Associate Director - Business Finance (Category)

Zepto; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Fast growth

Job summary

Zepto is seeking an Associate Director - Business Finance to own budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning in partnership with business leadership. You will drive profitability, pricing strategy and cash conversion while partnering with Commercial, Procurement and Supply Chain teams to optimize margins.

You will lead a high-performing finance team, provide strategic insights, and challenge business assumptions with strong commercial acumen and analytical rigor.

Qualifications

• CA or MBA with 4-6 years experience in business finance.
• Strong budgeting, ROI, and variance analysis skills.
• Experience in revenue planning, pricing, and working with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own AOP, QOP, MOP, forecasting and long-term financial planning.
• Provide strategic insights and scenario analysis to drive growth and profitability.
• Lead performance reviews, highlighting risks, opportunities and corrective actions.
• Act as strategic finance partner to senior business leaders and co-own targets.
• Lead profitability, pricing, margins, inventory and supplier economics across categories.
• Drive finance transformation, automation and process simplification.

Skills

Budgeting

ROI

Variance analysis

Stakeholder management

Team management

Commercial finance

Education

CA

MBA

Job description

Designation: Associate Director - Business Finance (Category)

Responsibilities, aka, what we'd like you to deliver :

Associate Director - Business Finance | Key Responsibilities

Own AOP, QOP, MOP, forecasting, and long-term financial planning in partnership with business leadership.

Provide strategic insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations to drive growth, profitability, and informed decision-making.

Lead performance reviews, highlighting key risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.

2. Strategic Business Partnering

Act as a strategic finance partner to senior business leaders, co-owning business targets and outcomes.

Drive a deep understanding of business operations and key value drivers to identify growth, profitability, and productivity opportunities.

Challenge assumptions and influence decisions through strong commercial and financial insights.

3. Category & Commercial Finance

Lead financial strategy across categories, with ownership of profitability, pricing, margins, inventory, and supplier economics.

Partner with Commercial, Procurement, and Supply Chain teams to optimize margins, inventory, and working capital.

Drive initiatives to improve category profitability, cash conversion, and overall capital efficiency.

Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team with strong commercial and analytical capabilities.

Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and business ownership.

Drive process simplification, automation, and finance transformation initiatives.

Qualifications:

• CA or MBA with relevant experience of 4-6 years


• Strong experience in the business finance domain including budgeting, ROI, variance analysis, stakeholder & team management.


• Demonstrated experience in revenue planning, pricing, supply chain finance and category management.


• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.

Preferred Skills:

• Leadership and team management


• Strategic thinking and business partnering


• Financial acumen and analytical skills


• Communication and interpersonal skills


• Problem Solving and decision making


• Adaptability, agility and resilience

Why Join Us?

• Zepto is on a blitzscaling path unlike any other startup today. Be the flagbearer for the financial process in this journey.


• The opportunity to join India's next Unicorn is rare. So, we're giving our team strong equity to create lasting wealth as our company grows.