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Job Title: Vice President (Finance)

Location: Bangalore, India

Experience: Chartered Accountant (CA) with 8+ years of experience in financial leadership roles within startups, specializing in controllership, capital planning, and fundraising (equity, debt, and SPVs), along with end-to-end ownership of budgeting, reporting, and stakeholder communication.

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About Alt Carbon:

Alt Carbon is a deeptech science and data company, building agri-infrastructure for climate action. We aim to make South Asia a hub for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) through technology pathways like Enhanced Rock Weathering and Biochar. We work with farmers and scientists across the Global South to turn underutilized land into carbon sinks.

Our flagship initiative, the Darjeeling Revival Project (DRP), is a first-of-its-kind effort to unite climate action with cultural and ecological restoration - by reviving degraded soils, restoring livelihoods, and rebuilding ecosystems. This year, we also launched the Bengal Renaissance Project (BRP), a large-scale biochar program that is building a network of biomass banks, pyrolysis, and gasification plants across Eastern India, with a mission to weave hope back into the lands of India.

Rooted in science, powered by community, and driven by the belief that revivals require ambition and audacious bets, our mission is to remove 5 million metric tons of CO₂ by 2030.

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Alt Carbon was started by sibling tea planters Shrey and Sparsh Agarwal, in order to rescue their family’s tea estate from being at-risk of climate impact to becoming the frontier of climate action.

Read about our journey below:

Our Journey to Revive Darjeeling

To read more about our work, check out this news feature about us, go through this twitter thread, or have a look at our work in Darjeeling.

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Role Overview:

As the VP of Finance, you will be a key member of the leadership team, owning the full-spectrum financial operations and ensuring the company’s financial health. Beyond traditional controllership, you will architect and execute budgeting, fundraising (equity, SPV working capital, and debt-based capital), capital allocation, and P&L responsibility across the company and special purpose vehicles (SPVs).

You will play a central role in investment strategy, capital planning, and financial communication with management, investors, and external stakeholders.

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💻 What You’ll Do:

Strategic Financial Leadership: Oversee all financial operations, planning, and reporting, and serve as an advisor to the CEO and board.
Budget Planning & Forecasting: Lead the development and management of company-wide, departmental, and SPV-specific budgets; own scenario analysis, resource planning, and optimization for growth.
Fundraising & Capital Structuring: Support fundraising efforts for equity, venture debt, grants, SPV working capital, and other financing instruments. Structure and execute equity and debt transactions for both parent and SPV entities, including investor/lender engagement, deal negotiation, and closure.
SPV Working Capital: Manage and optimize working capital structures for Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), including overseeing multiple debt and equity instruments, assessing optimal capital stacks, refinancing negotiations, and compliance.
P&L Ownership: Track, report, and drive improvement of P&L at both company and SPV levels. Develop dashboards for key performance indicators (KPI), burn rate, revenue growth, runway, and efficiency metrics.
Investor, Lender, and Stakeholder Management: Develop financial communications, reporting, and due diligence materials for investors, lenders, and board members; manage relationships and information flows.
Financial Controls & Compliance: Oversee statutory compliance (GST, Income Tax, Company Law, etc.), audits, regulatory filings, compliance for multiple legal entities, and implementation of robust internal controls and governance processes.