# Head, Cluster Controllership & Finance Governance

**Company**: Grab
**Location**: HCMC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

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.

The VN/MM/KH Controllership team is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, month-end close, statutory reporting, audit support, accounting governance and local compliance across the cluster. Vietnam is the largest and most complex market in the cluster. The team supports multiple entities, high-volume transactions, new product launches, business model changes, contract reviews, tax / audit matters, treasury-related processes and local statutory requirements.

The Head of Cluster Controllership & Finance Governance is a senior finance leadership role responsible for strengthening controllership, governance and financial reporting discipline across Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. The role sits at the intersection of technical accounting, statutory compliance, business partnering, finance governance, treasury-related controls and transformation.

**Critical Tasks:**

- Cluster Controllership Leadership

Lead controllership oversight across Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. Ensure timely, accurate and high-quality month-end close, reporting and controllership deliverables. Provide leadership and guidance to country controllership teams across the cluster.

- Financial Reporting, MEC and Accounting Governance

Oversee month-end close quality, trial balance review, journal review, balance sheet review and reporting pack sign-off. Ensure proper review of accounting matters, unusual flux, judgmental entries and balance sheet exposures.

- Statutory, Audit and Compliance Oversight

Oversee statutory reporting, external audit, local financial statements and related compliance requirements. Ensure audit readiness and timely resolution of audit findings / management letter points.

- Finance Governance and Internal Controls

Strengthen finance governance across Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia. Review and improve control points over accounting, reporting, payment, bank, tax and settlement-related processes.

- Transformation, Automation and Operating Model Design

Lead finance transformation initiatives for the cluster, including MEC simplification, manual work reduction and automation. Redesign operating model to reduce person dependency and improve scalability.

- Treasury / Cash Governance Support

Provide finance governance oversight over treasury-related controllership matters. Support cash forecast discipline, FD planning, bank mandate visibility, settlement flows, intercompany cash follow-up and exception reporting.

- Business Partnering and New Product Governance

Act as senior controllership advisor for new product rollouts, commercial schemes and business model changes. Assess accounting, tax, treasury, reporting and control implications of new initiatives.

- People Leadership and Capability Building

Lead, coach and develop controllership team members across the cluster. Build successor pipeline and reduce dependency on single individuals.

**Qualifications:**

- Strong controllership, accounting, audit or finance governance experience.

- Solid understanding of month-end close, financial reporting, statutory reporting, audit and internal controls.

- Experience managing senior stakeholders and cross-functional topics.

- Ability to lead through ambiguity and manage complex / sensitive finance issues.

- Strong judgement in accounting governance, business model assessment and risk escalation.

- Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, delegation and team development.

- Ability to design scalable processes and reduce manual dependency.

- Strong communication skills in both technical and business-facing contexts.

## Skills

### Required
- controllership
- accounting
- audit
- finance governance
- leadership
- communication
- scalable processes
- automation

### Nice to have
- multi-entity or multi-market finance leadership
- Big 4 audit / advisory
- in-house finance leadership
- technology
- platform
- fintech
- payments
- mobility
- delivery
- e-commerce
- high-volume transaction businesses
- finance transformation
- shared services
- process centralization
- treasury governance
- bank mandate controls
- settlement flows
- cash governance
- intercompany processes
- tax audits
- statutory inspections
- external auditors
- regulatory / authority-facing matters

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