Carbon Investment Officer at BURN

About the role

The Carbon Investment Officer position presents an exciting opportunity to work on carbon project finance. BURN’s stoves generate carbon credits and related revenues, for which BURN attracts upfront carbon project funding. BURN has dedicated teams for carbon asset development & monitoring, carbon credit sales, carbon project financing, and carbon reporting. This role’s focus is on carbon project funding.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Carbon Investment: Facilitate fundraising for carbon projects including;
  • Identifying potential investors
  • Development and updating of pitch materials and project models
  • Coordinating the Due Diligence process
  • Carbon investment project management (maintaining action trackers and timelines)
  • Assisting in the negotiation of commercial terms and contract finalization
• Carbon Finance Market: Tracking global carbon market industry trends for deal structures and credit pricing and assessing BURN’s performance against these.
• Reporting: Project reporting on a periodic basis to track project investment performance for internal and external audiences, including benchmarking of deals versus prior deals.
• Problem-Solving: Solve a variety of challenges as they arise.

Skills and Experience:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience, in project finance, carbon funding, capital raising, or another relevant field.
• Degree in finance or business
• Experience working cross-functionally with diverse teams (in different time zones).
• Strong communicator, collaborator, and hands-on manager, not shy to ask questions.