About Tideline:

Founded in 2014, Tideline is a consulting firm that provides tailored advice to clients developing impact investment strategies, products, and solutions. Our mission is to help clients excel in realizing financial and societal value. We believe in shared, sustainable prosperity powered by market-based solutions. To that end, our services include strategy development, impact management system design, impact due diligence, impact monitoring and reporting, and impact verification.

Our multi-disciplinary team delivers services of unmatched quality, grounded in deep, rigorous research and analysis. Past clients have included leading global asset owners, asset managers, and service providers active in impact investing. Tideline has offices in New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; and Portland, OR.

About the position:

This is a unique opportunity for an early- to mid-career professional (i.e., approximately 3-6 years post-Bachelor’s) with experience or interest in impact investing and strategy consulting. The Associate will gain diverse experience in Tideline’s consulting engagements, including by leading research and analysis to develop original insights, contributing to the design of analytical frameworks, participating in team brainstorms, developing compelling client-facing presentations, and supporting project coordination and management, among other responsibilities.

The initial role duration is expected to be for a minimum of 3 months, up to 5 months. There may be opportunity for a permanent position at the end of this period, subject to the business’s needs and client demand. 

The Tideline team is currently working entirely remotely, and timing and plans for returning to the office remain uncertain. Candidates must be willing to work between Pacific and Eastern Time Zone hours from a suitable home office location. If a permanent or extended arrangement is to be pursued following the initial agreement, candidates should be willing to co-locate to San Francisco or New York with proper safety measures undertaken, if and when it is safe for employees to return to office. 

Core responsibilities:

• Lead research and analysis, including literature reviews, summaries of findings, participation in expert interviews, etc., including overseeing Analyst contributions to research workstreams as needed

• Develop compelling client materials synthesizing key findings, including in PowerPoint presentations and written report formats

• Present findings to key client stakeholders and internal team members

• Contribute critical and creative thinking to team meetings, brainstorming, and project planning

• Support quantitative and financial analysis, including modeling efforts as needed

• Support Project Managers in executing project and client management tasks 

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate has experience in finance, research, or consulting, has knowledge of impact investing, and has an entrepreneurial, collaborative disposition. The candidate is exceptionally well-organized with an eye for detail; communicates well; and is committed to advancing social and environmental outcomes. Every member of the team embodies our firm’s values: excellence, commitment, and openness. 

Desirable qualifications include:

• 3-6 years post-Bachelor's degree work experience or equivalent

• Experience in strategy or management consulting, finance (investment bank, M&A advisory, and/or private equity), impact investing, philanthropy, and/or research

• Knowledge of impact investing, finance, and/or philanthropy topics

• Experience conducting financial modeling, investment analysis, or other forms of quantitative analysis

• Strong design sensibilities

Minimum qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Strong written and oral communication skills

• Skilled at and affinity for research, with ability to think critically and creatively to distill relevant insights

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills, key for working collaboratively in a remote team environment

• Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative, sound judgment, and discretion

• Ability to manage multiple tasks with high attention to detail and organization

• Adept at using Microsoft Office and Google Suite

• Sense of humor and self-awareness 

How to apply:

Please apply by 11:59 pm ET on April 2, 2021. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis (position to be filled as soon as possible). You may send any questions to hiring@tideline.com. 

At Tideline, we value diversity of experience and perspectives and the unique contributions of each person. We work hard to create and maintain an open, inclusive environment where every team member can bring their full self to work. Tideline is an equal opportunity employer.