Business Finance Manager

About the Company

Rusk Media is a Gen-Z focused full-stack entertainment company building culturally relevant content across OTT platforms and digital ecosystems. The company develops and produces both scripted and unscripted premium formats for leading streaming platforms including Amazon MX Player and JioHotstar, while also reaching millions of viewers through its digital IPs.

a. Rusk Studios:

Rusk Studios has produced flagship unscripted properties such as Battleground on Amazon MX Player, India's first fitness entertainment competition featuring celebrity mentors like Shikhar Dhawan, Rubina Dilaik, Fukra Insaan, Rajat Dalal and Asim Riaz and Engaged on JioHotstar featuring Urfi Javed and Harsh Gujral, a high-engagement reality show exploring modern relationships.

b. Alright!

In addition to OTT originals, Rusk Media operates Alright, its flagship digital channel and distribution network across YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook, reaching millions of Gen-Z and millennial viewers every month.

Why Work with us

Beyond the regular, working at a cool startup office, with the best folks coming together on a single mission to revolutionize entertainment and advertising, let's talk about growth. You get to be part of a growth journey that has been 6X in the last 7 years and continues the hockey stick as more ambitious minds join us. If you're someone who's curious, loves to ask questions, loves to take responsibility, and wants to create your path towards delivering a powerful change, or if you're just someone who'd love to be this person, we are the place for you.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the finance partner for content operations and supply chain, driving sharp, data-backed decisions across production, post, and distribution
• Own planning, budgeting, and forecasting aligned to content pipelines, releases, and platform demand
• Lead high-impact initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability, and cost-to-serve across the content supply chain
• Deep dive into key cost drivers (vendors, post-production, storage, distribution) and build a strong cost-to-serve view
• Use data to identify bottlenecks and build models for throughput, capacity planning, and turnaround optimization
• Partner with ops, product, tech, and vendors to turn insights into scalable systems and real execution
• Drive ROI thinking across tools, automation, and vendor decisions while maintaining strong financial discipline
• Build simple, high-impact dashboards and influence stakeholders with clear trade-offs across cost, speed, and quality

Qualifications:

• CA (preferred) or MBA (Finance) with 13 years of experience
• Background in Business Finance, Ops Excellence, or Program roles (high-growth setups preferred)
• Strong fundamentals in FP&A, cost analytics, and financial controls
• Comfortable with financial modeling, forecasting, and ROI-driven decision making
• Good understanding of operational metrics (efficiency, throughput, cost-to-serve)
• Structured, high-ownership mindset with a bias for action; thrives in fast-paced environments