How does working on sustainable finance within Simbial look like?
Preparing a company for dialogue with the bank, building the impact dossier, reading and producing data that holds up: projects where finance meets the register.
The typical finance project
A company needs to respond to the bank's ESG questionnaire and doesn't know where to start; another wants to turn its impact projects into a dossier that can be leveraged for credit; a third is evaluating a sustainability-linked instrument and wants targets that can withstand scrutiny. The Simbial method fits all of them: understanding what the financial counterpart is asking for, choosing the right indicators, producing data with evidence, getting it validated. The ex-ante target here is often documentary: a dossier that passes the due diligence.
The team you need
The Impact Finance Specialist as a translator between the two worlds — speaking the language of balance sheet figures and that of physical indicators; the Impact ESG & Reporting Specialist when structured reporting is involved; the Impact Data Analyst on data; the Impact Controller to validate what the financial counterpart will need to trust. This is the sector where independent validation delivers the most: every verified data point means less friction in the due diligence process.
What you learn by doing
Reading a bank questionnaire and understanding what lies behind each question. Building a baseline that an analyst cannot dismantle. Telling a company the useful truth — «this data point you don't have, and it shows» — and building the path to obtain it. Using AI to structure data and prepare drafts of reporting, personally signing off on every number. And the sector's paramount skill: instantly distinguishing what is verifiable from what is merely narratable.
Why finance is the multiplier
An energy project saves the kWh of one company; a well-executed finance project changes the conditions under which a hundred companies access capital to do similar things. Working where allocations are decided means multiplying the impact of all other sectors: this is the deeper meaning of the economic dimension of impact — the third pillar, alongside environment and society, on which the planet stands.
The first step
If numbers speak to you and translating between worlds appeals to you: the Impact Finance Specialist role has its path ready — fundamentals, simulated project, assessment. If you lead a company: start by understanding what the bank will ask you at the next due diligence; the best answer is built months in advance, and it is called verifiable data.
Frequently asked questions
What does an Impact Finance Specialist do?
Translates between the financial world and the world of impact: prepares businesses for dialogue with banks and investors, builds dossiers with verifiable data, sets targets that hold up to scrutiny.
How does a business prepare for a bank's ESG questionnaire?
By understanding what each question measures, collecting data methodically with evidence, and filling gaps with a measurement process. Narrative answers are easy to spot: documented ones unlock better conditions.
Why is finance considered an impact multiplier?
Because it steers capital: improving access to credit for measurable projects means multiplying the projects themselves. The economic dimension is the third pillar of impact, alongside environment and society.