Operations and Finance Specialist

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.

Get to Know the Team

The Grab Driver Acquisition and Onboarding Department is responsible for onboarding and recruiting new driver and rider-partners in the platform. This team designs, creates and owns the processes to ensure smooth driver/ rider application experience in the driver onboarding journey and ensure that new riders are setup for success. This team is also responsible for attracting and recruiting new drivers to join Grab and MoveIt via leveraging various channels, campaigns, and avenues to reach potential target audience to join the growing rider base of Grab and MoveIt. You will get a chance to work directly with progressive thinkers with various teams -- operations, marketplace, marketing departments, training, safety, and driver communities to help shape the driver's early lifecycle journey.

Get to Know the Role

The Finance Specialist is a critical role to support Driver Acquisition, Onboarding and GPC team in managing procurement processes and budget monitoring. The role needs someone who is highly organized and responsible; has a good working attitude and is willing to go the extra mile. They must also demonstrate good skill with numbers, data, critical thinking, and problem solving. This role involves coordinating with vendors, raising purchase requisitions, processing invoices, and monitoring expenses against budgets.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Budget Management and Monitoring: Monitor expenses against the budget, provide regular financial reports in a timely manner,, and suggest cost-saving strategies.Ensure optimized spending of departmental budget allocations.
• Budget Database Maintenance: Manage and update the budget database to track and enforce reporting requirements in collaboration with the Country Operations team.
• Procurement Management: Handle all procurement functions, including vendor coordination, raising purchase requisition requests, and processing invoices for payment.
• Vendor Coordination: Establish and maintain relationships with vendors, negotiate and reviewcontracts and prices, and ensure timely delivery of products or services.
• Expense Processing and Monitoring: Ensure expenses are properly processed and documented in a timely manner. Track expenses, prepare and submit expense reports, and ensure all expenses align with company policies and budget.
• Purchase Requests and Orders: Create Purchase Requests and Purchase Orders for Country Operations as per business needs.
• Invoice Processing: Review and verify invoices, prepare payments for approval, and resolve any invoice discrepancies or issues.
• Inter-Team Liaison: Coordinate with other teams, vendors, stakeholders for activities impacting the team's budget and spending

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• Must have a Bachelor's degree in finance, business, accounting, mathematics, or similar
• Practical experience with spreadsheets (such as MS Excel and Google Sheets)
• Proven experience in procurement, budget monitoring, administrative support, or a similar role.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of procurement software and financial systems is a plus.
• Must be knowledgeable about transport, cars and the automotive industry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluent in speaking, writing in both Filipino and English language
• Attention to detail and accuracy. Problem analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent time management skills. Proactive and self-starters, and has a high degree of personal responsibility. Enjoy working as part of a team.
• Handle themselves in a pleasant, personable manner (in-person, phone, and email.)

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 enables diverse Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.