Financial Modeler, Carbon Markets – Managing Consultant at Environmental Resources Management (ERM)

• The ideal candidate has 7+ years’ experience performing financial modelling in a related field (such as renewable energy or oil and gas) and 3+ years’ experience in carbon markets, including carbon project development. You are a team player and able to take initiative to issue spot and problem solve.

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility for assessing financial return of single and portfolios of carbon projects, including projecting multi-decade cash flows and evaluating capital expenditures against projected returns.
• Develop predictive financial models to support organizational decision-making.
• Understand and articulate the outcome of sensitivity and scenario analysis for management decision making and action.
• Prepare documentation for the business unit to seek funding from corporate investors.
• Primary responsibility for interfacing with ERM finance and tax to generate recommendations for complex, multi-jurisdictional investment strategies.
• Establish benchmarks for financial processes.
• Track current financial data to alert stakeholders in case of deviation.
• Provide guidance in buying or selling carbon credit inventory, making investments and generating funds.
• Study industry-specific research and available data to predict trends and create innovative financing strategies that are fit for purpose.
• Create written reports that enable management teams to make strategic decisions to meet business goals.
• Develop forecasting tools to automate financial data analysis.

Skills And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably with a major in finance, economics or statistics or equivalent experience.
• Industry knowledge of carbon markets and carbon project development.
• Proven experience working as a financial analyst, including expertise in financial modelling of greenfield carbon projects.
• Experience with blended finance models.
• Superior analytical skills.
• Proven proficiency in spreadsheets, databases and financial software applications (including the software applications that you are currently using in your organization or plan to use in the future).
• Experience monitoring investment and reporting performance.
• Understanding of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Team player with ability to work across dynamic team and add to a collegial and fun work environment.
• Ability to work with large datasets.
• Strategic thinking and organizational skills.
• Proven analytical and advanced financial modeling skills.