Finance and Operations Executive

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom Climate Essentials Full time

**Location**: London - hybrid mix of office (approx. 3 days/week) and home working

**Who we are**:
Climate Essentials is a Climate Tech start up bringing innovation and state of the art data software to the forefront of business and most importantly, makes it accessible to all. Our platform, Climate Essentials, is helping to create a greener future for generations to come by driving cross-sector collaboration and knowledge sharing. Through Climate Essentials, tangible net-zero pathways are being connected across the public and private sectors and regions across the UK and beyond. We provide innovative solutions to the data gaps and bring coordination to the global challenge of tackling the climate crisis.

Our mission is to empower individuals, households, SMEs and the public sector to take control of their carbon emissions and collectively accelerate carbon reduction on a national and global scale.

**The role**:
We are looking for a Finance & Operations Executive to work closely with the CEO and Executive Team to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the finance, governance and administration of the business as we scale. You will work with internal stakeholders to assist company operations and provide functional support, driving efficiency within the team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with various stakeholders and be involved in multiple strands across the business. This role offers the opportunity for significant learning and professional development in a fast-paced industry and would be ideal for an early-stage professional (min 2-3 year business experience) looking to develop their career in a fast-scaling start-up. The role will lend itself to progress into other functional areas over time.

**What you will do**:
Finance:

- Assist the company payment process, including invoices and expenses
- Cash flow management, financial forecasting and analysis
- Financial reporting: help compile information for claims, reports and other analysis
- Oversee payroll process and employee pension documentation
- Work with outsourced bookkeepers to submit monthly accounts, crosscheck and controls, support with other accounting tasks
- Support fundraising activities and processes

Governance
- Support company governance and administration management
- Adhere to relevant processes and contribute to the development of new processes as required
- Provide governance support in relation to submitting tenders

HR
- Support all areas of the employee lifecycle, including onboarding and offboarding, induction and training, and performance management
- Maintain business and employee files, ensuring all records and databases are up to date

Other
- Manage company bookings, including travel and accommodation arrangements
- Functional support, such as diary management and scheduling, maintaining notes and files, and producing correspondence and documentation in an accurate and timely manner
- Additional general administrative and operational duties where necessary
- Other reasonable requests to deliver the business needs

What we are looking for:

- Early-stage professional with 2-3 years business experience
- Talented and ambitious self-starter, with the desire to learn and grow in an exciting industry
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
- Strong numeracy skills, and solid Excel skills (advanced Excel skills is desirable)
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, and a high attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and solid writing skills
- Strong IT skills, with the ability to grasp a variety of platforms and systems (e.g., MS Office Suite, Google Workspace, CRM software, Social Media Platforms, Bookkeeping)
- An analytical mind, with the ability to think strategically and demonstrate proactive problem solving
- Experience working in a similar role is desirable
- Foreign languages desirable
- Experience with financial and accounting tools and software (e.g. Xero and Stripe) is desirable

You will thrive at Climate Essentials if you are passionate about sustainability and looking to work in a fast paced, high growth environment where you get to build things from the bottom up.

**Salary**: £28,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- What are your salary expectations for this role?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Ability to Commute:

- London (required)

Work Location: In person

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