South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.

Our Project Development team is at the forefront of developing and managing climate mitigation activities. By working closely with project owners and developers as well as their local communities, we manage the complete registration, verification and evaluation of carbon projects to enable the issuance of emission-reduction certificates, in line with official carbon standards. If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic sustainability professional with a strong passion to make a real difference in the fight against climate change, the below position may be right for you!

Job summary:

As part of the Project Development and Implementation (PDI) team, you will focus on performing economic and financial analyses to assess the feasibility of NBS projects. In addition, you will support the financial and risk monitoring of NBS projects around the world. This involves the running of budgets, financial models, risk models, sensitivity analysis and high-level reporting to improve the decision-making process. In addition, you will support the project tracking process by completing the Financial Operating Plan (FOP) and achieving indicators of budget management and progress on planned activities. During your work at South Pole, you will have the opportunity to participate in training, workshops, and team meetings with colleagues worldwide. 

Main tasks & responsibilities:

• Support different financial analyses to determine the economic viability of potential NBS projects around the world 
• Run the Financial Assessment Tool for the proposals requested 
• Run the Risk Assessment Matrix (RAM) of the proposals that are requested 
• Fill out the Financial Operating Plan (FOP) of the projects requested 
• Support the creation of templates for the generation of high-level reports 
• Participate as a collaborator in projects led by the PDI team globally 
• Participate in all meetings to which will be invited

Requirements:

Essential 

• Be in the last two semesters of undergraduate studies in economics and be authorized by the university to carry out academic internships 
• Ability to work on diverse assignments, applying company policies, processes, and procedures to resolve a variety of issues/problems 
• The capacity to solve relatively complex project-related problems independently and receive general direction on new assignments or projects 
• Excel and R proficiency
• Ability to create high-quality written documents (proposals and deliverables) in Spanish and English 
• Have excellent communication skills, especially verbal and written skills in Spanish and English 
• Ability to manage targets and priorities and develop own goals

Desirable 

• Strong statistical skills 
• Strong accountability skills

What we offer:

At South Pole, we care about our employees as much as we care about the planet. South Pole is not just an employer, we are a Team. South Pole does not just offer people a job, we offer you a career. By joining our team, you will find strong purpose and deep meaning in everything you do. You will have the chance to make a real difference for our clients and for the planet, working alongside a passionate team of like-minded colleagues, while building your knowledge/skills and developing your career in a fun, dynamic, international and fast-growing organisation. 

We’re a planet of 7.5 billion unique and different people. We all have a contribution to make; South Pole is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status or disability. Our recruitment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.