Accounting & Finance Associate (Beforest Lifestyle solutions Pvt. Ltd)

Beforest Lifestyle Solutions Private Limited

About Beforest

Beforest Lifestyle Solutions is building regenerative, community-led living across India. Through ventures like Bewild (forest-friendly produce) and Regolith (native architecture), we are creating a new blueprint for how people live — in harmony with land, each other, and the larger world.

Learn more:
https://beforest.co/
https://bewild.life/

Position: Accounting & Finance Associate

Location: Hyderabad

Department: Finance & Strategy Full-time | On-site

Role Overview:

We are seeking a motivated and dynamic Accounting & Finance Associate who thrives in a high-energy, purpose-driven environment. This is not a back-office roleits a central position that involves collaboration across Beforests teams and sister entities to build a world-class finance function from the ground up.

You will work directly with the CFO to strengthen our accounting systems, streamline reporting, drive financial insights, and support forward-looking decision-making at both the company and project level.

Key Responsibilities:

Finance Systems & Bookkeeping:

- Integrate and maintain financial records in Zoho Books across multiple projects and entities

- Ensure timely recording of invoices, payments, and receivables

- Reconcile accounts and maintain clean, audit-ready books

- Coordinate inter-entity transactions and documentation

Reporting & Dashboards:

- Create and maintain live financial dashboards for leadership using Zoho and other tools

- Prepare monthly and quarterly MIS reports, cash flow summaries, and receivables reports

- Support statutory filings, compliance, and audit preparation

Planning & Strategy:

- Collaborate with the CFO on project-level and consolidated financial models & forecasts

- Track budgets vs actuals and highlight key variances or red flags

- Assist in structuring data to support investor and lender reporting

Cross-Functional Coordination:

- Liaise with operational teams, field managers, and sister entities for real-time financial inputs

- Ensure seamless coordination between on-ground realities and financial tracking

Culture & Team Building:

- Help build a high-performance finance function with strong ownership and continuous learning

- Identify and drive process improvements proactively

- Contribute to Beforests mission of ecological restoration through finance that supports systems thinking

Who You Are

- 2 to 5 years of experience in accounting, finance, or audit roles

- Proficient in Zoho Books or similar cloud-based accounting systems

- Strong command over Excel/Google Sheets; exposure to dashboarding tools is a plus

- Comfortable working with multiple entities and handling complexity

- A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and takes initiative

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Aligned with Beforests mission of long-term ecological and social regeneration

Bonus (Nice-to-Have)

- Experience in startups, social enterprises, or mission-driven organizations

- Background in impact reporting, ESG finance, or sustainable development

- Exposure to fundraising support or investor relations

Why Join Us?

- Be part of a pioneering organization creating a new model for living and working with nature

- Work with a passionate, collaborative, and diverse team

- Opportunity to grow into a leadership role in finance

- Shape systems that support real-world ecological transformation