Senior Manager – Finance, Accounts and Compliance

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About Soul Forest

We are a business that transforms barren lands into biodiverse forests through an 80:20 model—80% nature reserve, 20% eco-sensitive living, wellness, and livelihoods. Our 250-acre pilot in Veltoor, Telangana is a living lab of restoration and regeneration. Founded by Earthshot Prize-winning climate entrepreneurs, Soul Forest aims to scale this model to 100,000 acres globally in the next decade.

As we prepare to scale, we are strengthening our Finance & Compliance backbone to be “always audit-ready” and “scale-ready”.

What’s the Job?

Senior Manager – Finance, Accounts and Compliance

You will coordinate closely with auditors and external consultants, review and refine legal and tax-related documents, and build systems that make the organisation ready for scale—across finance, tax, and regulatory requirements. This is a rounded finance leadership role for someone who wants to be both hands-on and strategic.

What You’ll Do

• Own end-to-end accounts

  for all entities – bookkeeping, ledgers scrutiny, reconciliations, monthly closing, and finalisation of financial statements.

• Run tax and statutory compliances

  – Income tax (TDS, advance tax, returns, tax audit), basic GST coordination, and ensuring all filings are on time.

• Coordinate with auditors and consultants

  – be the single point of contact for statutory auditors, tax advisors, and compliance/legal consultants; close audits and queries on time.

• Review finance-related legal documents

  – contracts, leases, JV agreements, loan docs, and commercial agreements from a finance, tax, and compliance lens.

• Manage Treasury and MIS functions

  – oversee banking operations, cash flow planning, treasury management, and prepare timely MIS, budgets, and management reports.

• Build a clean compliance backbone

  – maintain trackers, registers, and a data room so the organisation is always due-diligence-ready with zero slippage.

• Strengthen systems and controls

  – set up simple, robust processes for approvals, documentation, and reporting to support scale-up.

Who We Are Looking For

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (CA)

  with at least

  5 years of post-qualification experience

  .
• Strong, industry-backed hands-on experience in

  accounting, finalisation

  of books for companies and LLPs, along with expertise in

  MIS, budgeting,

  and other financial reporting.
• Solid working knowledge of

  income tax

  (incl. TDS, returns, tax audit) and exposure to

  GST and other compliances

  (via consultants is fine).
• Prior experience

  working with auditors, tax advisors, and compliance/legal consultants

  .
• Experience in managing

  banking relationships, cash flows, and treasury

  operations.
• Comfortable

  reviewing agreements

  from a finance and tax perspective.
• Highly

  organised, detail-oriented

  , and reliable with deadlines – nothing falls through the cracks.

• Active in the industry

  – keeps updated on tax, accounting, and regulatory changes and applies them in practice.

Who Should Skip This?

not

• You prefer only narrow accounting work and are not keen to handle compliance, documentation, and legal-finance interfaces.
• You are uncomfortable taking ownership and being accountable for “nothing slips” on compliances.
• You dislike working with auditors, consultants, or legal teams and avoid detailed documentation.
• You’re not actively updating yourself on changes in tax and accounting standards.

Why Work With Us?

• Be the Backbone:

  You will build and own the finance & compliance backbone of a pioneering, nature-led organisation.

• Scale with Purpose:

  Work at the intersection of finance, law, and climate action.

• High Exposure:

  Get direct exposure to founders, investors, advisors, and multi-entity structuring.

• Growth & Learning:

  Opportunity to grow as the organisation scales.

How to Apply

CV

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Soul Forest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.