About Jaya Grocer
Jaya Grocer is an affiliate of Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp. To bring the convenience of on-demand grocery delivery to more consumers in Malaysia, we are dedicated towards building a strong team that is aligned with our goals. At Jaya Grocer, team collaboration and dedication is what we require to deliver quality products and service to our consumers and customers.
Our Vision:
Our goal is to become the leading online-to-offline (O2O) retailer, leveraging our omnichannel strength to provide our customers with a rewarding, fulfilling, and exciting experience. Our goal is for customers to say “I can get what I want whenever I need it”. We aim to achieve this through offering high-quality yet affordable goods, facilitating seamless cashless checkouts, loyalty membership via GrabRewards and introducing our private label with "Grab Signatures."
Our Mission:
· Provide a diverse variety of High Quality and Fresh Produce
· Offer attractive Best Value Pricing
· Ensure customers have the Best Shopping Experience
· To grow the business through successful Collaboration and Partnerships
· Practice the Values of Jaya Grocer every single day
Our Values:
· Teamwork
· Trust
· Integrity
· Customer Satisfaction
· Growth
These Values form the foundation of our organisation and should be lived by each of us, as they are a part of our DNA. So, if you fit the profile and are able to contribute towards our goals, join us!
Get to know the Role:
As the Accounts Payable / PTP Manager, you will lead and transform the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay cycle for Jaya Grocer. You will oversee the day-to-day operations of both Trade AP (merchandise and inventory for our retail stores) and Non-Trade AP (corporate overheads, marketing, Capex, and utilities).
Crucially, your mandate extends beyond traditional invoice processing; you will govern the Non-Trade Procurement process. You will be the gatekeeper of financial discipline—educating internal departments on proper Purchase Order (PO) creation, cost center allocations, and correct General Ledger (GL) coding to ensure pristine bookkeeping. Candidates from a Shared Services Centre (SSC) background who possess a "process-owner" mindset and a strong drive to implement operational change will have a significant advantage.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Accounts Payable Operations (Trade & Non-Trade)
Lead the daily operations of the AP team, ensuring timely and accurate processing of high-volume supplier invoices, credit notes, and payment runs.
Trade AP: Partner with the Commercial/Buying team to manage large-scale FMCG vendor relationships, resolve pricing/quantity variances, optimize early-payment discounts, and ensure seamless supply chain continuity.
Non-Trade AP: Oversee disbursements for corporate expenses, marketing campaigns, retail store fit-outs, and utilities, ensuring strict adherence to company delegation of authority (DOA).
Monitor aging reports, manage cash outflow forecasting, and lead month-end closing activities for the AP ledger, including accruals and reconciliations.
2. Non-Trade Procurement Governance & Bookkeeping Integrity
Procurement Gatekeeping: Oversee and streamline how non-trade departments (e.g., Marketing, HR, Retail Operations) raise POs, ensuring they comply with internal purchasing policies before commitments are made.
Chart of Accounts Discipline: Establish guidelines and train non-finance stakeholders on selecting the correct GL accounts, Cost Centers, and Profit Centers during the PR/PO stage to prevent downstream booking errors.
Review and audit internal compliance with the PO policy, actively addressing and reducing "retro-POs" (POs raised after the invoice is received).
3. Process Transformation & Change Management
Critique the existing PTP ecosystem, identifying manual bottlenecks and driving automation (e.g., OCR invoice scanning, 3-way matching automation, electronic workflows).
Drive SSC-Style Efficiency: Infuse Shared Services best practices (standardization, strict SLAs, root-cause analysis for invoice mismatches) into a fast-growing, dynamic retail environment.
Act as a hands-on change manager, driving adoption of new procurement behaviors across non-finance departments and managing internal resistance smoothly.