cKinetics - Senior Associate - Sustainable Finance/Climate Finance Advisory

2 weeks ago

New Delhi, India cKinetics Full time

Position Title: Senior Associate

Practice: Sustainability Finance

Reporting to: Senior/Engagement Manager or Associate Director

Team Reporting: Interactions: Company Clients, Corporate or Industry Officials, SMEs, Consultants, or Government officials

Work Type & Schedule Full time: Permanent role; Monday -Friday

Work Location Okhla, New Delhi: Field travel for client projects

cKinetics is looking for experienced and skilled Senior Associates who are passionate about the Sustainable Finance space and looking to be a part of the team that does meaningful cutting-edge work.

The candidates would be part of the Sustainability Finance practice, with a special focus on areas related to Green/Climate Finance and/or Sustainable and Responsible Investing. The Sustainability Finance team at cKinetics provides research and strategic advisory in the areas related to Climate Finance, ESG-related corporate risks /disclosures, and cleantech investments to help build the business case for Sustainability by constructing models that capture financial flows and financial impact on businesses/investors.

The work entails responsibility for overall Project planning and deliverables management for the assigned projects. He/she will focus on designing solutions, client presentations, and client interactions that lead to client delight.

Purpose of the position

A Senior Associate is tasked with managing project deliverables end to end, overseeing a team of 2-3 associates / analysts or contribute as a SME, per the engagement needs. A Senior Associate must focus on the planning aspects as also the research elements. She /he must ensure that the deliverables are addressing the core objectives laid out by the clients in a timely and comprehensive fashion with requisite quality, specifically creative presentations/narratives backed by requisite market analysis, techno-commercial assessments, and data insights.

Key responsibilities

1. Project Management

- Build the business case in Sustainability related areas for the assigned project(s), including but not limited to Corporate ESG disclosure, investor portfolio assessment, sustainability finance, green/ climate finance, and sustainability and responsibility investing (SRI)

- Collaborating with the project/ internal teams- Associates/ Analysts in devising a cohesive solution for client's projects/ problem/ Program/ product

- Identify the areas for Primary and secondary research parameters for the allocated tasks and reliable data sources

- Plan and undertake Onsite/ On-ground field or site visits as required for the different engagements

2. Client Engagement

- Developing impactful and world-class written and oral presentations - Prepare reports with various data insights, trends, patterns, financial flows, techno-commercial assessment & financial modelling etc after requisite analysis derived from the structured/unstructured data collated through the research phase

- Ensure client project (s) /engagements are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner that leads to requisite client delight

3. Team Management and Time Management

- Regular monitoring of the project progress on quality parameters & timelines as also providing oversight and inputs to different team members on assigned tasks

- Must use and ensure the team uses the Internal /company Project Management/ Time Management tools in day to day working to record time utilization towards respective project/s

- Managing and guiding the Associates, and Analysts to align them with the company and client expectations

4. Business Development Support

- Provide business development support by undertaking active pursuits with existing and potential cKinetics clients - this shall entail developing proposals, concept notes, and other collateral as needed for presenting cKinetics Requirements:

The ideal candidate must have the desire to work in Sustainability Finance and Sustainability transition interventions and must have the following mindset and skills sets:

- Proactive and independent person with a demonstrated passion as relates to sustainability

- Flexible and creative mindset; curious and creative individual able to understand quickly the complexities of the client organization's products and markets

- Strong analytical abilities and excellent presentation skills

- Ability to present and discuss their research and findings to a high-level audience and industry experts

- Data Analytics skills - Assessment and Visualization Skills to extract and present relevant data information in a coherent manner

- Well acquainted with Techno-commercial assessments, financial modelling and project finance essentials

- Ability to work 'hands-on' and multi-task in an energetic environment

- Ability to present and discuss the research and findings to a high-level audience and industry experts

Academic qualifications & Experience

- MBA/Master's degree / CFA Level III certification and a desire to work in the Sustainability space

- Must have relevant 4-6 years of experience in consulting: either management consulting or market research in Finance, ESG, Climate Finance and Carbon Markets

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