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Carbon & Sustainable Finance Intern - 6 months Internship

Sweep

Sweep

Accounting & Finance
Multiple locations
Posted on Oct 14, 2024
Sustainability · Multiple locations

Carbon & Sustainable Finance Intern - 6 months Internship

Want to use your energy and talent to tip the balance on climate change? Sweep is hiring a Carbon & Sustainable Finance Intern to work on our enterprise climate and ESG program software

Sweep is hiring a Carbon & Sustainable Finance Intern for 6 months to work on our enterprise climate and ESG program software.

Sweep maps climate and ESG data across an entire business to reduce carbon emissions, improve social and environmental performance, and create audit-ready reports to run the best sustainability programs. Sweep empowers companies to build resilience to global challenges with technology.

This role is for an initial period of 6months with the opportunity to move to a full-time position thereafter.

Ok, sounds promising. What will I be doing?

As part of the Success Team, you will play a crucial role in defining the customer journey of our sustainability software implementation, establishing protocols for project delivery, and driving knowledge transfer within the team by mentoring junior team members.

To be more specific, this includes:


1. Carbon & Sustainable Finance activities 🔍 Onboard, implement, assist finance customers and their portfolios companies

  • Support financial customers as they onboard, helping them integrate our platform to track financed emissions and ESG metrics.
  • Provide customer training—you’ll run training sessions and assist customers in rolling out Sweep across their portfolios.
  • Work with our delivery and success teams and assist customer during their Carbon & ESG campaigns—from creating FAQs to real-time customer support via Intercom.

2. Finance Success and Marketing 👫 Guide customers through their journey to becoming more sustainable

  • Share success stories—help our finance customers tell the world how they’re making an impact.
  • Develop training materials for internal teams and external partners via Sweep School.
  • Help craft webinars and write articles about carbon accounting and strategies to reduce emissions.


3. Additional Tasks 🌱 Participate in various team-oriented activities

  • Play an active role in our team meetings, contributing your ideas and collaborating across departments.
  • Participate in Sweep events and help drive our mission forward.
  • Be a support hub for both our team and our customers, tackling challenges as they arise.
That sounds just right for me. What do I need to bring?

Glad you asked. This is who we’re looking for:

Qualifications 🏆

  • Education: You’re pursuing or have completed a degree in business, carbon finance, environmental science, or a related field
  • Knowledge: You know your stuff when it comes to climate change, carbon accounting, and ESG standards—and you’re eager to put it into practice
  • Experience: Customer relationships and training? If you’ve got it, that’s a bonus. If not, we’ll help you get there
  • Languages: You speak and write in English and French fluently

Qualities 🧠

  • Proactivity is your middle name. You see what needs to be done and you do it
  • You’re passionate about solving problems, and you don’t stop at “good enough”—you’re all about high-quality solutions
  • Communication is key. You know how to explain complex ideas in a way that others can easily understand
  • Most importantly, you care about creating a sustainable future and are ready to be part of the solution.
Copy that. And what’s in it for me?

You will be joining an exciting young business that has the humble ambition to change the world. With a proven track record in starting companies, we’re planning to hit the ground running and have an impact fast. Joining this journey right at the beginning allows you to really help shape our path.

Our hybrid work model, with hiring focussed around our head offices in Paris, London and Montpellier, allows us to balance our personal and professional lives while staying connected and engaged with colleagues and clients.

We’re big believers in creating successful businesses that are good for everyone, including society and the planet. That’s why we have a B Corporation status.

We think this will be the ride of our lives. And maybe yours, too.

Department
Sustainability
Role
Carbon Expert
Locations
Montpellier, Paris, London
Monthly salary
€1,200
Employment type
Internship
Contact Rosangela Talent Acquisition & People Success – People

About SWEEP

Sweep is a sustainability data management platform. Though our primary focus is on environmental action, Sweep supports clients with all ESG goals, including waste reduction, water usage, biodiversity impacts, social equity and transparency in governance.

We’re building a business that’s good for everyone, including society and the planet. That’s why we have B-Corp status and are an entreprise à mission, with our own committee that helps us keep to our manifesto.

We’re committed to building an inclusive company, with a diverse group of talented people who all feel valued, feel like themselves, and thrive.

Founded in 2020
Sustainability · Multiple locations

Carbon & Sustainable Finance Intern - 6 months Internship

Want to use your energy and talent to tip the balance on climate change? Sweep is hiring a Carbon & Sustainable Finance Intern to work on our enterprise climate and ESG program software

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