Associate Director - Business Finance

Overview

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), business specialists, and former investment bankers — each contributing a unique perspective and skill set. We thrive on s

What you'll do

• 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), 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 Associate Director - Business Finance, you’ll strategise with the business team and tell us how and where to spend our money.
• 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.

Requirements

• To work closely with the business unit and actively participate in its operations and management decision making To develop financial plans 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

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