Website:
meesho.io
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About The Team
The BizFin team at Meesho is a close-knit and high-performing group that brings together a diverse mix of professionals from Big 4 consulting, FMCG giants, and top-tier investment firms. Our members include Chartered Accountants (many of whom are rank holders), MBA’s, business specialists, and former investment bankers — each contributing a unique perspective and skill set.
We thrive on solving complex, high-impact business problems across Meesho’s ecosystem. Whether it's driving growth strategy or streamlining financial operations, the team plays a critical role in shaping key decisions that drive the company's success.
We believe in cross-functional exposure, ensuring team members gain experience across different areas of the business, enabling continuous learning and a broader perspective. At our core, we value both excellence in our work and strong team bonds, creating a culture that celebrates collaboration, achievement, and the collective impact we make.
About The Role
As Director - Business Finance, you’ll lead the team and partner with the Business function, strategise with the business team and enable capital allocation, growth and optimisation. While you ensure governance and controllership are best in class, more importantly you actively work with CXOs to drive prioritisation/ choices around growth and profitability.
You will lead a team of expert finance professionals - who will aid you in problem discovery, implementing complex business solutions, playing the critical challenger role in business orgs and being co-pilot in leadership level decision-making. You’ll also manage business development activities according to a financial plan. You’ll modify financial plans and budget amounts based on the changes in business plans. You’ll also provide financial support and advice to management in closing business deals and short/medium/long term strategies.
What You Will Do
- Act as a co-pilot for the business unit and actively participate in its operations and management decision making
- To develop financial plans (Annual and Long range) along with various business and technology teams with rigor on bottom's up approach
- To review the plans vs actuals on regular basis; in depth analysis of variance and communicating the same proactively creating right visibility and enabling planning of actionable
- To track and measure key financials and business metrics
- To jointly own the OKRs of the respective business unit and build an AOP to achieve the same. Completes account level month-end closing reviews, procedures, and corrections as needed
- Directs and oversees the overall policies, objectives, and initiatives of the revenue cycle activities to optimize operations
- Conduct periodic meetings with direct reports to assure staff understand assigned tasks and can manage time constraints
- Do scenario analysis and develop business plans on product enhancement or business initiatives, present top management with analysis
- Review the plans vs actuals on a regular basis; in-depth analysis of variance and communicating the same proactively creating right visibility and enabling planning of actionable
- Handle Adhoc requests and problem-solving with a short turnaround time and supplement such requests with appropriate analysis and comments to support decision making
- Participate & Drive standardization automation projects for process efficiency
What You Will Need
- 8 to 10 years Exp, Chartered Accountant or Post-Graduate in Finance with First principle thinking
- Should hold at least 5 years of experience in Business Finance
- Strong analytical rigor and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication & Interpersonal skills
- Proactive takes initiative, self-motivated, team player
- Strong collaboration, stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
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