As a Diligence Coordinator, you will play a critical role in evaluating land ownership, title documentation, and transaction readiness for forest conservation and carbon credit projects. You will review property records, verify ownership and signatory authority, confirm parcel identification details, and identify potential legal or structural risks before contracts are finalized. Working closely with sales, legal, forestry, and operations teams, you will help resolve documentation gaps and ensure every transaction meets established diligence standards. Your work will directly support transaction integrity, reduce downstream risks, and enable the responsible expansion of forest carbon initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to combine real estate expertise, analytical problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration in a remote environment. You will contribute to projects at the intersection of land conservation, climate action, and sustainable finance while helping improve the efficiency and consistency of transaction processes.
Conduct land and title due diligence: Obtain, review, and analyze title reports, deeds, easements, mortgages, liens, and other encumbrances associated with Improved Forest Management (IFM) carbon project opportunities.
Verify ownership and legal authority: Research ownership structures and chain of title, confirm authorized signatories, verify parcel identification numbers, and assess whether ownership documentation supports contracting requirements.
Analyze property characteristics and restrictions: Review legal descriptions, parcel configurations, third-party mineral or timber interests, land-use restrictions, deed restrictions, and other factors that may affect project eligibility or transaction feasibility.
Validate property information using mapping tools: Use geographic information systems (GIS), county mapping resources, and other relevant records to verify parcel boundaries, legal descriptions, and land information.
Identify and assess transaction risks: Detect title defects, ownership discrepancies, encumbrances, documentation gaps, and other structural issues that could affect eligibility, legal clarity, or the ability to execute contracts.
Coordinate issue resolution: Collaborate with sales, legal, forestry, operations, and landowner origination teams to investigate outstanding issues, obtain missing documentation, resolve discrepancies, and ensure diligence requirements are satisfied.
Maintain accurate diligence records: Prepare structured internal reports summarizing findings, risks, and outstanding requirements. Maintain complete, organized, and audit-ready transaction files using Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and other relevant tools.
Support contract readiness and transaction handoffs: Complete final diligence checks, confirm that required conditions have been met, and coordinate with legal and origination teams to ensure transactions are ready for contract execution.
Improve diligence processes: Identify recurring risks, documentation challenges, and workflow inefficiencies. Recommend improvements that increase the speed, consistency, accuracy, and quality of diligence across the transaction pipeline.
Maintain transaction visibility and efficiency: Manage multiple opportunities simultaneously, track outstanding items and timelines, communicate progress, and help internal teams maintain confidence in transaction readiness.
Protect sensitive information: Exercise discretion when handling confidential project documentation, ownership records, and other sensitive transaction materials while maintaining high standards of professionalism.