Executive Consultant – Carbon Project Finance & Investor Search

Job Title: Executive Consultant – Carbon Project Finance & Investor Search

Company: VPA India

Location: Remote / Worldwide (VPA India is based in Vadodara, Gujarat, India)

Job Location Type: Remote / work-from-home; location-flexible worldwide

Job Type: Full-time / Part-time / Contract / Temporary / Freelance / Internship

Expected Hours: 21–42 hours per week

Engagement Duration: Permanent/ongoing association for suitable candidates; fixed-term or project-based arrangements may apply depending on the engagement type and business requirements

Probation / Initial Assessment Period: Up to 6 months, where applicable

Education Requirement: MBA (Finance), Chartered accountant, Company secretary and related fields

Preferred Education Streams: Project finance, corporate finance or capital-markets background

Experience: 0–40+ years; responsibilities and remuneration will be aligned with demonstrated capability and engagement type

About VPA India:-

VPA India is a professional consulting organisation based in Vadodara, Gujarat, working in carbon markets, decarbonisation, ESG, sustainability, carbon credits, GHG accounting, climate advisory and carbon-credit commercialisation support for Indian and international clients.

VPA India is building a carbon-credit project pipeline supported by investment and revenue-sharing arrangements, for which it identifies and engages investors, financiers and off-takers/buyers — primarily in international markets. This remote role supports that origination, financing and commercialisation activity worldwide.

Role Purpose:-

We are looking for an Executive Consultant to support VPA India's carbon-credit project origination, financing and commercialisation function. The role focuses on identifying and engaging investors, financiers and off-takers/buyers — with a primary focus on international markets such as the US, UK, Europe and other regions — for VPA India's carbon-credit project pipeline, preparing carbon-project financial analysis, and developing investment and off-take proposals.

The candidate will work directly with the CEO on VPA India's carbon-credit investment and revenue-sharing pipeline, covering investor and off-taker research, financial modelling, investment memoranda, pitch decks, project profiles, data-room preparation and commercial documentation.

This is a remote, location-flexible role open worldwide. It is suitable for finance and commerce students, fresh graduates, interns, freelancers, early-career professionals and experienced finance professionals interested in carbon markets, climate finance, project finance and carbon-credit commercialisation.

Key Responsibilities:-

1. Investor and Financier Search / Origination:

The candidate will identify and engage sources of capital — primarily international — for VPA India's carbon-credit project pipeline, including:

• Identifying international climate and carbon funds, global impact and ESG investors, private equity and venture capital with climate mandates, family offices, development finance institutions (DFIs) and multilaterals (such as IFC, ADB and the World Bank Group), green banks, cross-border project-finance lenders and blended-finance vehicles.

• Mapping each investor and financier by mandate, ticket size, investment stage, geography, sector focus and return expectations.

• Building and maintaining a structured investor and financier database and pipeline (CRM).

• Conducting outreach, initial engagement and relationship-building with prospective investors and financiers across international markets.

• Preparing outreach materials, introductory notes and follow-up communication.

2. Off-taker and Buyer Search (Carbon-Credit Demand Side):

The candidate will identify and engage carbon-credit buyers and off-takers, primarily international, including:

• Identifying international corporate buyers with net zero, SBTi or voluntary climate commitments, CORSIA and Article 6 compliance buyers, global trading houses, brokers and retail buyers.

• Mapping buyer preferences by standard, project type, vintage, co-benefits and SDG alignment, quality label and price expectation.

• Assessing buyer requirements for authorised units, corresponding adjustments and international transfer where relevant.

• Supporting the structuring of spot, forward and floor-price off-take arrangements.

• Maintaining a buyer and off-taker database and demand pipeline.

3. Carbon-Project Financial Analysis and Modelling:

The candidate will prepare and maintain carbon-project financial models, including:

• Building project financial models covering capital expenditure, operating expenditure, carbon revenue (credit volume × price) and non-carbon revenue.

• Forecasting carbon-credit issuance in coordination with the technical team's emission-reduction estimates.

• Computing key financial metrics such as NPV, IRR, payback period, DSCR, break-even carbon price and abatement cost.

• Running carbon-price, volume, timing and issuance scenarios with sensitivity analysis.

• Modelling cost of issuance (validation, verification, registry fees, buffer contributions and monitoring) and revenue/benefit-sharing structures.

• Preparing clear, well-documented and assumption-driven financial workbooks.

4. Investment and Commercial Documentation:

The candidate will prepare investor- and buyer-facing documentation, including:

• Investment and information memoranda, teasers and pitch decks.

• Project profiles, fact sheets and data rooms for investors, financiers and buyers.

• Off-take proposals and indicative commercial term sheets.

• Financial sections of proposals covering use of funds, expected returns, risk mitigation and exit considerations.

• Bankability assessments and project risk registers (technical, regulatory, market and delivery risks) with mitigation measures.

5. Deal Support, Due Diligence and Transaction Readiness:

The candidate will support deal progression, including:

• Coordinating and maintaining data rooms and responding to investor and buyer due-diligence queries.

• Supporting Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA), sale-and-purchase and forward-purchase documentation in coordination with legal advisors (support role only, not legal advice).

• Maintaining basic counterparty and KYC awareness.

• Tracking deals through the pipeline from origination to closing.

6. Climate-Finance and Carbon-Market Intelligence:

The candidate will track finance- and market-relevant developments, including:

• Carbon-credit prices across compliance and voluntary markets.

• Demand and supply trends, buyer sentiment and credit-quality expectations.

• New funds, DFI windows and results-based and blended-finance opportunities.

• Policy developments affecting demand and finance, including Article 6, CORSIA, CBAM, ICVCM Core Carbon Principles and corporate net zero and SBTi commitments.

7. Pipeline, CRM and Business-Development Support:

The candidate will support fundraising and origination operations, including:

• Maintaining the investor, off-taker and deal CRM and pipeline.

• Preparing periodic fundraising, origination and pipeline status reports for the CEO.

• Supporting identification and preparation of investment-ready carbon-credit projects.

• Providing finance and commercial inputs into project proposals and presentations.

AI Tools and Digital Workflows:-

The candidate must be willing to work with AI tools and digital assistants for improving speed, quality and consistency of financial and commercial outputs. Work may include:

• AI-assisted investor, buyer and market research.

• AI-assisted preparation of financial model documentation, memoranda, proposals and pitch material.

• Use of AI tools for data structuring, summarisation and document drafting.

• Review, correction and professional formatting of AI-generated drafts.

• Preparation of Excel financial models, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, checklists and supporting files.

• Maintaining strict data integrity: no invented figures, prices, returns, issuance volumes or counterparty claims; all projections clearly labelled as illustrative and assumption-driven, and all outputs technically reviewed and fact-checked before use.

Required Qualifications:-

• Candidate should have an MBA (Finance), Chartered Accountant (CA), Company Secretary (CS), CFA, CPA, ACCA or an equivalent finance, commerce or capital-markets qualification.

• Backgrounds in project finance, corporate finance, investment analysis or economics are also relevant.

• Fresh graduates, students, interns, freelancers and experienced professionals may apply.

• Experience range: 0–40+ years.

• Prior deal, fundraising, project-finance or carbon-market experience is preferred but not mandatory.

Required Skills:-

• Strong interest in carbon markets, climate finance, sustainability and carbon-credit commercialisation.

• Financial modelling and valuation skills, including building and stress-testing models in MS Excel.

• Ability to compute and interpret financial metrics such as NPV, IRR, payback and DSCR.

• Strong business writing skills for memoranda, proposals and pitch material.

• Good communication and relationship-management skills for investor, financier and buyer engagement across international markets.

• Analytical thinking, attention to detail and comfort working with numbers and structured data.

• Working knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Google Drive, email and internet research.

• Ability to follow instructions, work systematically and manage confidential, commercially sensitive information.

• Ability to work independently and remotely with flexible supervision.

• Professional behaviour, discretion and reliability.

Preferred Skills:-

• An existing network of investors, financiers, funds or corporate carbon-credit buyers — particularly international — is a strong advantage.

• Prior experience in fundraising, project finance, investment banking, ERPA/off-take structuring or DFI/climate-finance engagements.

• Knowledge of carbon markets and climate finance, including Verra VCS, Gold Standard, Article 6, CORSIA, CBAM, ICVCM CCP and carbon-credit pricing.

• Experience preparing investment memoranda, pitch decks, financial models or data rooms.

• Advanced Excel capability, including financial functions, scenario analysis and data handling.

• Familiarity with CRM, deal-pipeline or project-management tools.

• Experience with AI tools, Google Workspace, Canva or online research and data platforms will be an advantage.

Work Arrangement:-

This is a remote, location-flexible role that can be performed from any location worldwide. VPA India is headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. Most work — investor, financier and buyer research, outreach, financial modelling and documentation — is carried out remotely; occasional coordination may be scheduled across time zones by mutual agreement.

Expected working hours will be approximately 21–42 hours per week. The final working schedule will be mutually agreed based on candidate availability, time-zone considerations and VPA India's work requirements.

Benefits:-

• Fully remote, work-from-anywhere arrangement.

• Flexible schedule.

• Fixed remuneration plus a performance/success-linked incentive for suitable candidates, aligned with origination and deal outcomes.

• Exposure to carbon markets, climate finance, project finance and carbon-credit commercialisation.

• Opportunity to work on real carbon-credit investment, financing and off-take transactions.

• Learning opportunity for finance and commerce students, fresh graduates and early-career professionals.

• Opportunity for long-term association based on performance.

Candidate Profile:-

The ideal candidate should be commercially minded, numerate, disciplined and interested in building capability in carbon markets, climate finance and carbon-credit commercialisation. The candidate should be comfortable working with financial models, preparing investor-facing documentation, engaging professionally with investors and buyers, and using AI tools responsibly under professional supervision.

Applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds are welcome.

Application Instructions:-

Interested candidates should submit an updated CV with the following details:

• Expected remuneration or stipend.

• Current location (city, country and time zone).

• Current education status or highest qualification.

• Finance, commerce or related qualification and specialisation.

• Relevant experience in finance, fundraising, project finance or carbon markets (if any).

• Preferred job type: full-time, part-time, contract, freelance or internship.

• Earliest joining date.

• Notice period (if currently employed).

• Confirmation of laptop/computer and reliable internet availability.

How to Apply:-

Interested candidates may send their CV/resume along with the Application Details (in English) to careers@decarbonisation.expert or WhatsApp us at +91 8905541120.

Please mention "Job Application — Executive Consultant – Carbon Project Finance & Investor Search. Job Code: 20260713Finance13" in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of selection.