A bispyridylamine-based hanging unit within the ligand framework of a newly synthesized iron porphyrin complex (Py₂XPFe) can act, on the one hand, as a hydrogen bonding site to facilitate proton transfer in catalysis and, on the other hand, as coordination site for a second Lewis acidic metal center. The bispyridylamine group in close proximity of the iron porphyrin center is able to mediate electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction in anhydrous MeCN. The hydrogen bonding interactions within the hanging group affect the kinetics of catalysis likely through stabilization of the [Fe^I(CO₂H)]⁻ intermediate, increasing the overall rate of catalysis when compared to the non-functionalized analog, TMPFe (TMP=tetramesitylporphyrin). The rate constants (k_app) of the reduction reaction were calculated using the FOWA method which resulted in a higher TOF_max for the complex Py₂XPFe compared with TMPFe in neat MeCN (1.7×10² vs. 1.1×10¹ s⁻¹). The addition of weak Brønsted acids to the reaction mixture (TFE or PhOH) shows an increase in the rate of catalysis for both complexes, yet the Py₂XPFe analog displays higher TOF_max at each relative acid concentration, suggesting the hanging group beneficially impacts the rate of catalysis in the presence of these proton sources. The addition of Lewis acidic Sc³⁺ to Py₂XPFe also results in an increase in current density of the CO₂ reduction reaction. Resonance Raman as well as ¹H-NMR spectroscopy indicates coordination to the pyridine substituents.