Senior Associate, Strategic Finance

Grab; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Southeast Asia superapp is seeking an experienced finance professional to join their Strategic Finance team in Petaling Jaya. The role involves financial planning, analysis, and collaboration with various departments to drive decision-making. Candidates should have a finance degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience, particularly in financial forecasting and business partnering. This position offers comprehensive benefits including insurance and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Term Life Insurance

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

FlexWork arrangements

Parental and Birthday leave

Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave

Grabber Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in financial forecasting or business partnering.
• Proficient in Excel and experience with business intelligence tools.
• Familiarity with ERP tools is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed financial analysis for budgeting and forecasting.
• Prepare management reports with key performance indicators.
• Provide financial expertise and guidance for business decisions.
• Drive process improvements in the finance function.
• Participate in special projects as needed.

Skills

Financial forecasting

Business partnering

Excel

Business intelligence tools (Power BI)

ERP tools (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics)

SQL

Python

Databricks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field

Job description

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

At Grab, our Strategic Finance team drives our financial strategy to ensure sustainable profitable growth. We partner with different departments to provide senior management with both operational and financial analysis, strategic planning, and decision support, ensuring that Grab continues to expand.

Get to know the Role

Reporting to our Regional Strategic Finance Lead, you will drive financial planning and analysis initiatives, business partnering, and strategic decision-making. You will have a strong finance background, excellent technical and analytical skills, and a proven ability to collaborate effectively across various business functions.

This is an onsite role and our office is based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• You will perform detailed financial analysis to support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning. You will prepare management reports with key performance indicators and actionable insights, partner with business leaders to meet their financial needs, and help develop, automate, and transform financial models based on business drivers and market trends.
• You will support the development, automation, and transformation of financial models, incorporating key business drivers and market trends.
• You will work with key stakeholders across the organization, providing financial expertise and guidance to support informed business decisions. You will collaborate on strategic initiatives by evaluating financial impacts and recommending optimal solutions.
• You will drive process improvements within the finance function, taking ownership to ensure accuracy and proactively resolve issues.
• You will actively participate in special projects or initiatives as needed, demonstrating a hands-on approach to your work.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a financial forecasting or business partnering role
• Proficient in Excel and expanding expertise in business intelligence tools like Power BI
• Familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools like SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics
• Basic knowledge of SQL, Python, Databricks will be an advantage
• Experience in a Regional FP&A or Strategic Finance role will be a significant advantage.

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.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

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.