Urgent Search Deputy Manager- Business Finance

Job Description

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 a Business Finance expert, you'll be one among the 50+ professionals working in domains such as Financial Reporting, Finance Operations, Business Finance, Treasury Management and Taxation.

You will get a chance to work closely with some of the sharpest minds from the finance industry, and solve complex challenges.

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.

What you will do

- Business Planning, measurement and control
1. Provide the business with relevant financial support to enable effective planning while applying moderate budgeting and forecasting techniques : Advice on modelling, planning and forecasting with reference to cost, time and quality.
2. Have an evolving view on how to manage planning ambiguities emanating from lack of perfect information, lack of clear A/B results, conflicting business objectives and purely evolving environmental dynamics.

- Financial Modeling, analysis and problem root causing
1. Identify and analyse complex quantitative and qualitative data, issues and trends. Provides information with action (insight and advice) to the business. Ensures key business risks and opportunities are known and addressed.
2. You use financial and business acumen (Scenario Planning, Financial Statement Analysis, Business Valuation Methodology and M&A) to build financial models and operate with oversight and leverage on team.
3. Prepares and understands technical adjustments of budget based on requirement and RCA.

- Business & Stakeholder management and Decision making
1. Coordinate with stakeholders on a day-to-day basis, addresses queries, and provides clarifications.
2. Articulate data information insights in a constructive manner.
3. Is able to coordinate with stakeholders on a day-to-day basis, addresses queries, and provides clarifications.

What you will need

- Experience of 2-4 years is mandatory (industry or Big4)
- Strong analytical rigor and problem-solving skills
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and ever-changing needs
- Business and Stakeholder Communication

(For candidates with non similar industry experience, the numbers of years of experience may vary.)

Leadership @ Meesho and FLPP

- About Vidit Aatrey, Founder and CEO at Meesho
is the founder and CEO of Meesho, India's fastest-growing e-commerce company. Along with his co-founder Sanjeev Barnwal, Vidit founded Meesho in 2015 with a mission to democratize internet commerce for everyone. He has been instrumental in pioneering social commerce in India, enabling millions of women to become entrepreneurs, while building a platform that's digitizing MSMEs and making e-commerce accessible and affordable for traditionally underserved customers in Bharat. A firm believer in the power of startups to solve problems and usher in change, he has so far invested in 30+ ventures across India and Southeast Asia, including notable names like Elastic Run, FamPay, Airblack, Loop Health, Turnip, Anar and Yellow Class. Vidit is an IIT-Delhi alumnus (2012 batch) and prior to his role as CEO of Meesho, he has worked with ITC and InMobi. Meesho is his second venture after Pledge, an employment portal for underprivileged youth that won the Social Venture Challenge, 2011 (Singapore) by Resolution Project. In recognition of his achievements, Vidit has been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 (India and Asia list), Fortune 40 Under 40, The Economic Times 40 Under 40 and Entrepreneur magazine's 35 under 35.

- About Sanjeev Barnwal, Founder & CTO at Meesho
is the Founder and CTO of Meesho - India's fastest growing e-commerce platform. In his role, he leads technology at Meesho, delivering market-driven innovations to democratize e-commerce for everyone in India. Under Sanjeev's leadership, Meesho and its tech stack engineered in-house has created a seamless shopping experience for users across the country. His priority is to create engaging user experiences, high scale systems and cutting-edge data science applications to fuel Bharat's e-commerce dreams. Sanjeev is an Electrical Engineering graduate from Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi. Beyond his entrepreneurial endeavor, Sanjeev is also actively involved in advising founders and investing in young startups across India and SEA.

- About Dhiresh Bansal: CFO and Head of Finance, Legal, Compliance, PR, and Public Policy (FLPP)
leads Finance, Legal, Compliance, PR, and Public Policy at Meesho. Prior to joining Meesho, he served as Executive Director at JP Morgan India, where he spent nearly a decade. With deep expertise in public markets, Dhiresh has overseen M&A transactions exceeding $50 billion and led teams that raised over $15 billion for clients. He also brings investment experience from his time at domestic private equity firm ChrysCapital. Dhiresh is known for his empathetic and people-first leadership style. He leads by example, consistently inspiring his teams to innovate, collaborate, and push boundaries. His high emotional intelligence and ability to connect with people make him a trusted leader and mentor within the organization. He holds a in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

About us

Welcome to Meesho, where every story begins with a spark of inspiration and a dash of entrepreneurial spirit. We're not just a platform we're your partner in turning dreams into realities.

Curious about life at Meeshoand they've made us the top-rated e-commerce workplace on Glassdoor.

Our Mission

Democratising internet commerce for everyone- Meesho (Meri shop) started with a single idea in mind -to be an e-commerce destination for the next billion Indian consumers and enable 100 million small businesses to succeed online. We provide sellers with a range of industry-first benefits such as zero commission and the lowest shipping cost. Overmillion sellers are registered on Meesho, growing their business by tapping the company's massive customer base, state-of-the-art tech infrastructure, pan-India logistics at the lowest cost through third-party logistics providers in an Everyday Lowest Cost channel for sellers. Affordable, relatable merchandise mirroring local markets has helped us make inroads with first-time internet users in the country. We cater to an underserved and unique customer base and cover every serviceable pincode in the country. Our unique business model and continuous innovation has enabled us to become the first Indian horizontal E-commerce company.

Culture and Total Rewards

Our focus is on cultivating a dynamic workplace characterized by high impact and performance excellence. We prioritize a people-centric culture, dedicated to hiring and developing exceptional talent. Total rewards at Meesho comprises of a comprehensive set of elements - monetary, non monetary, tangible and intangible in nature. Our 11 guiding principles, or , are the backbone of how we operate - influencing everything from recognition and evaluation to growth discussions. Daily rituals & processes like Reflections, Listen or Die , Internal Mobility Program, Talent Reviews, Continuous Performance Management - all embody these principles.
We provide market leading compensation - both cash and equity-based - specific to job roles, individual experience and skill along with our employee centric benefits and work environment. We focus extensively on holistic wellness - through our MeeCare Program - encompassing benefits and policies across physical, mental, financial, and social wellness aspects. This includes extensive medical insurance benefits for employees and their families, wellness initiatives like telehealth, wellness events, and gym & recreational discounts etc. To support work-life balance, we provide generous leave policies, parental support benefits, retirement benefits, and learning and development assistance. Through gratitude for stretched work, personalized gifts, engagement & fun at work - we promote employee delight at the workplace. Many other benefits such as salary advance support, relocation assistance, and flexible benefits plans further enrich the Meesho employee experience.

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