Investment Analyst, CNF

Climate Asset Management is an independent investment firm co-owned by HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) and Pollination. HSBC AM is the asset management arm of HSBC, one of the world’s leading and most respected international financial institutions. Pollination is a climate change advisory and investment firm, solely focused on accelerating the transition to a net zero, climate resilient future and a world leader in finance, investment, technology, business, law, and policy.

Climate Asset Management is a purpose-oriented investment firm, unbound by legacy, which has established a series of natural capital funds, investing in a diverse range of activities that value, preserve, protect and enhance nature over the long-term, helping to address climate change, while delivering commercial risk-adjusted returns to investors. We aim to unlock natural capital investment opportunities at scale. Through our shareholders we leverage HSBC’s experience as the world’s leading bank for sustainable finance and Pollination’s deep, global expertise in natural capital, mainstreaming natural capital as an asset class.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to secure a more climate-resilient, nature-positive and inclusive world through bold, scalable nature-based investment solutions.

Our Values

We have assembled, and continue to grow a highly motivated, multinational and multilingual team. We aim to reflect our four core values in everything we do:

Passion: both in helping our clients achieve their objectives and in using our collective energy and expertise to help solve the big issues of the day.

Integrity: both in doing the right thing and in holding ourselves accountable.

Ambition: both in our optimism and our drive, aspiring to the highest quality standards and seeking to evolve and improve continually.

Inclusiveness: where we prioritise diversity, equality and inclusion, collaborating widely and connecting thoughts with technological innovation for breakthrough ideas and systemic change.

Our Product Offer
We have three active investment product offerings, including:

1. A Natural Capital Fund, investing in sustainable agriculture, forestry and environmental assets in developed economies, seeking to optimise landscapes for production and ecosystem services.
2. A Nature Based Carbon Fund, offering investors access to global nature-based carbon projects at scale in developing economies that generate high integrity carbon credits.
3. Our Carbon Nature Fund which we manage on behalf of Apple’s Restore Fund, which is a unique blended strategy that combines the financial returns of the Natural Capital Fund with the impact of the Nature Based Carbon Fund.

We are continuing to fundraise for these strategies while deploying funds into projects around the world.

We will be developing second vintages and launching new investment strategies that continue to help our investors and stakeholders meet their net zero commitments while helping protect the planet from land degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change.

The Opportunity

We are currently looking for an Analyst to join our global team [for a contract term] in London. In this role, you will be an integral part of Climate Asset Management’s platform, supporting the investment team on deal underwriting, execution and management for our Nature Carbon Fund. We evaluate investments globally; you will have the opportunity to be exposed to several transaction structures and cooperate with multiple stakeholders. As an analyst, you will play an important role in financial analysis, supporting pipeline building, project benchmarking and overall providing support to the platform administrative development. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing financial analysis and supporting investment managers and associates on deal execution and meeting targets. The role is foremost technical in scope and the candidate will have a strong interest in natural capital and in the carbon markets space.

Key Responsibilities Will Include:

1. Support transaction execution, financial modelling and due diligence engagement.
2. Support deal approvals including contributing to investment committee papers.
3. Support on pipeline building and management (interface with project developers, first screening of potential opportunities).
4. Develop and manage operational benchmarking tools.
5. Provide portfolio management support post transaction execution.
6. Support with the fund administrative requests (control of fund budget / payments).
7. Provide pipeline information and overall support to quarterly investors report.
8. Perform market research, industry analysis, and competitor benchmarking to identify trends and opportunities, focused but not limited to, carbon markets.
9. Conduct financial analysis and valuation of companies, assets, and investment opportunities using various methodologies (DCF, multiples, etc.).

You’ll love this role if you want to participate in the scaling and acceleration of nature-based projects to combat the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss within a commercial framework. You are a passionate natural capital professional seeking to create positive measurable real-world impact.

You bring expertise in financial modelling, capabilities to propose different commercial structures and a strong interest in investments that relate to sustainable management of natural capital, biodiversity, and investments in the global carbon markets.

This is a contract role. Whilst maintaining a good work-life balance is important to us, we look for flexibility to work outside of standard office hours when necessary, particularly driven by multiple time zones that we operate in.

Who We’re Looking For: Essential Skills

1. Strong proficiency in Excel, financial modelling, and valuation techniques.
2. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
3. Strong presentation and communication skills to articulate investment ideas.
4. Knowledge of alternative investments, fixed income, and portfolio management.
5. Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.

Preferred Skills

1. Experience in private equity, investment banking, venture capital or project finance.
2. Knowledge of project finance for carbon reduction initiatives (e.g. forestry, Agroforestry, ARR).
3. Understanding of carbon markets, including compliance and voluntary markets.

Applying with Climate Asset Management

Climate Asset Management is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. We will then work with you to identify the best way to assist you through the recruitment process.