Why PayNet / Why Now
- PayNet manages liquidity and financial flows as Malaysia’s national payments infrastructure, where precision and reliability are non-negotiable.
- This dedicated role is expected to bring a strategic, disciplined and structured approach to cashflow, liquidity, funding, and cash risk management and provide market insights and best practices to support decision-making and safeguard financial assets for PayNet and its subsidiaries/affiliates.
- Strong treasury and governance discipline protects PayNet’s liquidity, stability and resilience as a national critical information infrastructure (NCII).
TL; DR
- Own treasury execution across liquidity, cash positioning, and financial asset management.
- Drive accuracy and discipline in cash visibility and funding flows.
- Act as a reliable operator across treasury processes and counterparties.
- Balance control, efficiency, and responsiveness in a regulated environment.
Why This Role Matters
- Weak treasury decisions expose PayNet to liquidity, operational, and reputational risk.
- Strong treasury discipline enables confident decision-making and smooth transaction settlement flows.
- Requires judgment in prioritising cash movements and resolving operational issues, not just following routines.
- Directly impacts PayNet’s ability to operate seamlessly during high transaction volumes or volatility.
- This role requires integrity and detailed oversight over cash management and administration.
What You Will Actually Do
- Own daily cash positioning, balances tracking, and cash flow visibility.
- Manage treasury operations covering bank accounts, compliance with approval mandates, periodic cash position/cashflow reporting, bank account reconciliations, and cash management arrangements.
- Execute bank account operations, mandate adherence, and payment flows with discipline.
- Monitor transaction settlement flows and remittances, intercompany funding transactions and timely escalation to leadership on funding requirements, where appropriate.
- Provide treasury input and execution support for new initiatives, entity setups, and organisational entity changes, including highlighting financial/liquidity implications and risks and capital structure considerations.
- Serve as the primary interface on treasury related matters with banks and external treasury counterparties.
Examples of This Role in Practice
- Spotting a potential shortfall in cash position early and escalating with options to resolve.
- Resolving reconciliation breaks quickly to maintain accurate financial records.
- Coordinating funding transfers across entities to meet operational needs on time.
- Keeping treasury data and reporting clean for leadership to trust instantly.
What Will Help You Succeed
- Experienced, hands-on corporate treasurer, familiar with cash management strategies and implications on liquidity, accounting and tax.
- Strong ownership of accuracy and timeliness in financial operations.
- Discipline in execution with attention to detail.
- Curiosity about how cash, systems, and operations connect end-to-end.