Product Quantitative Analyst

PUR is hiring a Product Quantitative Analyst based in Toronto, Canada, for a full-time, permanent position. The role involves financial and quantitative analysis to support the development of nature-based solutions that help reduce environmental footprints. The analyst will collaborate with global teams and evaluate project impacts on carbon, livelihoods, and farm economics. Candidates should have strong quantitative modeling skills and experience in project finance or statistical analysis.
Product Quantitative Analyst

Based in Toronto (Canada)

Full-time position, Permanent contract

Beginning: ASAP

PUR Description

PUR is a global, impact-focused B-Corp specializing in supply chain sustainability. We design, develop, and implement nature-based solutions projects to help our corporate partners reduce their environmental footprint and meet their ESG targets. Many of PUR's projects fall within the categories of insetting, regenerative agriculture, agroforestry, forest conservation, and landscape restoration.

These projects aim to introduce more sustainable agricultural practices, regenerate and preserve ecosystems, and socially and economically empower local communities. Today, we employ 200 staff across 16 countries, with key offices in Paris (HQ) and Toronto.

www.pur.co

Industry Description

PUR operates within the dynamic and rapidly evolving sector of environmental consultancy services and nature-based solutions (NbS) markets. The NbS market has recently gained traction as society recognizes the invaluable services provided by nature and the need to preserve, restore and harness these services to mitigate and adapt to environmental challenges. To be considered a nature-based solution, projects must address real societal challenges and offer strong environmental, economic and social benefits for local communities.

Market KPIs:
• If combined with deep decarbonisation efforts, NbS projects could provide up to 30% of the mitigation needed to limit global warming to 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels by 2030 (World Economic Forum, 2023)
• NbS project credits make up the largest volumes of carbon credits available in the VCM (voluntary carbon markets ) with $9bn invested between 2020 and 2022 (Sylvera, 2023)
• 5,307 companies have set science-based targets - a 4.2x increase since 2022 – and a significant driver of demand within the NbS and VCM markets (SBTi, 2024)

Role

PUR is seeking a dynamic financial or quantitative analyst to work directly with the Product Development Manager based in Toronto, supporting our global teams in the financial, statistical, and economic analysis of new products, services, concepts and processes under development. The Analyst will also support the evaluation of in-field impacts of PUR’s nature-based project activities through a financial and economic lens. Impacts include, but are not limited to carbon, nature, livelihoods, water and farm economics & productivity.

This person will work closely with the Product Intervention & Outcome Specialists and finance teams in the process of evaluating new concepts, technical partnership opportunities, and practices for their relevance to PUR’s product portfolio.

The successful candidate will have excellent quantitative modelling skills and demonstrated experience in one or a combination of the following areas: project finance, scenario, and statistical analysis, and is seeking to leverage their skills to drive impact through nature-based solutions. They will have the ability to digest and translate complex analytical topics in the areas of nature-based solutions, agriculture, technology, impact accounting.

The successful candidate will report directly to the Product Development Manager based in Toronto, Canada.

The main responsibilities in a non-exhaustive manner of this ambitious role will be:

New Product / Implementation ROI Analysis
• Develop, with the support of Product and Finance Teams, a rapid & standardized costing and ROI assessment tool for the evaluation of new potential product features, partnerships, or implementation.
• Implement ROI Analysis on a consistent and ongoing basis to support Product Team decision making, activity prioritization and cost engineering.
• Support the final pricing implementation of new initiatives into the cost structure of products as they are formally updated for external purposes.
• Support the Chief Product Officer, Intervention Specialists Lead, and Product Development Manager with prioritization of roadmaps through a quantitative analytics approach.
• Manage the organization and continuous improvement workflow of quantitative analysis tools and resources.

Economic Analysis
• Support the formalization of a Farm-Level economic analysis tool for temperate and tropical regions in support of Livelihoods Specialist and Intervention Specialists, to be reviewed and vetted by Finance Team;
• Support definition of data collection or amalgamation requirements to support economic analysis with Intervention and Livelihood Specialists, Projects Teams, and Product Development Manager;
• Manage and update economic analyses in their pilot phases based on new and updated information.
• Develop business case for presentation to PUR Leadership for new piloting proposals.

Product Team Support
• Act as global support for product team, under the management of the Product Development Manager, to address capacity/resource constraints across the team.
• Foster a collaborative environment resulting in the successful implementation of transversally applicable tools and products.

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