Senior Manager, Climate Transaction Advisory - Remote MX

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 66,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager to lead analytical and execution work for a two-year fixed-term engagement under a World Bank program across four LAC countries, mobilizing multi-million dollar carbon transactions.

The role interacts with senior officials, develops market-based financing strategies, and coordinates cross-country workstreams to meet transaction milestones. Office location is remote with travel across Latin America and to EDF's New York office.

Qualifications

• Native or fully bilingual Spanish speaker with excellent written and verbal communication skills. English fluency required.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in sustainable finance, management consulting, investment banking, or carbon markets — ideally with direct experience supporting deal execution or financial structuring plus Bachelor’s or equivalent relevant experience.
• Passionate about conservation, and a strong belief in market-based approaches to provide more equitable financing for forest landscapes
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, including experience building pricing models, scenario analyses, DCF models, or benefit-sharing/revenue flow models.
• Demonstrated ability to support complex, multi-stakeholder engagements, including experience preparing materials for and participating in senior-level meetings.
• Experience synthesizing complex technical, financial, and market data into clear, decision-ready outputs (memos, slide decks, briefings) for senior audiences.
• Strong project management and coordination skills — ability to keep multiple workstreams moving across countries, partners, and timelines simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Latin America Carbon Advisory in managing senior government relationships across participating countries, helping translate government priorities into clear workplans, decision points, and transaction pathways.
• Develop country commercialization strategies, including market pathways, pricing recommendations, transaction structures, buyer engagement plans, and implementation roadmaps aligned with government priorities.
• Lead transaction analytical support, including buyer engagement, proposal evaluation, due diligence processes, negotiation preparation, term sheet development, and transaction structuring.
• Coordinate delivery across workstreams, ensuring alignment among government stakeholders, implementing agencies, legal counsel, technical experts, and external advisors to maintain momentum toward transaction milestones.
• Develop decision-support materials and financial analyses, including pricing models, revenue projections, benefit-sharing analyses, ministerial briefings, negotiation memoranda, and other materials required for government decision-making.
• Provide ongoing market intelligence and strategic advice, tracking policy developments across voluntary and compliance carbon markets and translating market trends into actionable recommendations for participating governments.
• Participate in advancing EDF’s organizational effectiveness and culture goals, so people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included and empowered to address environmental and organizational challenges in ways that align with EDF values.

Skills

Spanish language

English language

Project management

Financial modeling

Stakeholder engagement

Deal execution

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. seeks a Senior Manager to lead analytical and execution work for a two-year fixed-term engagement under a World Bank program across four LAC countries, mobilizing multi-million dollar carbon transactions.

The role interacts with senior officials, develops market-based financing strategies, and coordinates cross-country workstreams to meet transaction milestones. Office location is remote with travel across Latin America and to EDF's New York office.