Jobs at The Nature Conservancy

The Finance Specialist supports budgeting, forecasting, fund allocation, accounting, financial reporting, donor reporting, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial data maintenance for global conservation programs. The role prepares analyses and reports, identifies coding or variance issues, supports audits and close processes, maintains grant and award records, and advises program teams on financial policies, donor restrictions, and reporting requirements.

Leads the Corporate Engagement advisory team, overseeing staff development, corporate relationships, portfolio management, budgets, capacity planning, risks, and complex client engagements. Translates organizational strategy into executable priorities and operating practices, advises senior corporate partners, coordinates cross-functional work, and ensures compliance with organizational, legal, financial, and risk-management standards. The role manages a global, multidisciplinary team and represents the organization in senior internal and external forums.

Leads fisheries transparency initiatives across Europe and Africa by designing, implementing, and scaling electronic monitoring programs. Builds partnerships with governments, industry, technology providers, and civil society; provides technical guidance on policy, governance, financing, and implementation; manages complex projects, grants, and collaborations; develops stakeholder capacity; negotiates solutions; and represents the organization in policy and international forums.

Leads fisheries transparency initiatives across the Americas by designing, implementing, and scaling electronic monitoring programs. Builds partnerships with governments, industry, technology providers, regional fisheries organizations, and civil society. Provides technical, policy, governance, financing, and implementation guidance; manages complex collaborations, projects, grants, and teams; negotiates solutions; supports fisheries data integration; and represents the organization in national and international forums.

Supports the Policy Team through executive assistance, project coordination, meeting and special-event management, expense reporting, data and information management, reporting, contracts and budget support, communications, and administrative process improvement. The role coordinates stakeholders, tracks action items, manages schedules and logistics, ensures policy compliance, conducts research and analysis, and supports workflow improvements across teams.

Lead finance workstreams for Project Finance for Permanence transactions by developing financial models and strategies, designing sustainable finance mechanisms, supporting due diligence and risk assessments, and preparing finance materials. Manage complex work plans, coordinate cross-functional teams and government stakeholders, oversee consultants, facilitate finance workshops, and support transaction closing. The role requires English and Spanish fluency, project management experience, financial analysis skills, and domestic and international travel.