Back to jobs

Transactions Manager

United States

About Aurora: Aurora Sustainable Lands LLC (“Aurora”) was established in Fall 2021 as a joint venture between Oak Hill Advisors, a global investment firm, and Anew Climate, LLC, the largest marketer and originator of carbon and environmental credits in North America. Aurora’s mission is to harness the power of natural forests to remove and store atmospheric CO₂. Today, Aurora owns and manages approximately 1.6 million acres of forestland across 14 Eastern U.S. states, making it one of the 10 largest forestland owners in the country.

General Summary: Aurora is seeking a Transactions Manager to support all aspects of its transactional operations. This position reports to Joe Schwartz, Senior Director of Transactions.
The Transactions Manager will be responsible for project management, financial modeling, investment memorandum preparation, due diligence for acquisitions, land sale preparation, internal tracking, and market analysis. The role may also lead transactions related to new revenue streams such as renewable energy leases or easement sales. The ideal candidate will develop a strong understanding of forest carbon methodologies and economics to effectively contribute to Aurora’s leadership in forest carbon land management.

Primary Responsibilities and Competencies:

  • Transaction Support: Assist the Senior Director in managing large-scale strategic dispositions, including data room management, memorandum preparation, forest inventory analysis, environmental assessments, and title and land record reviews.
  • Project Management: Lead all phases of timberland acquisition and disposition projects, including strategy development, due diligence, contract negotiation, and closing.
  • Due Diligence: Conduct thorough due diligence, including property research, timberland appraisals, environmental assessments, and legal document reviews.
  • Stakeholder Coordination: Collaborate with internal teams (forestry and carbon operations, portfolio management, finance, and legal) and external stakeholders (buyers, sellers, attorneys, brokers, consultants, and public agencies) to facilitate transactions.
  • Market Analysis & Valuation: Apply knowledge of timberland, carbon, and renewable energy markets and valuation techniques to assess property value and support strategic decisions.
  • Risk Assessment: Identify risk areas in timber and forest carbon transactions by understanding land management practices, forest carbon methodologies and Aurora’s strategic priorities.
  • Research & Reporting: Analyze publicly available data and reports relevant to transactions, including market rates for energy leases, conservation funding trends, policy developments, and financial market activity (e.g., mergers in renewable energy or carbon capture sectors).
  • Documentation & Modeling: Prepare investment memoranda, financial reports, and Excel-based financial models to support proposed transactions.
  • Travel: Occasional domestic travel is required.

Required Education, Experience and Certification:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, forestry, or natural resource management; or a bachelor’s degree in any field combined with a JD, MBA, or master’s in forestry or natural resource management.
  • Minimum of three years of experience in real estate, timberland management, carbon project development, investment management, law, or a related field.
  • Strong understanding of financial concepts, portfolio performance metrics, decision-making frameworks, and discounted cash flow analysis.
  • Demonstrated quantitative skills and proficiency in scenario analysis and financial modeling.
  • Ability to critically review lease, easement, or option agreements for key commercial terms and risks.
  • Familiarity with nature-based climate solutions, renewable energy, or land conservation is a plus.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

Skills:

  • Strong work ethic and ability to thrive in both collaborative and independent work environments.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage a variety of projects in a fast paced, growth-oriented, small team environment.
  • Self-motivated, organized, and capable of managing multiple tasks and deadlines efficiently.
  • Professional presence and demeanor suitable for representing Aurora in high-level transactions.

Create a Job Alert

Interested in building your career at Aurora Sustainable Lands? Get future opportunities sent straight to your email.

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

U.S. Standard Demographic Questions

We invite applicants to share their demographic background. If you choose to complete this survey, your responses may be used to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process.
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...
Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in Aurora Sustainable Lands’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305
Page 1 of 1
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.