Who we are

SALT is a financing platform for high-quality global climate projects that reduce or remove carbon or/and protect our natural ecosystems. Our mission to close the $100 Trillion climate financing gap, unlocking every climate project that can credibly move the needle on our climate challenge, with speed, scale, and equity.

We do this by offering better data, proprietary risk assessments, and efficient capital structures, helping translate net-zero committed capital from financial institutions/corporates into direct financing across a project's lifecycle.

SALT’s founding team, spread across Germany, Spain and South Africa consists of world class exited founders and operators across engineering, finance and carbon projects. Our lived experiences have taught us that brilliant folks can come in all ‘wrappers’ and we are excited to build a company that reflects our cultural and individual values of inclusion. We truly believe the company we build will only be as strong as its people. We also know that the best solutions for a climate future for all must be built by people with diverse life experiences.

In this role you will be working directly with SALT’s CEO and Co-founder Shilps , an experienced operator and entrepreneur. She brings 16+ years of Fintech, Capital markets and climate experience across Asia, US and Europe , working closely with Technology firms, Financial institutions, Advisory cos and venture-backed startups. Shilps is also well known for her climate activism work, which also led to her Guinness world record

Your mission is

To help our CEO, Shilps with business operations+ ongoing administrative tasks and tag team with our biz-dev team on strategic projects

This is a great opportunity for a hands-on person with a strong business or/and finance background, with the desire embrace the chaos and rapid growth that comes with an early-stage startup.

Key Info

Location: Strong Preference for someone based in Germany+German Speaker (owing to the set up of our company). For the right candidate, Europe/UK remote could be OK

Interview Process: 4-5 hours total time over 2 weeks

Salary: Competitive - a mix of cash and equity.

Reporting to: CEO/Co-Founder Shilps Gautam

Your day-to-day looks like

• Proactively manage the day-to-day needs & requests from the CEO
• Project managing company-level tasks to ensure follow-up to action items
• Coordinate remote activities such as travel , schedules, vacation, light HR activities across the globe
• Arrange & schedule interviews for open roles
• Compile, submit, & track expenses in concert w/ outsourced bookkeeper
• Support expensing process in concert w/ outsourced bookkeeper
• Manage light people operations duties including payroll, tools setup, on/offboarding, contractor management, etc.
• Manage legal and contractual processes & agreements across vendors, customers, employees
• Coordinate SALT’s presence at marketing events
• Run the company wide OKRs/ goal-setting process
• Help the Biz-dev team on strategic, client-focused projects

Ideally you have

• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to work on multiple objectives with tight deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and in German
• Extremely organized, precise & able to prioritize & manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability & willingness to continuously acquire new competencies & accept new challenges
• The ability to work well under pressure in a rapidly changing environment
• Minimum ~3+ years experience in a business ops/ administrative support
• Self-starter who does not need to be managed day-in & day-out to proactively add value
• Strong interpersonal communication skills & providing timely information
• Highly collaborative & willing to work cross-functionally
• Bonus: Experience with DATEV and tech stack such as GSuite, Slack and Notion
• Bonus: You are experienced in accounting/finances management
• Extra Bonus if you have worked on or experienced first-hand our climate challenge in any capacity

You will thrive in this role if you

• Are driven to see change in your lifetime
• Thrive in an early-stage, scrappy, fast-learning, and fast-moving startup
• Have a flexible mindset and open to working on a variety of tasks
• Love bringing order to chaos
• Are curious to learn and eager to share your ideas
• Value working in diverse environments with people from different backgrounds and experiences from you

Benefits:

• Equipment
• Learning budget
• Yearly team huddle
• 25 days of holidays (excluding bank holidays)

How to Apply

Please fill in this form .Please include a link to your Linkedin profile and your CV/Resume as well as any other info that you think we should know about you and your background. What gets us stoked is your interest in joining an early stage company in the climate solutions sector.

FAQs

• Will you be able to sponsor Visas/pay for relocation?
  • As a young startup with limited resources, we are unable to do so, at this point. We are committed to building a close-knit, equitable, remote-first company, irrespective of where you might be located.
• What is the interview process?
  • We will aim to get back to you within 5 business days from the day you first apply and 72 hours post each stage thereafter.
  • Once it begins, we do
    • Introductory call with Shilps (25 mins)
    • Introductory call with our founding engineer Emilio (25 mins)
    • A short task (asynchronous)
    • Task debrief and SALT Deeper Dive with Shilps (45 mins)
    • Reference calls with two of your former colleagues (no more than 15 mins each)
    • Optional/Candidate’s choice: Call with one of our trusted advisors/investors, where you get to ask any questions you may have (25 mins)