Job Description

Designation: Associate Director - Business Finance (Category)

n

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

n

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

n

Associate Director – Business Finance | Key Responsibilities

n

1. Financial Planning & Analysis

n

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

n

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

n

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

n

2. Strategic Business Partnering

n

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

n

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

n

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

n

3. Category & Commercial Finance

n

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

n

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

n

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

n

4.



Team Leadership

n

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

n

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

n

Drive process simplification, automation, and finance transformation initiatives.

n

Qualifications:

n

n
- CA or MBA with relevant experience of 4-6 years
n
- Strong experience in the business finance domain including budgeting, ROI, variance analysis, stakeholder & team management.
n
- Demonstrated experience in revenue planning, pricing, supply chain finance and category management.
n
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.
n

n

Preferred Skills:

n

n
- Leadership and team management
n
- Strategic thinking and business partnering
n
- Financial acumen and analytical skills
n
- Communication and interpersonal skills
n
- Problem Solving and decision making
n
- Adaptability, agility and resilience
n

n

Why Join Us?

n

n
- Zepto is on a blitzscaling path unlike any other startup today. Be the flagbearer for the financial process in this journey.
n
- The opportunity to join India's next Unicorn is rare. So, we're giving our team robust equity to create lasting wealth as our company grows.
n

📌 Associate Director - Business Finance (Category) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Zepto
📍 Bengaluru