Carbon Finance Associate, Global Carbon Markets

The Nature Conservancy

1d • $90,000 - $110,000

About The Position

The Carbon Finance Associate will sit in TNC’s Impact Finance and Markets Division, working within the Conservancy’s Global Carbon Markets team and closely with local business units on project finance activities for Natural Climate Solutions (NCS). This position reports to the Carbon Finance Director. This is a two-year term position with potential for extension based on performance and funding availability. Location for this position is flexible for countries where TNC has existing offices. The Carbon Finance Associate will increase the overall quality of our NCS carbon project portfolio with support for financial modeling, ensuring equitable benefit sharing arrangements, and coordination with impact investment opportunities. The Carbon Finance Associate will work with other TNC staff, as well as external actors as applicable, to help drive the implementation of TNC’s Global Carbon Market’s Strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field and 4 years' related experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience in project finance, with advanced financial modelling skills.
• Strong critical thinking, research, and analysis skills, including a proven ability to assess a large set of opportunities and distill complex issues into strategic decisions, structured frameworks, and cohesive action plans.
• Fluency in English and excellent written and oral communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity and knowledge related to carbon market standards (e.g., Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard, Plan Vivo, Verified Carbon Standard) and experience working on NCS carbon project development.
• Multi-lingual skills and/or multi-cultural experience appreciated.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop financial models and financial viability assessments for NCS carbon projects and support the Global Carbon Market’s technical team with feasibility studies and project design documentation.
• Develop tools for TNC business units and project partners to streamline collection of key financial model inputs and assumptions across NCS project types.
• Support the development of equitable benefit sharing arrangements at the project level, including the design of fair and inclusive profit-sharing mechanisms, community compensation and incentive payment schemes, and financial planning for long-term sustainable livelihood transition.
• Stay up to date on carbon markets trends, including carbon credit prices and emerging offtake and investment opportunities for NCS projects.
• Travel and work flexible hours, as needed.
• Act independently within broad program goals to prioritize tasks in the absence of specific instructions and exercise independent judgment to identify and solve problems.

Benefits

• TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package including health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, employee assistance program, other life and work well-being benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level