Vice President – Transactions

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🕒 April 1

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

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Emergent

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🏪 Marketplace

Non-profit • Environmental • Marketplace

Emergent is a non-profit organization that operates as a transaction platform focused on protecting tropical forests and reducing emissions through large-scale transactions of high-integrity carbon credits. It provides a credible pathway to net zero emissions by facilitating the sale of carbon credits to fund forest protection programs. Emergent serves as a bridge between tropical forest countries and the private sector, creating a marketplace that supports initiatives aimed at halting deforestation and preserving biodiversity. By leveraging the REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard, Emergent ensures the uncompromising environmental and social integrity of the carbon credits it transacts.

📋 Description

• Structure carbon transactions, including forward purchases, pre-pay, and call options • Serve as the market making lead by coordinating between internal Demand and Supply teams • Develop and finalize transaction contracts, including ERPAs • Execute transactions once ERPAs are signed, including delivery of credits and receipt of funds • Manage risk to carbon credits portfolio • Perform diligence function including credit checks and KYC onboarding • Develop and execute Emergent’s strategy for use of the floor price guarantee • Run book building process for placement of credits • Continuous improvement of Emergent’s flow of funds arrangements • Portfolio management including ability to understand and manipulate financial and portfolio models • Serve as a point of contact on structuring for sovereign governments and Fortune 100 companies

🎯 Requirements

• At least 6 years of professional experience in a transaction-based environment. • At least three years’s experience preparing and executing carbon credit transactions, ideally in the voluntary carbon markets. • Bachelor's degree required; law degree or CPA, or equivalent preferred. • Experience working with lawyers and preparing, negotiating and executing complex multi-party contracts. • Familiarity with the international climate policy framework, including UNFCCC, REDD+, Paris Agreement, etc. • Passion for the mission of Emergent • Ability to deliver consistently high levels of accuracy, efficiency and follow-through • Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills • Willingness and ability to work within a small team start-up environment • Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial and often virtual team environment • Adept at making assessments quickly and identifying the best course of action. • Ability to operate remotely. • Applicants must have work authorization in the US or EU.

🏖️ Benefits

• Emergent provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, local or other applicable laws. • Remote work options