Finance Associate

Full time, London

About us:

BeZero Carbon is a global ratings agency for the Voluntary Carbon Market. We distribute our ratings via our SaaS Product, BeZero Carbon Markets, informing all market participants on how to price and manage risk. Our ratings and research tools support buyers, intermediaries, investors and carbon project developers.

Founded in April 2020, our 150+ strong team combines climatic and earth sciences, sell-side financial research, earth observation, machine learning, data and technology, engineering, and public policy expertise. We work from four continents.

We raised a significant Series B funding round in late 2022, and are growing rapidly as a company, accelerating the Net-Zero transition through ratings.

www.bezerocarbon.com

Job Description:

As our Finance Associate, you will have full ownership of the day-to-day accounting responsibilities of the business, whilst also supporting the growth of the business by supporting specific projects.

You will have an essential role in helping us build a progressive finance team and improve our financial and cross-functional reporting.

You will be working with the other departments to perform your activities including supporting budget tracking, company-wide reporting and other ad-hoc projects.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day accounting responsibilities of the business, including processing invoices, reconciling bank accounts, and posting month-end journals.

• Produce month-end financial reporting and analyse performance against the budget.
• Partner to a wider range of stakeholders (From Scientific, Data, Product & Commercial backgrounds amongst others)
• Project & Ad-Hoc work as we scale

• Complete the payroll workings and process payments to suppliers.

• Assist with the production of investor and Executive Committee deliverables.

• Assist with building and updating forecasts on a regular basis.

• Assist with the production of year end accounts and liaise with auditors where required.

• Assist with company-wide reporting (especially commercial performance reporting)

You will be our ideal candidate if:

• ACA/ACCA certification

• Knowledge of bookkeeping and financial processes within Accounting

• Knowledge of GAAP/IFRS policies and how to apply this in the operational processes of the company

• Knowledge of ERP, Microsoft Office and specifically of Excel

• Familiarity with cloud based accounting tools e.g. Xero

• Excellent communication skills

• Ability to work effectively and independently within a fast-growing company and deal with ambiguity

• Preferred: interest in climate / environmental topics

Please know that even if you don’t have experience in all the areas above but think you could do a great job and are excited about building a great company culture, bringing transparency to the voluntary carbon market, and being part of a fast-growing team, we would love to hear from you!

What we’ll offer:

• Opportunity to work in a cross-cutting role, interacting with lots of different parts of the business

• Growth opportunities that come from working at a fast-paced VC-backed technology business

• Opportunity to learn and develop alongside a range of sector specialists from the scientific, economic and business community

• Competitive salary and equity in a rapidly growing VC-backed start-up through share options

• 25 days leave (with additional time off between Christmas and New Year, and for your birthday)

• Benefits package covering private medical insurance, dental, critical illness cover, income protection, life assurance, medical cash plan and cycle to work scheme (or a comparable package if you’re based overseas)

• Health and wellness cash allowance

• Enhanced parental leave

• Regular social events

• Central London office space with flexibility to work from home 2 days a week

• Nomad working over the summer, allowing you to work from another country

Our interview process:

• Initial screening interview (15 mins)

• Second interview(s) + skills test

• Final interview with senior management

• Reference checks + offer

We value diversity at BeZero Carbon. We need a team that brings different perspectives and backgrounds together to build the tools needed to make the voluntary carbon market transparent. We are therefore committed to not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, age, or disability.