Are you passionate about accelerating the global transition to a low carbon economy?
Earth Finance is hiring a Consultant or Senior Consultant to support our growing business. We prefer this associate to be based in Seattle, WA.
What you'll do:
- Serve as a project engagement's primary 'doer' - activating the project plan developed by the leadership team, building the foundation to deliver high quality work products on a timely basis.
- Execute quantitative and qualitative analyses of climate and sustainability data, industry benchmarks and trends, and client-specific business implications.
- Create high quality deliverables that meet and exceed project requirements.
- Convert research and analysis into synthesized content for storytelling to client executives.
- Demonstrate executive presence in client communication, present to clients on an as needed basis.
- Mentor junior team members.
- Apply your existing domain experience to project work, begin developing trust as an expert with the team and the client.
- Seek out learnings and experiences to build and enhance domain expertise.
Internal projects:
- Contribute to business development efforts, including proposal development and market research.
- Conduct research to support Earth Finance's Thought Leadership agenda.
- Help build materials for Earth Finance's Learning Agenda and wider team development.
Skills you'll need to be successful in the role:
- 3 - 6 years of professional experience. We will prioritize candidates with 2+ years in climate strategy and past consulting work experience. We are open to candidates with commensurate and transferable experience.
- Experience working with retail and consumer-facing businesses, electric utilities, or within the energy industry strongly desired.
- Experience with and understanding of global standards and frameworks such as the GHG Protocol, SBTi, RE100, ISSB, TCFD, TNFD, and PRI (among others).
- Familiarity with energy and climate transition solutions and project finance.
- Quantitative analysis and financial modeling skills.
- Ability to conduct high quality, quantitative analyses of climate-related data and corporate strategy processes with a strong attention to detail.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that can adapt to different audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team and create an inclusive environment with client partners.
- Flexible mindset with the ability to build trust and work independently.
- Comfort with ambiguous, ever-changing situations.
- Commitment to continuous learning.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Salesforce.
- Interest in building and managing sustainable businesses.
- Willingness to travel.
- Outstanding academic performance in an undergraduate or Master's degree (preferably with experience in climate, sustainability, business, public affairs or related fields).
Why you should join us:
Earth Finance is a dedicated team of strategists, investors, policy makers, scientists, and subject matter experts who are committed to identifying and implementing solutions that create a financially viable low-carbon future. We work with companies, non-profit organizations, investors, philanthropists, and governmental agencies to help them accelerate their progress toward net zero. We are a diverse team of talented, like-minded and impact-focused people who are passionate about sustainability, committed to creating a better future, and focused on bringing our best selves to this work.
If that sounds exciting - come join us.
Our values:
- 1.5 C is achievable - and we already have the solutions and capital we need to hit this goal. We partner with companies to reinvent the extractive business models of today, investors to deploy innovation capital at scale, governments to adopt common sense policies and incentives, community leaders to implement inclusive and equitable solutions, and the scientific community to ground our client recommendations in the natural world. We are committed to radically accelerating financially successful climate action.
We relentlessly focus on high value, high impact solutions.
- We focus on finding the most critical, equitable, and actionable ways to reduce CO2e emissions within our clients' unique value chains. We bring an open mind, boundless curiosity, and an objective point of view to this work.
We build productive, long-lasting, cross-functional partnerships.
- Effective climate action is a team sport - no one can do it alone. We build relationships grounded in mutual respect, openness, and humility. If we say we are going to show up, we do, and we bring our A game and our best selves. We source insights from across sectors, organizations, academia, and our own team and use those insights to solve complex, entrenched problems. We believe this is the best way to create a viable, prosperous future for our team, families, clients, and the communities we collectively serve.
We create pathways for people and the planet to thrive.
- We have a fierce commitment to protecting and restoring biodiversity and natural ecosystems, environmental justice, and strengthening local communities. We build to solutions empower those most impacted by climate change.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Salary range for this role is $120,000 - $160,000. Title and salary offered will be commensurate with your experience, plus performance-based bonus and equity options.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance. We cover 100% of your premiums and 25% of the premiums for your dependents.
- Company funded life and disability insurance.
- Paid vacation and 12 company holidays.
- A 401(k) plan - and if you set aside 5% of your paycheck, we'll provide a 4% match.
- A super fun, passionate, dedicated team of colleagues committed to creating a sustainable, and financially sound, future for organizations, people, and the planet.
Earth Finance delivers strategy consulting and custom finance solutions that help the world's most innovative organizations embrace the journey to a lower-carbon, regenerative future. We work at the intersection of strategy, policy, finance, and science to help our clients unlock the greatest economic transition in history. Our deep domain expertise and interdisciplinary approach allows us to build, finance, and deploy credible transition strategies grounded in the financial, operational, and technical realities of today's businesses. Decarbonizing our economy and building thriving, regenerative business models is the work of our lifetime. Come join us.
