Manager/Senior Manager - Climate Finance

On behalf of one of our client organizations, Arthan is hiring a Climate Finance professional to support a leading organization focused on advancing worker-centered climate action. This is a unique opportunity for a finance professional from the private or public sector to shape how businesses and financial institutions align capital flows with equitable climate transitions.

The role centers on identifying and enabling sustainable financing pathways that prioritize blue-collar worker well-being, using climate finance mechanisms, ESG frameworks, and corporate investment logic to drive systemic change. The professional will work across research, partnerships, and finance teams to develop a long-term strategy for impact-driven engagement with investors, lenders, and corporate actors.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical:

• Analyze how businesses make investment decisions, especially related to climate action and ESG.
• Identify financial instruments (e.g., green/concessional loans) that businesses can access and the associated reporting/social metrics.
• Translate worker well-being research into investor-relevant financial language (e.g., ROI, risk mitigation, productivity).
• Recommend adaptations to internal reporting frameworks to align with market-facing decision-making tools.

Strategic:

• Design engagement strategies to influence capital flows toward evidence-based worker programs.
• Map opportunities to embed worker-centric metrics into emerging climate finance and ESG tools.
• Shift business narratives: Position worker well-being as a strategic and profitable investment.
• Build internal capacity through training modules on ESG, impact metrics, and financial decision-making.
• Outline a roadmap for long-term partnerships, fundraising, and organizational structure alignment.

Focus Areas:

• Business & Financial Decision-Making: Understand capital allocation processes in climate-linked sectors. Surface non-financial (beyond-ROI) drivers of sustained workforce investment.
• Financing Instruments & Metrics: Identify capital sources used for climate action and their ESG/social criteria. Align internal research and metrics with green finance and blended finance frameworks.
• Organizational Capacity & Strategy: Strengthen internal systems to engage more effectively with financial stakeholders. Design internal learning journeys around a finance-informed impact strategy.

Candidate Profile:

• 8-12 years of experience in finance, investment banking, fund management, or related sectors.
• Strong understanding of financial structuring, capital allocation, and sustainability finance.
• Demonstrated ability to translate research and non-financial data into finance-aligned narratives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Preferred:

• Experience in climate finance, ESG investing, or sustainability-linked lending.
• Familiarity with impact investing, green finance, or regulatory frameworks like ESG, CSDD, BRSR, and SEBI-linked reporting.
• Background in integrating social metrics into financial decision-making tools.
• Experience with concessional finance, blended finance, or working with financial institutions.

Deadline to Apply: 8th September 2025