Senior Finance Business Partner
What is Sylvera anyway? ???
Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our mission is to incentivize investment in real climate action.
Purchasing carbon credits and CDR through the carbon markets is one of the most established and scalable ways to channel finance to effective climate solutions and work toward societal net zero. Unfortunately, the carbon markets were plagued with mistrust and a lack of effectiveness since they’ve emerged – until Sylvera.
To help organizations ensure they're making the most effective investments, Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our data and software independently and accurately validates the impact of carbon projects that capture, remove, or avoid emission whether they are up and running, or in development. Our data and tools allow users to optimise both the climate and economic performance of projects as well as understand the past and future of the market. With Sylvera, businesses, governments and developers can confidently invest in, benchmark, deliver, and report real climate impact.
Our team is made up of leading minds in climate change from science to policy, finance, and carbon markets. We work in partnership with scientific organizations, universities, governments, and think tanks to develop and implement rigorous and holistic project assessment methodologies, leveraging the latest technology. We also partner with actors and institutions across the whole market to make data higher quality, more standard and more accessible. Founded in 2020, Sylvera has 130+ employees globally with offices in London, New York, and Singapore. We’ve raised over $96 million from leading investors like Fidelity, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, and Insight Partners to date.
What will I be doing? ????
We're looking for a versatile Senior Finance Business Partner to join our fast-growing climate tech company. Reporting to the Finance Director, you'll play a key role in strengthening our financial operations and supporting our continued growth. Specific responsibilities will include:
Benefits ?
London. We work flexibly but encourage people to come to the office regularly, especially for 1-2-1, retros and divisional meetings. The team is in the office about 2-3 days a week.
Our Values ?
Own it: We build on the momentum of our wins and reflect on and learn from our failures.
Stay curious: We keep our focus on the long-term, even if that means short-term challenges.
Do what’s right - even when it’s hard: We take a growth mindset to our work, our customers, our market and the opportunities ahead of us.
Collaborate and challenge with empathy: Our teams deliver through active collaboration. We invest in each others’ success and make the company stronger in the long-run.
Empower Customers: Make extraordinary efforts to exceed our customer expectations. If we’re serving our customers to the fullest, we can help direct more investment into real climate impact.
What if you’re a partial fit? ?
We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.
Equal employment opportunity ?
Sylvera is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
AI note-takers ?
We sometimes use AI note-takers to help us transcribe interview notes, so we can be more present in your interview. If you'd like to opt out of us using automatic transcribers, please note this in the free text field in your application, otherwise we'll take your application as confirmation that you're happy for us to use notetakers (whether added to video calls or in the background).
Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our mission is to incentivize investment in real climate action.
Purchasing carbon credits and CDR through the carbon markets is one of the most established and scalable ways to channel finance to effective climate solutions and work toward societal net zero. Unfortunately, the carbon markets were plagued with mistrust and a lack of effectiveness since they’ve emerged – until Sylvera.
To help organizations ensure they're making the most effective investments, Sylvera provides trusted ratings, tools and data for carbon credits and CDR. Our data and software independently and accurately validates the impact of carbon projects that capture, remove, or avoid emission whether they are up and running, or in development. Our data and tools allow users to optimise both the climate and economic performance of projects as well as understand the past and future of the market. With Sylvera, businesses, governments and developers can confidently invest in, benchmark, deliver, and report real climate impact.
Our team is made up of leading minds in climate change from science to policy, finance, and carbon markets. We work in partnership with scientific organizations, universities, governments, and think tanks to develop and implement rigorous and holistic project assessment methodologies, leveraging the latest technology. We also partner with actors and institutions across the whole market to make data higher quality, more standard and more accessible. Founded in 2020, Sylvera has 130+ employees globally with offices in London, New York, and Singapore. We’ve raised over $96 million from leading investors like Fidelity, Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, and Insight Partners to date.
What will I be doing? ????
We're looking for a versatile Senior Finance Business Partner to join our fast-growing climate tech company. Reporting to the Finance Director, you'll play a key role in strengthening our financial operations and supporting our continued growth. Specific responsibilities will include:
- Own business partnering with budget holders across the organisation, improving financial literacy, spend accountability, and decision-making quality.
- Partner with Revenue Operations and Sales to ensure accurate revenue recognition, reporting, and insight, identifying risks and improvement opportunities as the business scales.
- Own key components of the monthly management accounts process, ensuring ensuring accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting for leadership
- Manage the relationship with external bookkeepers, ensuring high-quality transaction recording, reconciliations, and clear issue resolution.
- Deliver financial analysis and recommendations to support strategic decision-making, partnering closely with the Finance Director and senior stakeholders
- Proactively identify, prioritise, and deliver finance process improvements and automation to increase efficiency, scalability, and control.
- Play a key role in shaping and implementing financial systems and tools to support the company’s growth and evolving complexity.
- Is qualified with a recognized accounting body with at least 2 years post-qualification experience (PQE).
- Has experience working in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment, preferably in B2B SaaS and with multi-currency consolidation experience.
- Is a highly capable finance generalist with the judgment to prioritise, simplify complexity, and know when to go deep.
- Has had practical FP&A exposure, including annual budgeting and forecasting.
- Has a proven track record of influencing non-finance stakeholders through clear, credible financial insight.
- Is comfortable working with modern accounting systems and data tools, and enjoys improving how systems are used.
- Is comfortable working with bookkeepers and managing the day-to-day finance operations.
- Has strong analytical skills and experience with financial modeling and forecasting (advanced Excel, Google Sheets).
- Is detail-oriented with a commitment to accuracy and data integrity.
- Cares deeply about the climate and ecosystems of the earth.
Benefits ?
- Equity in a rapidly growing startup
- Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance
- Unlimited annual leave
- 4 weeks/year work from anywhere
- Enhanced parental leave
- Access to Mental Health support
- Office bar tab once a month
- Weekly drinks in the office
- Catered lunch once a month in office
- Monthly Deliveroo/equivalent allowance once a month
London. We work flexibly but encourage people to come to the office regularly, especially for 1-2-1, retros and divisional meetings. The team is in the office about 2-3 days a week.
Our Values ?
Own it: We build on the momentum of our wins and reflect on and learn from our failures.
Stay curious: We keep our focus on the long-term, even if that means short-term challenges.
Do what’s right - even when it’s hard: We take a growth mindset to our work, our customers, our market and the opportunities ahead of us.
Collaborate and challenge with empathy: Our teams deliver through active collaboration. We invest in each others’ success and make the company stronger in the long-run.
Empower Customers: Make extraordinary efforts to exceed our customer expectations. If we’re serving our customers to the fullest, we can help direct more investment into real climate impact.
What if you’re a partial fit? ?
We prioritise grit, positivity, and the willingness to get stuck in, and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match this job description.
Equal employment opportunity ?
Sylvera is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
AI note-takers ?
We sometimes use AI note-takers to help us transcribe interview notes, so we can be more present in your interview. If you'd like to opt out of us using automatic transcribers, please note this in the free text field in your application, otherwise we'll take your application as confirmation that you're happy for us to use notetakers (whether added to video calls or in the background).