Closing Date: 29 November 2024

Expected Start Date: 6 January 2025

Location(s): UK or USA (Eastern time zone)

Salary Range: Grade 4

Process: 2 interviews 

Reports to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and Reporting

CDP is an equal employment opportunity employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. We welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodation in order to participate fully in our recruitment process by sending a message to the recruiter connected to the role. They may be contacted directly by responding to any message you receive through our system after applying. 

Who we are

At CDP, we are on a mission to solve our planet’s biggest environmental challenges: climate change, water scarcity and deforestation. We believe you can’t manage what you don’t measure – so we run the world’s largest environmental disclosure system. For the past two decades, our team has worked tirelessly to create a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term – we accomplish this by engaging the global actors who wield the greatest influence in driving environmental change: companies, cities, governments, and the capital markets.

CDP’s cascading global impact is powered by our tight-knit team of smart, savvy, curious and committed individuals, who share a common passion for creating a sustainable future. It is our people who make our work possible. And we provide our people with a working environment that empowers each individual to reach their full potential: one that is committed to equity; one that provides equal access for growth and development; and one that supports each individual throughout the full employee life cycle.

About the Financial Planning & Analysis and Reporting Team

Are you passionate about using your accounting and data skills to help contribute to a climate resilient, environmentally sustainable future?

The FP&A and Reporting team brings clarity and standardization to CDP’s global numbers. Working closely with the Accounting and Compliance teams, we provide financial information, insight and analysis for both external reporting, and CDP’s internal decision making and governance.

To support fast growth in CDP’s scale and impact, the finance team is transforming, creating a new position for a talented and analytical qualified accountant.

Who you are

• Currently reside and eligible to work in the locations stipulated above.
• Chartered Accountant / Certified Public Accountant.
• Strong Excel skills, ideally some familiarity with PowerQuery, VBA or similar, and the ability to flexibly and quickly manipulate and clearly present data.
• Accuracy and strong attention to detail.
• Curious and self-motivated. A fast learner, able to thrive with complex and fast-paced change.
• Organised and able to manage own workload.
• Can communicate clearly and logically.

Your day-to-day

• Monthly and ad hoc management reporting: collating consolidated information from the Accounting team into useful, timely, and accurate monthly financial reporting packs.
• Preparing quarterly financial summaries for Board and other stakeholders, including lenders and funders.
• Analysis and insight of data to support regional and global stakeholders by aiding their understand of the numbers for informed decisions.
• Preparation of year-end audited financial statements.
• Review and application of technical accounting and reporting standards.
• Support to annual budget and regular reforecast processes, including cash forecasting.
• Longer-term financial planning and modelling.
• Driving continuous improvement of reporting quality and processes.

Please note that we do not conduct phone screens and utilize screening questions in each of our processes. You will receive the questions via email shortly after applying and your responses will be due at 5:00 pm ET on the recruitment closing date. Please send your answers in a PDF or Microsoft Word document in your reply to this message.