Project Finance Officer

Climate-KIC is hiring a Project Finance Officer for a 1-year fixed-term contract, offering competitive salary and remote work flexibility. The role is part of the Financial Planning & Analysis team, focused on managing grants and funding for climate innovation initiatives. The organization promotes diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from underrepresented groups. The position can be performed remotely from any location with a Climate-KIC branch.
Job Title: Project Finance Officer

Team: RCNR / Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Contract: 1-year Fixed Term contract

Level: Foundation/Intermediate

Please refer to our Capability Framework

Salary: Competitive for Not-for-profit organisation

Location: London/Amsterdam – with remote working

Start Date: ASAP

Apply By: We're interviewing on a rolling basis until we close the role. We advise you to apply early as we may close the role early if we have a sufficient pool of candidates.

ABOUT US

At EIT Climate-KIC, we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and we encourage personal development, learning and growth.

When recruiting, we look to achieve diversity in the candidate pool. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments that will foster success in potential employees from diverse backgrounds and life situations. And because our team has differing needs and personal circumstances, we offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns. We’re happy to discuss your situation during the interview and see how best we can support you.

Don’t let Imposter Syndrome stop you from applying!

Climate-KIC (Knowledge and Innovation Community) is Europe’s foremost climate innovation initiative. We understand that keeping global temperature rise below 1.5˚C demands unprecedented change. It requires new social dynamics, ways of doing business, capital flows, policymaking, economic models, and new ways of living. That is why our mission is to leverage the power of systems innovation to transform whole places, industries and value chains by 2030, working across sectors to develop and scale ambitious, mission-led programmes. Climate-KIC’s strategy 2024-2030, Transformation, with Urgency, is available here.

Climate-KIC operates as a not-for-profit platform working through public-private partnership, wielding both public and private funding. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Amsterdam, we orchestrate a community of more than 150 organisations including large corporations and SMEs, municipal and regional governments, universities and research institutes, as well as non-governmental organisations and civil society actors.

We have historically managed €80-100 million per year in grants, provided by our founder and core funder, the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT). As of 2025, Climate-KIC operates as an emeritus member of the EIT Community, in addition to working with funding from the European Commission, multi-lateral funders, institutional funders, corporates, and philanthropic foundations. Our objective is to maintain a flow of funds of circa €100 million annually to our community and to challenge owners to deliver impact. Funders include SIDA, MunichRe, the African Development Bank, Governments of Ireland, Spain and Slovenia, Laudes Foundation, Good Energies, Facebook, Google Foundation. The Climate-KIC Group is led by a Dutch charity status Foundation.

Climate-KIC has a Remote-First strategy, where colleagues work remotely from home based in one of the countries where we have a branch or employing entity (and can work out of local offices or co-working seats, where they exist). We meet at our local offices to exchange and connect and use online collaboration tools to work with each other and with our community. On occasion, we meet in person as teams, and once per year as an organisation.

As a mission-driven organisation dedicated to climate transformation, we consider the climate impact of our own actions, for example travel, catering, or IT equipment.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Project Finance Officer will be part of the Resilient & Climate Neutral Regions (RCNR) team, while also reporting into the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team, which sits within Finance. The role is Finance-focused, supporting the RCNR portfolio of projects to provide financial support and analysis to Project Managers, so that project financial information is accurate and available. In addition to internal project management, this role will support the completion of project financial donor reporting and audit preparation.

The RCNR cluster supports regions to become resilient and climate neutral by applying place-based systems transformation and providing a platform for collaboration. The RCNR team, currently consists of 34 persons and works across 4 thematic areas: Resilient Regions, Climate Neutral Food systems, Earth Observation for climate services and Climate smart forestry and bioeconomy.

Much of this work takes place in the context of the EU’s Missions on Adaptation to Climate Change aiming to have 150 climate resilient regions, and the Soil Mission, aiming to have 100 Living labs within Europe by 2030. RCNR is involved in a diverse and expanding portfolio of projects related to the missions, hence much of this work is funded through Horizon Europe. In addition, RCNR works with Local Governments to increase coordination among various regions, contributing to a more cohesive and effective response to climate challenges.

Key Responsibilities
• Project Financial analysis (Budget vs Actuals, Time utilisation, as well as basic compliance) and management to ensure accuracy.
• Support Project budgeting / forecasting process, including project acquisition
• Project Cash flow monitoring
• Generate donor financial reports
• Support project audits with preparation of financial documents, etc.

Key Relationships
• Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
• Finance team (Financial Control)
• Project Managers and project leaders (RCNR)
• Cluster lead (RCNR)

ABOUT YOU

We don’t mind if you plan for the worst or prepare for success, but you will want to make a difference. Whether you think before you speak or get inspired in the middle of a conversation, we want you to add to the team and help us succeed together.

We expect that the person in this role will be thorough and detail-oriented, to make sure project finances are accurately recorded and reported. There is a lot to do, and most of it has a deadline, so someone organised and able to prioritise their work is likely to do well.

An understanding of basic accounting principles will be needed, while knowledge or experience of dealing with grant project finances (using restricted funding) will benefit you greatly.

Skills & Experience
• Experience in an accounting or finance role, with sound knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Experience/knowledge managing restricted funding.
• EU/Horizon Grant Funding management especially desirable
• IT competent, with Intermediate Excel skills (advanced skills welcome).
• Ability to deliver objectives according to established timelines.
• Fluent in English.

Location

Candidates must have the right to work in the EU prior to applying for the position. Ideally, the successful candidate will be within commuting distance to a Climate-KIC office (London or Amsterdam), but we support full remote or hybrid forms of working and offer a high degree of flexibility.

At Climate-KIC we are wholeheartedly committed to building a diverse and representative team and an inclusive workplace that values different life experiences and perspectives, and encourages personal development, learning and growth.

When recruiting we look to achieve diversity in the candidate pool. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups and are happy to consider reasonable adjustments to that will foster success in potential employees from diverse backgrounds and life situations.

To support our team’s differing needs and personal circumstances, we offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate all working patterns.