Specialist, Treasury

PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia); Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PayNet (Payments Network Malaysia) is looking for a skilled treasury professional to own cash positioning and manage liquidity, funding, and cash risks. This role is critical for maintaining the financial integrity and operational efficiency of PayNet as Malaysia's national payments infrastructure.

The successful candidate will ensure accurate financial operations, effective cash management, and timely decision-making in daily treasury activities. Strong hands-on experience with cash management strategies is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as a hands-on corporate treasurer with a focus on cash management.
• Familiarity with implications of liquidity, accounting, and tax.
• Ownership of accuracy and timeliness in all financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Own daily cash positioning, balances tracking, and cash flow visibility.
• Manage treasury operations including bank account compliance and cash management arrangements.
• Monitor transaction settlements, intercompany funding, and escalate funding requirements.

Skills

Cash management strategies

Financial operations accuracy

Treasury discipline

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

PayNet manages liquidity and financial flows as Malaysia’s national payments infrastructure, where precision and reliability are non-negotiable. This dedicated role is expected to bring a strategic, disciplined and structured approach to cashflow, liquidity, funding, and cash risk management and provide market insights and best practices to support decision-making and safeguard financial assets for PayNet and its subsidiaries/affiliates. Strong treasury and governance discipline protects PayNet’s liquidity, stability and resilience as a national critical information infrastructure (NCII).

TL;DR

• Own treasury execution across liquidity, cash positioning, and financial asset management.
• Drive accuracy and discipline in cash visibility and funding flows.
• Act as a reliable operator across treasury processes and counterparties.
• Balance control, efficiency, and responsiveness in a regulated environment.

Why This Role Matters

• Weak treasury decisions expose PayNet to liquidity, operational, and reputational risk.
• Strong treasury discipline enables confident decision-making and smooth transaction settlement flows.
• Requires judgment in prioritising cash movements and resolving operational issues, not just following routines.
• Directly impacts PayNet’s ability to operate seamlessly during high transaction volumes or volatility.
• This role requires integrity and detailed oversight over cash management and administration.

What You Will Actually Do

• Own daily cash positioning, balances tracking, and cash flow visibility.
• Manage treasury operations covering bank accounts, compliance with approval mandates, periodic cash position/cashflow reporting, bank account reconciliations, and cash management arrangements.
• Execute bank account operations, mandate adherence, and payment flows with discipline.
• Monitor transaction settlement flows and remittances, intercompany funding transactions and timely escalation to leadership on funding requirements, where appropriate.
• Provide treasury input and execution support for new initiatives, entity setups, and organisational entity changes, including highlighting financial/liquidity implications and risks and capital structure considerations.
• Serve as the primary interface on treasury related matters with banks and external treasury counterparties.

Examples of This Role in Practice

• Spotting a potential shortfall in cash position early and escalating with options to resolve.
• Resolving reconciliation breaks quickly to maintain accurate financial records.
• Coordinating funding transfers across entities to meet operational needs on time.
• Keeping treasury data and reporting clean for leadership to trust instantly.

What Will Help You Succeed

• Experienced, hands-on corporate treasurer, familiar with cash management strategies and implications on liquidity, accounting and tax.
• Strong ownership of accuracy and timeliness in financial operations.
• Discipline in execution with attention to detail.
• Curiosity about how cash, systems, and operations connect end-to-end.