Company Overview:

For professionals who want to make a tangible impact against the climate crisis while improving

Indian agriculture, working with Ground Up offers a unique prospect to be at the forefront of biochar innovation and carbon market development in India. Working with Ground Up means having a hands-on role in creating a greener future while being part of a team that helps transform agricultural waste into valuable resources.

Our mission is to put Biochar in the hands of every Indian farmer to jointly combat the issues of unsustainable biomass management and degraded Indian soils.

Position: Finance Manager

Team: Finance

Location: Mumbai- Head Office

Position Overview:

We are looking for an experienced and commercially oriented Finance Manager to lead financial planning, modelling, project finance, support capital raises (D&E;), cash-flow management, and financial reporting. The role will work closely with the leadership,

operations, procurement, and external stakeholders to support business growth, project financing, cost optimisation, and sound financial decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

- Build, maintain and own the company financial model, per-plant project models,
- and all budget, forecast and cash-flow models, ensuring a single current version is
- used across the business.
- Support building out plant-level P&L; reporting for board approval
- Conduct scenario, sensitivity and valuation analysis to support live capital and
- operating decisions, including site configuration, capex sequencing, and
- production ramp-up scenarios for lenders.
- Support the financial workstream across all debt raises, covering lender models,
- information memoranda, diligence packs, sanction conditions and drawdown.
- Track DSCR, covenants and repayment schedules, and report covenant




- headroom in advance of any breach risk.
- Track capex against sanctioned scope and project milestones, and report
- variances in time for corrective action.
- Own claims, filings and compliance for subsidies, incentives and concessional
- financing structures available to the company.
- Partner with procurement and operations teams on conducting techno-economic
- analyses for various new projects.
- Create standard templates for management decisions
- Own revenue tracking, including price realisation against contracted floors, registry and verification fees, and receivables.

Requirements:

Must have

- 5–8 years in FP&A;, corporate finance, project finance or controllership
- Demonstrable ownership of a full model
- Strong financial modelling, valuation and financial statement skills; advanced
- Excel/Google Sheets.
- CA, CFA, MBA (Finance) or equivalent.

Strongly preferred

- Term-loan or project-debt exposure — lender diligence, sanction conditions,
- drawdown, DSCR and covenant tracking
- Manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, agri or climate sector background — cost per
- unit of physical output, not per user
- Experience setting up an MIS

Why Ground Up?

- Opportunity to work with a passionate and diverse team dedicated to sustainability.
- Opportunity to join an early-stage startup with opportunities for professional growth.
- Engage in cutting-edge projects at the intersection of agriculture and climate solutions.
- A collaborative and supportive work culture that values creativity and innovation.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should send their resumes and cover letters detailing their relevant experience and explaining why they are interested in this position to [email protected] and [email protected]. Please include “Finance Manager Application - [Your Name]” in the subject line of the email.

📌 Finance Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Ground Up
📍 Mumbai