Associate Manager-Business Finance

About the Company

Founded in 2015, Rapido is Indias leading multi-modal mobility platform. What began with bike taxis has rapidly evolved into a comprehensive mobility ecosystem including auto-rickshaws, cab-hailing, and peer-to-peer deliveries. Today, Rapido commands a dominant 70% market share in bike taxis, 40% in auto rides, and holds the second-largest position in the cab segment with a 22% share—establishing itself as a market leader in ride-hailing. With over 4 million rides completed daily and more than 2 billion rides served to date, Rapido operates across 200+ cities and is rapidly expanding toward a presence in 500 cities nationwide. In 2024, Rapido achieved unicorn status with a valuation of $1.1 billion. Driven by technology, innovation, and a mission to improve urban mobility, Rapido continues to build scalable solutions that enhance last-mile connectivity while empowering millions of captains and users across India.

About the Role

A high-ownership, Excel-heavy role sitting at the intersection of Business Finance and FinOps. Candidate will own the monthly performance reporting cycle end-to-end—collating data from multiple sources, tracking financial and operational KPIs, and converting numbers into crisp business commentary that helps leadership make decisions on business strategy and capital allocation. This role is built for someone who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment — where priorities shift week to week, definitions evolve as the business scales, and the person closest to the numbers is expected to drive clarity rather than wait for it.

Responsibilities

• Own the Monthly Business Performance Report in Excel—collate financial and operational data across teams, ensure numbers tie out, and publish within tight close timelines.
• Track and report on Fin & Ops metrics — revenue, cost lines, margins, unit economics, and operational KPIs — with a clear view of variances vs. plan, forecast, and prior period.
  
• Write decision-ready commentary that explains the why behind the numbers, not just the what. Frame every variance as a business story.
• Provide commentary on strategic initiatives and financial investments — track spend against intent, surface early signals on ROI, and help leadership evaluate whether bets are paying off. This includes new business lines, marketing investments, hiring ramps, geographic expansion, and capex decisions.
• Build and maintain driver-based forecasts for near-term projections; refresh assumptions in partnership with business teams.
• Run ad-hoc deep-dives on growth, margins, unit economics, and any other questions leadership throws at the numbers.
• Partner with Business Finance and Operational Teams to align numbers, validate assumptions and understand business performance drivers.
• Continuously simplify, standardize, and automate the reporting stack — reduce manual steps, shorten close cycles, and make the MIS more reliable each month.

Qualifications

• CA with 0-2 years of post-qualification relevant experience will be considered.
• Articleship or prior stint at a Big 6 firm in Financial Due Diligence is a significant plus.
• Prior exposure to business reporting & FP&A is a meaningful advantage in a high growth startup.

Required Skills

• Advanced Excel (non-negotiable): comfort with complex formulas (INDEX/MATCH, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, dynamic arrays), scenario modeling, and handling large datasets without things breaking.
• Strong financial acumen: ability to connect the P&L, drivers, and operating metrics into one coherent story; ability to evaluate strategic spend and investment decisions from a financial lens.
• Sharp written communication: can compress a complex variance or investment update into 3–4 crisp commentary lines that a CXO can act on.
• High attention to detail and the discipline to deliver clean numbers under tight monthly close timelines.
• Ownership mindset: treats the report and the numbers as their own product—chases inputs, fixes errors before theyre flagged, and raises the bar on what done looks like.
• Stakeholder management: comfortable pushing back on inconsistent data and chasing inputs across teams.
• Startup DNA: comfort with ambiguity, evolving definitions, and the pace at which decisions need supporting data.