Do you love solving challenging problems, thinking about systemic change, and working in high-performing teams? Do you also have the self-motivation, curiosity, creativity, and ability to persuade others toward meaningful results? Do you have a passion for making the world a better place? If yes, then please apply for this exciting opportunity in RMI's global Climate Finance team!

Program Overview

Expectations about the role of private financial institutions in shaping a sustainable planet have evolved rapidly and have now converged on the notion of climate alignment-aligning financial decision-making with globally-agreed upon climate goals. While climate alignment is a powerful theory, implementation poses daunting challenges. Rocky Mountain Institute'sCenter for Climate-Aligned Financewas established as an "engine room" to help private financial institutions develop practical and scalable solutions to the barriers to climate alignment. The Center's work is fast paced but is balanced by a supportive and friendly team culture.

Position Overview:

RMI's Center for Climate-Aligned Finance is seeking a Senior Associate to join its growing team.

Specifically, we are looking to hire an individual to oversee our workstreams on sector-specific transition frameworks and transition finance, with a particular focus on the oil and gas sector. The successful candidate will oversee the team's efforts to understand and ultimately shape how financial institutions integrate climate risk considerations into their oil and gas business while enabling the sector's transition. The successful candidate will also collaborate with other RMI experts on oil and gas to embed climate into financial decision-making.

We are looking for an individual with a strong technical understanding of the sector. An important component of this is a deep understanding of sectoral decarbonization pathways, existing target-setting and transition assessment frameworks, and data. Knowledge of finance is also favored. This knowledge and expertise will be harnessed to engage directly with global financial institutions, standard-setting bodies, experts, and industry. The Candidate will work closely with the Center leadership team and will provide creative problem solving using quantitative and analytical abilities to generate insights for how financial institutions might engage and collaborate with the oil and gas sector on the transition. Candidates should possess strong communications skills across various platforms (writing, presentations, and verbal) and be comfortable with supporting relationship-building with stakeholder management with stakeholders with a wide range of viewpoints.

Core responsibilities:

• Provide quantitative analysis and modelling of industrial sector processes.

• Locate and manage high quality data that sheds new light on problems and solutions.

• Understand and explain implications of complex energy-system and climate modeling used by financial institutions (e.g., the International Energy Agency's Net Zero by 2050 Scenario).

• Synthesize recommendations into clear and compelling presentations and written reports.

• Present qualitative and quantitative information in various formats for audiences with varied levels of technical expertise.

• Engage with external experts (both technical and non-technical) via interviews, conferences, etc.

• Graduate degree or undergraduate degree with equivalent experience in a relevant field such as finance, economics, business, or public policy is required.

• 5+ years of work and demonstrated sector-specific and climate expertise is required; work on financial institutions is a plus.

• Familiarity with the basics of carbon accounting and development of emissions metrics

• Ability to conduct detail-oriented work examining complex flows of information.

• Ability and desire to learn quickly and a strong capacity to work with technical concepts.

• Ability to design, create, and run Excel-based models.

• Keen interest in shaping the role of private financial institutions in proactively supporting decarbonization.

• Demonstrated track record of thought leadership-an ability to turn complicated concepts into compelling narratives tailored to specific audiences.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment.

Location:

Remote, with a preference for Eastern Time zone; candidate must be willing to be flexible with working hours if outside of EST.

Compensation:

The salary range for a new Senior Associate is typically $84,000 to $96,000, dependent on experience. You would also have a 5% bonus target!

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance

• 403b retirement options (5% match immediately)

• Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability

• Professional and personal development (including LinkedIn Learning access)

• Generous paid time off

• Parental leave

• Commuter and wellness benefits

• Casual work environment

Diversity

Increasing the diversity of thought, perspectives, ideas and opinions within RMI is a critical change element supporting our long-term sustainability and mission to build a clean, prosperous, and secure energy future.

We strive for a level of diversity that reflects the communities we serve. Achieving this-regardless of ability, race, ethnicity, ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, veteran status, socioeconomic class, educational attainment or other social identities-is critical to the success of eachRMIerand collectively as an organization. This ensures that we:

• Have the different array of thinking that comes from diverse backgrounds and cultures, enabling us to solve some of the world's greatest challenges.

• Strive for a culture of inclusion and belonging by treating others with dignity, respect and appreciation enabling them to feel welcomed, supported and valued.

• Effectively connect, communicate and build long-lasting relationships with decision makers, stakeholders and constituents within diverse communities.

Rocky Mountain Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Rocky Mountain Institute

Rocky Mountain Institute transforms global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future. That is our mission. That is our passion. And every day, every member of our team of nearly 250 works relentlessly to achieve it. We are driving the global energy transition from fossil fuels to efficiency andrenewablesby working in partnership with businesses, communities, institutions, and entrepreneurs to advance market-based solutions. We achieve this by developing breakthrough ideas, testing and refining them, reshaping markets, and bringing solutions to scale. RMI is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with an annual budget of $70 million and offices in Basalt and Boulder, Colorado; New York City; Oakland, California; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing, China.