conflicts
  • Monitoring best practices in voting
  • Monitoring of stock account setups through Man's control framework to mitigate proxy voting risks and deficiencies
• Commitment:
  • Collaborating with portfolio managers and other investors to achieve tangible results in the companies in which investments have been made
  • Writing company disclosures, third-party research, and other available resources to conduct a non-financial analysis to assess companies' compliance with ESG market standards across various industries
  • Identifying focus areas for targeted engagement with investee companies to achieve ESG/responsible investment objectives
  • Engagement with company representatives from Man or third-party portfolio companies to discuss ESG issues, including climate change, biodiversity, human rights, and corporate governance
• Reporting and policy updates:
  • Responding to questions about engagement and proxy voting in connection with client due diligence questionnaires (DDQ) or requests for information (RFI)
  • Maintaining stewardship-related policies and contributing to international stewardship code requirements

Requirements

• A degree in finance, economics, business administration, law, or a similar subject; or CFA or an equivalent relevant qualification/certification
• Professional qualifications in finance or ESG, such as CFA, CIMA, or CFA Level I; or experience in ESG investing or another relevant qualification/certification
• Knowledge of proxy issues relating to corporate governance, stewardship, and shareholder rights and responsibilities, preferably through work or personal interests/holdings/share ownership
• Strong IT skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office
• A motivated self-starter, structured, systematic, and proactive
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently, flexibly and adding value to the team
• Strong presentation and writing skills
• Attention to detail and analytical skills
• Information seeker with a penchant for problem solving and holistic thinking

We offer

• An inclusive work environment with a culture and values in which inclusion is fundamentally embedded
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• A comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Competitive vacation entitlement
  • Pension
  • private health insurance
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Group sick pay
  • Improved parental leave and long-term leave
• Two annual 'wellbeing' days off
• Access to all wellbeing resources for community and social connections, gym membership, and Rab