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
Join Regional Business Finance — team shaping how Grab accounts for what's next. We're the subject matter expert on the accounting treatment of Grab's business activities, standardizing how new initiatives and product launches are accounted for (particularly on revenue recognition), so our numbers stay accurate and audit-ready as the business innovates. We're also a trusted advisor to stakeholders across the region, turning complex accounting concepts into clear, well-informed business decisions.
Get to Know the Role
You will report to the Regional Business Finance Manager for Grab's Deliveries business segment (food and goods ordering and delivery booking, supermarket, package delivery booking, dine-out and others), you will combine technical accounting expertise with strong business partnering to keep our fast-growing segment audit-ready as it scales. You will operate independently, helping build the scalable regional frameworks the deliveries business runs on — equally at ease debating IFRS positions with auditors and translating them into plain-language guidance for product and commercial teams.
You will be base at our Malaysia office in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
The Critical Tasks You Will Perform
Partner early with product, operations, and commercial teams on upcoming projects — surfacing accounting implications before launch and advising on operational processes so downstream reporting stays clean and auditable.
Determine and lead the accounting treatment for new Deliveries product offerings and business plans in accordance with IFRS, resolving ambiguous positions together with technical accounting teams.
Oversee the regional accounting framework for Deliveries products across SEA — driving application consistency across business departments and countries, and correcting deviations in partnership with local controllers and FP&As.
Identify and fix historical misalignments in revenue or cost accounting in a controlled, auditable manner, and maintain written accounting positions to support audit readiness.
Oversee the finance reporting process for the Deliveries business end-to-end, aligning with process, data, and systems owners on design and governance while execution is delegated to country finance or SSC teams.
Act as the regional point of contact for group-level financial audit and SOX for the Deliveries portfolio — fielding auditor queries, guiding country teams through local audits, and flagging control risks from business changes ahead of audit scoping.
Qualifications
What Essential Skills You Will Need
Technical Accounting and Controls – 4–6 years of experience in controllership, technical accounting, or audit, with solid expertise in IFRS and internal controls.
Regional and Industry Expertise – Experience supporting multi-country operations and diverse business models, with exposure to digital platform and marketplace being advantageous.
Stakeholder Management and Influence – A good collaborator who can simplify complex accounting matters, influence cross-functional team partners, and lead alignment without direct authority.
Commercial Judgment and Execution – Able to issues who balances accounting strigen cy with business practicality, exercises proper judgment in uncertain situations, and independently manages different priorities and workstreams.
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.
