Careers at CrossBoundary

Job Description

• CrossBoundary is recruiting a full-time People Operations Manager - Compensation & Benefits to join the People Team. We are bringing the management of global payroll into the People function, maturing manual workflows into a robust, integrated, and employee-centric system, and building a clear point of view on how we reward and support our people across our jurisdictions. 
• This is a builder-operator role. You will receive high-level goals and design the blueprints, tools, and cross-functional processes required to achieve them, while also rolling up your sleeves to run the monthly payroll cycle, administer our compensation structure, and manage our benefits programs. Beyond payroll, you will own our compensation and benefits agenda, from shaping a clear vision for our global benefits package to designing a regular compensation review cycle that keeps our reward approach consistent as we grow. You should expect a role that is balanced between designing systems and hands-on execution, and you should be energized by both.   

What you will do 
Your primary responsibilities would be:  

Payroll operations and transformation 

• Own and transform the payroll process: take full ownership of the People side of payroll and redesign it. Our current process is manual and fragmented, and your mandate is to move it to a structured, automated, and reliable system, not to maintain the status quo 
• Own all payroll inputs: own every payroll update, change, and input that feeds into Finance execution each month, including new joiners, salary changes, bonuses, deductions, advances, loans, and terminations, delivered accurately and on time against the Global Payroll Calendar, with payment execution remaining with Finance 
• New jurisdictions: own the payroll inputs element of new jurisdiction readiness: complete the New Jurisdiction Payroll Readiness Checklist, document statutory obligations, mandatory benefits, and thirteenth cheque requirements, deliver complete onboarding data packs to Finance, and partner with Finance on payroll provider selection 
• Rebuild the monthly rhythm: co-run the monthly HR-Finance review where inputs are agreed and locked, and progressively replace manual tracker steps with structured BambooHR reports and automated workflows so accuracy stops depending on heroics 
• Own the employee experience: act as the single point of contact for employee payroll queries, triaging between People, Finance, and payroll providers, and building clear FAQs and communications on topics like thirteenth month payments, tax withholding, and currency 
• Build the Playbook: turn our payroll, compensation, and benefits processes into centralized, documented playbooks and self-serve guides 
• Design and implement rigorous audit trails for all compensation changes, ensuring compliance with local labor laws and internal financial controls 

Benefits administration 

• Audit current benefits coverage across all geographies and team types, design a benefits framework for site-based teams, and lead the phased rollout of locally appropriate packages 
• Run periodic reviews of key plans with recommendations for optimization 
• Oversee day-to-day benefits administration executed by the People Operations Assistant, ensuring every new hire is enrolled in the right benefits by day one 

Compensation systems & operations 

• Administer our increasingly complex compensation structure, including annual bonus operations across platforms, salary changes, and effective date management 
• Clean up and standardize pay structure conventions in BambooHR so compensation data is consistent, reliable, and reportable 
• Design and drive a regular compensation review cycle, and support leadership on compensation philosophy and transparency work 

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field 
• 9+ years of experience in People Operations or Human Resources, with meaningful depth in payroll, compensation, or benefits, ideally across multiple jurisdictions 
• A systems builder: you can design and implement processes from the ground up, and you naturally look for ways to automate manual tasks and build source of truth systems 
• An owner of outcomes: you thrive when given a goal without a blueprint, you enjoy figuring out the how, and you project-manage yourself and others to deliver reliable results 
• Execution-proud: you find satisfaction in a flawless monthly cycle, not just in the strategy deck, and no balls get dropped on your watch, even in complex, multi-stakeholder work 
• A global navigator: you are comfortable with the ambiguity of international labor and payroll requirements and can translate murky jurisdictional rules into clear, achievable tasks 
• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills across diverse audiences 
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including directing and developing junior team members, preferably in a fast-moving and complex environment 
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and HRIS systems, specifically BambooHR 

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Job Description  

• CrossBoundary Access is recruiting a Data Engineer. The Data Engineer will be responsible for accessing raw data from diverse sources, transforming it into clean, actionable datasets, and supporting the analysis of these datasets for the Access team.  
• This individual will be setting up the data infrastructure and data processes for Access, leveraging the infrastructure already in place within CrossBoundary. They will apply software engineering best practices to design, build, and maintain data pipelines and models, working closely with business users to deliver transparent and effective data solutions. 

The Data Engineer will be Access’s first data hire and will report to the Commercial Director. 

Who You Are 

• Self-starter who is passionate about creating lasting change in Africa 
• Pioneer who is excited to work with new technologies and innovations 
• Creative thinker with an ability to craft non-traditional and innovative solutions to practical problems 
• Can build strong relationships with clients and colleagues in stressful environments 
• Empathetic and thoughtful leader that can drive performance within a multi-disciplinary team 
• Comfortable with ambiguity; ability to operate effectively in a changing, challenging context 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Design and implement data extraction, transformation, and loading processes  
• Build and manage a centralized data repository to support business intelligence and machine learning applications  
• Utilize tools such as SQL, Python, and cloud-based data infrastructure platforms (AWS Redshift, Azure, Google Cloud) to maintain data pipelines  
• Apply data modeling principles to prepare datasets for analysis 
• Collaborate with the business users to deliver transparent and effective data analyses and solutions 
• Ensure high performance, availability, and quality of data systems through monitoring and optimization  
• Collaborate on data governance policies to ensure data compliance and security  
• Document and communicate data architecture and processes to Access leadership 

Qualifications 

Required skills and qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional certification in computer science, data, or related field  
• 2-4+ years’ experience working in data engineering 
• Highly skilled in building and maintaining ELT processes for a range of complex data sources, including open-source APIs 
• Confident in designing and implementing industry-standard data modelling principles to prepare datasets for analysis  
• Experience working with data lake and/or Lakehouse data architectures  
• Highly skilled in SQL 
• Skilled in data warehousing – Kimball technology 
• Proficient at working with cloud-based data tools; preference for experience with Snowflake, dbt, and Azure Data Factory  
• Experience applying software engineering best practices and guidelines to analytics code and data model development   
• Strong interest in Microsoft stack technologies 
• Passion for learning new technologies and tools 
• Extremely curious and flexible 
• Strong presentation skills, ability to communicate clearly and effectively across diverse audiences  

The ideal candidate will also have the following skills and qualifications: 

• Python 
• dbt  
• Snowflake  
• Azure Data Factory  
• Microsoft Azure  
• Microsoft Dynamics  
• Ability to build strong relationships with partners and colleagues in challenging environments 
• Comfort with ambiguity and an ability to operate effectively in a changing context 
• French speaking 

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What you'll do

• The Investment Director will be a cornerstone of our investment team, taking primary ownership of deal origination, structuring, and portfolio management across our target markets. Reporting directly to the Head of Fund, the Investment Director will bring seasoned judgement to complex, often first-of-kind transactions, and will play a central role in fund strategy and the development of our junior team members. 
• This role is suited to an investor who thrives in ambiguity, is energized by working at the frontier of sustainable finance and natural capital, and brings both rigorous analytical discipline and the relational skills to close deals and add value in challenging market environments. 

Primary Responsibilities 

• Deal sourcing & pipeline development: Proactively identify, originate, and qualify investment opportunities across reforestation, blue carbon, and sustainable agriculture and land use in emerging markets. Build and maintain a high-quality proprietary pipeline through a network of on-the-ground relationships with project developers, government bodies, and ecosystem intermediaries. Develop and apply a rigorous screening framework to assess opportunities against the fund's financial and impact criteria. 
• Investment execution & due diligence: Lead end-to-end investment assessment for corporate and project-level opportunities, including financial modelling, carbon methodology review, legal and regulatory analysis, community and environmental safeguards, and country/political risk. Structure and negotiate investment terms, and prepare investment committee materials with a clear and well-reasoned recommendation. Ensure all investments align with portfolio return requirements, impact objectives, and risk appetite. 
• Portfolio management & value creation: Take active ownership of portfolio investments post-close, including performance monitoring against KPIs, identifying risks early, and providing hands-on support to investees where needed. Work with project teams to strengthen operational resilience, improve carbon credit issuance outcomes, and unlock follow-on value creation opportunities. 
• Strategic partnerships: Lead the identification and cultivation of key strategic partnerships – including carbon credit offtakers, co-investors, and technical or research partners – that strengthen the fund's investment proposition and de-risk individual transactions. Serve as a senior relationship manager with partners across the deal lifecycle. 
• Investor relations (supporting): Contribute to investor reporting and engagement by providing accurate, timely, and insight-rich updates on deal progress and portfolio performance. Support fundraising conversations with credible deal-level evidence of the fund's thesis in action. 

Who you are

Experience 

• 10+ years of experience in investment roles, with a meaningful portion in emerging markets; prior experience in infrastructure, project finance, and/or private equity preferred 
• Demonstrated track record of independently leading investments end-to-end, from origination through execution and post-investment management 
• Hands-on experience working in or with emerging market contexts, with an understanding of the political, regulatory, and operational complexities involved 
• Preferred: Graduate degree in business, finance, environmental science, or a related field; CFA or equivalent is a plus but not required 

Technical Skills 

• Strong financial modelling skills, including project finance 
• Ability to assess environmental and social safeguards, including community engagement and land tenure considerations relevant to nature-based projects 
• Preferred: Familiarity with voluntary carbon markets, including carbon methodology frameworks, MRV processes, additionality and permanence considerations, and credit issuance risk is a strong advantage 
• Relationships & Networks 
• Established network across relevant emerging market geographies 
• Preferred: Existing or developing relationships with carbon credit offtakers, project developers, and co-investors in the nature-based solutions space is a strong advantage 

Communication & Judgment 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the ability to synthesize complex, ambiguous situations into clear investment recommendations for senior stakeholders and investment committees 
• Sound commercial judgment, with the ability to balance financial return requirements alongside genuine impact objectives 
• Preferred: Language skills relevant to target geographies (particularly French, Spanish, and Portuguese) are a strong advantage