Commercial Finance and Strategy Manager

UNDO Carbon; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

UNDO Carbon is seeking a skilled financial analyst to drive insights and decision-making in a high-impact role. The successful candidate will lead financial modelling, support investor relations, and communicate complex information effectively across the organization. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to pioneering carbon removal efforts while working in a collaborative and innovative environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced Family Policies

Industry leading pension contributions up to 17%

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in commercial or financial planning.
• Confident with complex financial modelling.
• Ability to communicate complex topics to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead on financial analysis and modelling.
• Support investor relations and funding initiatives.
• Proactive business partnering to provide insightful analysis.

Skills

Financial modelling

Commercial planning

Communication

Attention to detail

Project management

Analytical thinking

Job description

UNDO is tackling the greatest challenge of our time: climate change. We are a fast-growing for-profit business that is already one of the biggest carbon removal companies in the world. But this is only the start - we have ambitious plans aligned with great funding, excellent people and an inclusive team.

UNDO has recently been named one of four global winners of the $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, further giving recognition and credibility to enhanced rock weathering (ERW) as a carbon removal pathway, and UNDO as a scientific world leader in this field.

In addition to our successful ERW operations, we’re now leveraging our expertise and underlying technology to deliver a platform that will enable a global network of project developers to scale ERW to the gigaton level - essential in the fight against climate change.

Role overview

This is a high impact role that partners across the business to drive critical insights and decision-making. It ties together every part of UNDO, keeping our core mission and objectives in mind, bringing together the right people into the right conversations. You’re the one taking complex, technical information and turning it into clear, comprehensive and digestible material for our diverse team, as well as leading on financial modelling and investor relations.

Where you’ll spend your time

• Lead on financial analysis
• Ownership of long term strategic financial models, modelling out different scenarios, evaluating the impact of changing inputs and drivers
• Creation of financial models and analyses for assessing pending decisions and potential growth opportunities (e.g project unit economics, pricing models)
• Influence decision-making by communicating clear strategic and financial implications of key decisions
• Proactive business partnering across the company to identify opportunities to provide insightful analysis and ensure a coordinated narrative on key discussion topics
• Organising and joining the weekly Steering Group to discuss critical commercial and operational matters
• Support on investor relations and funding initiatives
• First point of contact for investor queries and due diligence
• Support our Finance Director with preparing materials for fundraising and investors
• Ownership and maintenance of the investor dataroom
• Help to drive key relationships with debt financing partners including scenario modelling and negotiating key terms

We’d love to see from you

• A number of years commercial/financial planning experience, confident with complex financial modelling
• Understanding and experience of both debt and equity transactions
• We welcome candidates from both financial/accounting and strategy backgrounds but financial modelling skills are critical
• A desire to learn about UNDO’s complex science and business model
• Ability to communicate complex, technical topics and analysis in an engaging, concise and actionable way to diverse audiences
• A keen eye for detail, and the ability to both see the bigger picture, and hone in on the granular as needed
• Confident in dealing with ambiguity, imperfect information and independently scoping work
• Proven experience with managing multiple projects concurrently, prioritising in line with business goals, and keeping stakeholders engaged
• Passion for climate tech, sustainability, and science-driven innovation

Working environment

• We have a hybrid working model - we’re remote-friendly but also have an amazing office in County Hall in Waterloo, under the London Eye and overlooking the river. Whilst not a requirement it would be beneficial for learning and team cohesion if the successful candidate could be in the office at least once per week.
• For this role, there will be the need to meet in person with key stakeholder groups such as the SLT (we have quarterly sessions) or the executive team (adhoc, dependent on work)
• We recognise that there is no substitute for in-person time together and try to get the whole team together each year for in-person connection.

What you'll get when you join us

• The opportunity to pioneer carbon removal, impacting the planet for the better
• A truly committed and collaborative team of passionate field and lab techs, and operational specialists
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank hols!) and other paid leave such as volunteer, company sickand dependentleave
• Enhanced Family Policies
• Industry leading pension contributions of up to 17%
• Employee Assistance Programme - a confidential helpful service for you and your family. Financial, wellbeing and emotional support available

We're an equal opportunity employer. We are looking for the best candidate based on the value they can add. Our culture is hugely important to us and we welcome applicants of all race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We encourage all candidates who believe they have the required skills and experience for any of our roles to apply. We also welcome applications from candidates who have a keen interest and passion for fighting climate change.