Assistant Manager / Manager, Regional GFG FP&A

Job Description:

Get to know the Role

This newly created role is part of the FP&A team that supports the Grab Financial Group (GFG). A Key responsibility of the role is to manage new automation projects and process improvement initiatives within the GFG businesses, on top of the regular FP&A activities.

GFG is an ambitious and passionate team who are disrupting the landscape of Fintech in Southeast Asia; by working on digital financial products that increase financial inclusion and economic opportunity for millions of users and micro-entrepreneurs across Southeast Asia.

Successful candidate will be a business partner with strong analytical and problem-solving skill, who is also a good communicator who possesses good business acumen. The successful candidate is expected to help the business drive great performance by generating high quality and insightful plans and forecasts, analysing the performance against those plans and take the lead in developing best in class automated processes for the GFG FP&A team.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Monitor and drive actual KPIs and financial performance against budget / forecast and provide analyses and insights into opportunities and risks to the business teams in a timely manner.
• Work closely with wider FP&A and Accounting team; help improve reporting process and tools (including but not limited to budgeting systems, management reporting systems and other financial reporting interfaces).
• Develop financial models and build business cases to evaluate new business initiatives.
• Support and manage the budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning process
• Develop financial models and build business cases to evaluate new business initiatives.
• Maintain and improve GFG reporting pack, take the lead on automation and process improvement projects for GFG FP&A
• Act as geographical and vertical business unit co-ordinator for GFG FP&A team
• Any ad-hoc tasks as required.

The Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance (or related)
• More than 5 years of experience in the area of business analysis, preferably finance business partnering and project management.
• Good understanding of financial products and/or working experience in Financial institutions.
• Ability to translate business requirements / queries into financial analysis and financial projections/models.
• Individual contributor with extensive hands on experience. Able to work independently and drive projects to completion.
• Experienced in working in a fast-paced environment with high performing teams.
• Able to deal with multiple stakeholders across all management levels as well as engage external stakeholders where required
• Advanced Excel skills, experience with building financial / budgeting models
• Experience with leading / participating in report automation and process improvement projects will be valued
• Prior experience with IBM TM1 system and Oracle Accounting systems is a plus

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