Lending Commercial Assistant Manager

Role summary

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Grab is seeking a commercially minded Lending Commercial Assistant Manager in Singapore to support the growth and performance of its lending business. The role typically involves developing commercial strategies, analysing portfolio and customer data, tracking business performance, preparing forecasts, and working with product, risk, operations, finance, and external partners. Candidates should have a degree in business, finance, economics, or a related discipline, with experience in lending, fintech, banking, consumer finance, strategy, or commercial analytics. Strong financial modelling, Excel, stakeholder-management, communication, and problem-solving skills are expected. The successful candidate should be comfortable working with ambiguity, translating data into practical recommendations, managing multiple priorities, and supporting initiatives that improve revenue, customer experience, and portfolio quality.

About the employer

Grab is a Southeast Asian technology company headquartered in Singapore. Founded as a ride-hailing service, it has expanded into a regional superapp offering mobility, food delivery, parcel and merchant services, digital payments, insurance, and financial products. Grab operates across several Southeast Asian markets and connects consumers, driver-partners, delivery-partners, merchants, and financial-service users through its digital platforms. GrabFin, the company’s financial-services division, provides products such as payments, lending, insurance, and wealth-related services to consumers, driver-partners, and small businesses. The company promotes an entrepreneurial, data-driven working environment, with teams collaborating across countries and disciplines. Employees generally work on fast-moving commercial and technology initiatives where experimentation, customer understanding, responsible risk management, and measurable business impact are important.

Working in Singapore

Singapore is a compact, highly connected island city-state and a major regional hub for finance, technology, logistics, aviation, and business services. Job opportunities are strong in fintech, banking, e-commerce, data, software, supply chain, and multinational companies, although competition is substantial. Its culture is multicultural and generally professional, efficient, and English-speaking; Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil are also official languages. Lifestyle is convenient, safe, and urban, with excellent public transport, diverse food, shopping, parks, and nearby travel destinations. Living costs, especially rent, are high. Foreign professionals normally need employer-sponsored permission such as an Employment Pass or S Pass, subject to salary, qualifications, and government approval. Candidates should secure an offer before relocating, check pass requirements, budget carefully for housing, and arrange health insurance and local banking after arrival.