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MeeshoDirector- Business Finance
The Director of Business Finance leads the BizFin team at Meesho. The group includes chartered accountants, MBAs, industry specialists and ex-investment bankers, many of them coming…
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The Director of Business Finance leads the BizFin team at Meesho. The group includes chartered accountants, MBAs, industry specialists and ex-investment bankers, many of them coming from Big 4 firms, fast-moving consumer goods companies and investment houses. The team works on complex business problems across the company, from growth strategy to streamlining financial operations. The post is based in Bengaluru. The director works as a financial partner embedded with the…
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The Director of Business Finance leads the BizFin team at Meesho. The group includes chartered accountants, MBAs, industry specialists and ex-investment bankers, many of them coming from Big 4 firms, fast-moving consumer goods companies and investment houses. The team works on complex business problems across the company, from growth strategy to streamlining financial operations. The post is based in Bengaluru.
The director works as a financial partner embedded with the business unit, advising on strategy, capital allocation, growth and profitability. The role sets the standard for governance and controllership, and works with CXOs to help set priorities and choices on growth and profitability. The director also manages business development activity in line with the financial plan.
Core work includes preparing annual and long-range financial plans with business and technology teams using a bottom-up approach, reviewing plans against actuals with detailed variance analysis, and tracking key financial and business metrics. The director shares ownership of the business unit's OKRs and builds the annual operating plan that delivers them. Other duties include scenario analysis, month-end account reviews, standardisation and automation projects, and quick-turnaround analysis for ad hoc decisions.
The role suits a finance professional with eight to ten years of experience, including at least five years in business finance, who is a chartered accountant or holds a postgraduate finance qualification and thinks from first principles.
Responsibilities
- Work as a financial co-pilot alongside the business unit's leaders in day-to-day and strategic decisions.
- Develop annual and long-range financial plans with business and technology teams, using a bottom-up approach.
- Review plans against actuals regularly and explain variances clearly and proactively.
- Track key financials and business metrics.
- Share ownership of the business unit's OKRs and build an annual operating plan that delivers them.
- Run scenario analysis and develop business cases for product and business initiatives.
- Lead month-end account reviews and direct the team on revenue cycle policies.
- Drive standardisation and automation projects to improve process efficiency.
Requirements
- Eight to ten years of experience.
- A chartered accountant qualification or a postgraduate degree in finance, with first-principles thinking.
- A minimum of five years working in business finance.
- Strong analytical rigour and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Self-motivated, takes initiative and works well in a team.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management.
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The posting asks for eight to ten years of experience, including at least five years in business finance.
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The posting accepts a chartered accountant qualification or a postgraduate degree in finance.
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