Business Finance Manager

About the Company

Founded in 2015, Rapido is India's leading multi-modal mobility platform. What began with bike taxis has rapidly evolved to include 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 us as the overall market leader in ride-hailing. With over 4 million rides completed daily and more than 2 billion rides served to date, Rapido operates in 200+ cities and is aggressively expanding toward a presence in 500 cities. In 2024, we proudly achieved unicorn status with a valuation of $1.1 billion. Driven by technology and innovation, we're expanding into new categories while remaining committed to improving last-mile connectivity and empowering livelihoods at scale.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly analytical and detail-oriented Business Finance professional responsible for transforming financial and operational data into actionable business insights. The role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with leadership, supporting strategic decision making through robust performance reporting, financial analysis and forecasting. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where ambiguity is common, priorities evolve rapidly, and the person closest to the numbers is expected to drive clarity and business understanding.

Responsibilities

Business Performance Insights

• Partner closely with Business, Operations, Product, Growth, and other functional teams to validate performance drivers and align on reporting outputs.
• Work closely with leadership and business teams on strategic and operational decisions.
• Analyse financial and operational data from multiple sources, validate data integrity, and ensure complete reconciliation across reports.
• Develop and maintain reporting frameworks that provide a clear view of business performance across functions and business units.
• Provide insight on key business drivers, risks, opportunities, and performance trends.

Financial & Operational KPI Tracking

• Monitor and analyse key financial and operational metrics including revenue, costs, margins, contribution profitability, unit economics, and operational KPIs.
• Track performance against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods, identifying key drivers of variances and emerging trends.

Qualifications

• MBA (Finance) would be preferred, equivalent qualification may also be considered.
• 4-6 years of post-qualification experience.
• Experience in business performance reporting within a high-growth startup, technology, consumer internet, mobility, logistics, or e-commerce environment.
• Startup mindset with bias for action.