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Company Description

Life at Grab

At Grab, every Grabber is guided by The Grab Way, which spells out our mission, how we believe we can achieve it, and our operating principles - the 4Hs: Heart, Hunger, Honour and Humility. These principles guide and help us make decisions as we work to create economic empowerment for the people of Southeast Asia.

Job Description

Get to Know the Team:

The People Rewards & Org Planning team is responsible for Grab's compensation and benefits framework, workforce strategies, and specific people-related projects, including Mergers & Acquisitions and post-merger integration.

The Workforce Planning team, part of People Rewards & Org Planning, focuses on improving productivity and efficiently managing staff costs to ensure the company’s sustainability and high performance. Join us if you seek to deepen your analytical skills, drive organization-wide strategies, and thrive in a collaborative setting!

Get to Know the Role:

We are looking for a Workforce Planning Specialist who will be responsible for developing and implementing best practices to ensure that Grab has the right number of employees, in the right place, at the right time, to drive the success of Grab’s businesses and operations across the region. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Head of Workforce Planning.

In return, you will get the opportunity to:

• Develop the skills in a strategic role within a dynamic and forward-looking company
• Shape the workforce planning strategy of one of the top technology companies in the region
• Work with a diverse and collaborative team that values your contribution and encourages individual continuous growth
• Gain exposure to various aspects of the organisation, providing a holistic understanding of how Grab operates

The Critical Tasks You will Perform:

• Data Management and Reporting: Your role will involve budget management and report preparation, ensuring a rigorous and methodical approach is applied. This will facilitate accurate and reliable decision-making processes.
  
• Workforce Analysis: You are expected to meticulously analyse both the demand for and supply of resources for accurate planning. This includes analysis of actual versus budgeted variances, performing future projections, and devising effective workforce planning solutions to bridge identified gaps in performance.
  
• Stakeholder Engagement: You will serve as a trusted advisor, partnering closely with business leaders and People Business Partners to understand specific business challenges and recommend efficient resourcing plans to address them.

You will be expected to liaise and collaborate with various stakeholders, including the Regional Finance team to support org-wide headcount planning and staff cost budgeting exercise.

Qualifications

What Skills You will Need:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in areas such as Human Resource Management, Accounting, Analytics, or Finance

• Experience: Minimum 2 to 5 years of work experience

• Self-leadership Skills:

  • Ability to set goals and execute under tight deadlines

  • Ability to balance an intense attention to detail with swift execution

  • Proactively identifies opportunities for process improvements

  • Comfortable with troubleshooting and solving everyday work problems

• Analytical Skills:

  • Ability to conduct numerical analyses to generate insights

  • Ability to conduct spreadsheet calculations to help with decisions

  • Ability to build and use financial models

• Collaboration Skills:

  • Ability to build relationships and work with diverse groups of people and departments

  • Ability to establish and maintain continuous alignment with stakeholders

  • Ability to communicate with structure and persuade through confidence and humility

• Technical Skills:

  • Familiarity with Google Suite’s productivity and collaboration tools, including but not limited to sheets, docs, slides, drive, and calendar

  • Familiarity with data visualisation tools such as Power BI is desired

  • Familiarity with financial planning tools such as Anaplan and Oracle would be an advantage

Additional Information

Our Commitment

We recognize that with these individual attributes come different workplace challenges, and we will work with Grabbers to address them in our journey towards creating inclusion at Grab for all Grabbers.