Zepto - Manager - Business Finance (1-4 yrs)

Job Title: Manager - Business Finance

Location: Bangalore

About the Company:

Founded in 2021 by Stanford University dropouts, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra, Zepto is India's fastest-growing e-grocery company valued at $1.4 Billion following its recent Series-E fundraising of $200 Million from marquee global investors including StepStone Group, Goodwater Capital, Y Combinator Continuity, Kaiser Permanente, Nexus Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital, and Lachy Groom. Headquartered in Mumbai, Zepto is present across 10 major cities in the country, 1000+ employees strong, and delivers 5000+ products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, daily cooking essentials, dairy, health-and-hygiene products, etc., to Indian homes within 10 minutes. Through strong tech capabilities, an efficient business model, and a network of highly optimized delivery centers across its 10 locations, the company is revolutionizing the Indian grocery segment currently pegged at $600 Billion, making it easier and more convenient. Beyond groceries, Zepto has also introduced a cafe offering that allows customers to order Coffee, Chai, and other Caf items, along with their groceries.

Your Role:

- Person will be responsible for financial evaluation, insights and recommendations for decision processes, savings initiatives and new pilots. In order to achieve that, this role will work with internal business partners at all levels of the organization in support of business strategy, technological investments or changes, fulfillment options and more.

- The successful candidate will enjoy the challenges and rewards of working in a fast-growing organization and be able to handle ambiguity. This is a high-visibility position with a big scope of creativity and self-development.

- Have a thorough understanding of the industry, seasonality and business trends/events, and continually monitor competitor/industry developments Maximize Zepto's business profitability and selection expansion opportunities

- You'll work closely with finance & business leaders across the supply chain / revenue and category org to influence decision-making on new and existing initiatives. This role also designs, develops, and maintains performance measurements, models and reports on strategic input drivers to continuously improve the economics of the business.

- Manage vendor relationships - manage supplier/partner contracts, manage day-to-day relationships, and negotiate and secure marketing funds

- Use data and make recommendations to influence strategic decision-making and planning. Independently align financial and operational analyses with your business partners, challenging assumptions when necessary.

- Use solid financial knowledge and business acumen to build financial models and analyses with little guidance and make recommendations that deliver results, drive improvements, and may have impact.

- Manage monthly, quarterly and annual forecasts for the entire business. Perform ad-hoc business analysis, and financial modeling. Present recommendations to senior management on strategic decisions, and planned future initiatives.

- You identify and implement opportunities to resolve finance issues, improve, scale, or simplify finance tools, technology, and processes across teams and organizations.

What We're Looking For:

- People with Attention to detail & deep knowledge

- People with Bias for action and intensity to drive business results

- Data driven and individuals with high level of ownership

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.