S&P Budget Controller & Special Project Associate

Grab; Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta; On-site; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Southeast Asian superapp is seeking a qualified financial analyst to join their Strategy & Planning team in Jakarta. This role involves data analysis to create strategies aimed at improving efficiency and market presence. Ideal candidates should have at least 2 years of relevant experience, strong financial acumen, and be fluent in both Bahasa Indonesia and English. The position offers comprehensive benefits and the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that supports your professional growth.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Flexible benefit packages

Parental leave

Birthday leave

Volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience in financial or business strategy roles.
• Experience managing complex spreadsheets.
• Strong knowledge of profit and loss (P&L) concepts.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide performance updates to leaders and compare against budget.
• Perform revenue vs cost analysis and project-based financial modeling.
• Track spending for projects to avoid budget overruns.
• Support budgeting and forecasting from operations.
• Provide accruals for month-end closing to the accounting team.
• Maintain relationships with multiple operations and accounting partners.

Skills

Cost control

Financial planning

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia

Fluency in English

SQL proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

Tools

Google Workspace

Job description

Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Job Description

Get to know the team

You will be part of the Strategy & Planning team, support Grab Indonesia's ExJabo territory! We leverage data to uncover new insights and create demand-generating and supply-shaping strategy to best serve our consumers and partners. Our Strategy & Planning team is made up of Grabbers of multiple backgrounds, allowing us to have multiple perspectives towards business issues. You will be reporting to the manager. The role will be onsite. If you are looking for an environment where you are empowered to identify challenges / opportunities and make data-driven business proposals, then you should join our team!

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Reporting: Provide performance updates to leaders and compare it against budget.
• Analysis: Rigorous revenue vs cost analysis by area and by vertical. Not limited to adhoc project-based cost analysis/financial modeling. Giving further suggestions on how to improve on cost effectiveness is also crucial.
• Controlling: Track the spending for each division and projects in order not to be over budget.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Support the budgeting & forecasting from the operation side to be submitted to the Financial Planning & Analysis team.
• Month-End Closing: provide accrual needed to the accounting team and identify potential cost savings to be reflected in the P&L.
• Business Partnering: act as the central contact related to the budget/spending and special project for the non Ex-Jabodetabek part of Indonesia. Maintain close relationships with multiple partners from operations until accounting team.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business/Major
• Min. 2 years of experience in cost control/financial/special project planning/accounting/business strategy/finance partner
• Can maintain complex spreadsheets and operate Google Workspace (inc. GSheet, GDoc, and GSlides)
• Well-rounded knowledge of the profit and loss (P&L) concept
• Have fundamental knowledge concept of finance and accounting
• Experience to manage multiple stakeholders across multiple levels of seniority
• Comfortable with numbers and large volume of data, including coping with the of startup business environment
• Fluent in both Bahasa Indonesia & English
• Fluency with SQL would be an added value

Additional Information

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.

What We Stand For At Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.