Climate Risk Associate Full Time NEW

Position type: Full-time, Contract
Duration: 6+ Month (Possible Extension)
Location: New York, NY (Fully Onsite)

As a Climate Risk Associate you will:
Job Responsibilities

• Support the development of strategic frameworks for integrating the challenges and opportunities that climate change and the global energy transition may present to our business and investments. This role will act as an in-house expert and engage across the business, division, and firm.
• Act as a crucial first-line risk manager to ensure alignment with evolving regulatory requirements, stakeholder expectations, and internal procedures.
• Engage on value creation projects as a strategic thought and execution partner with portfolio companies
• This role will support the Head of Climate Strategy.
  Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead day-to-day work on rollout of transition and physical risk analytics, including supporting the ongoing development and improvement of analytics, socialization and educational materials, and process integration into deal lifecycles, with guidance from the Head of Climate Strategy
  • Advance value creation frameworks, tools, and advisory touches with portfolio companies on resilience, decarbonization, and product-related topics.
  • Monitor cross-regional regulatory requirements in climate and ensure climate risk, transition planning, and other related value acceleration programs appropriately reflect requirements
  • Manage processes and relationships on regular GHG and climate risk reporting relationships at a fund and portfolio company level
  • Oversee appropriate documentation, implementation, and road-mapping of quantitative improvements to tools and resources for portfolio companies and deal teams
  • Advance communication and formalization of climate-related process integration through the development of management-level presentations
  • Support bespoke and systematic diligence related to climate risk and opportunity assessments
  • Support vendor relationship management with reporting and analytics providers, including the development of partnerships as needed across new capability areas
  • Ensure alignment of reporting practices with regulatory requirements and standards as a first line of defense
  • Act as a subject matter expert and frontline risk advisor for deal teams, other sustainability team members, and portfolio companies
    Qualifications:
    The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and key skills:
    • At least 2-3 years of experience in Financial Services or an investing related field and 5+ years of experience overall
    • Strong demonstrated quantitative background and capabilities, with the ability to work in Excel and translate analytical concepts into documentation and to technical teams
    • Willingness to dig up sleeves, build tools, and advance stakeholder conversations a must
    • Experience developing executive-level written communication materials, strong relationship and stakeholder management skills
    • Ability and willingness to quickly learn, deal with ambiguity, and adapt to changing circumstances
    • Knowledge of climate-related scenario analysis, GHG accounting, decarbonization, resilience, reporting and target-setting frameworks
    • Prior experience in a climate-related role in strategy, program management, risk management, or reporting strongly preferred
    • A technical or hands-on background in engineering, energy efficiency, resilience preferred
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      Thank you!
      Onkar Chand
      (+1) 678-813-1578
      Onkar.Chand@innovasolutions.com

      PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
      Pay Range*: $75.00 to $85.00 per hour
      *Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate’s education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

      Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

      ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

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      • Named One of America’s Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024
      • Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
      • One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
      • One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US – Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
      • Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
      • One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
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