People Experience Business Advisory Manager / Senior Manager (Regional)

Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital finance platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed and operating  in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, and backed by Sequoia India (Peak XV), Softbank Vision Fund, Khazanah and SMBC bank amongst many others. Funding Societies | Modalku provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is funded by individual and institutional investors, as well as payments solutions to SMEs and consumers
Here at Funding Societies | Modalku we live by our core values GETFS:

• Grow Relentlessly: Strive to become our best, most authentic selves.
• Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, we help each other succeed.
• Test Measure Act: Stay curious and reinvent ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
• Focus on Impact: Create impact through bias for action and tangible results.
• Serve with Obsession: Build win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.

At Funding Societies, our HR team is known as the People Experience (Px) team, reflecting our commitment to putting people at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for a highly driven and people focused Regional People Experience Business Advisory Manager / Senior Manager to act as a trusted business advisor across the region (including but not limited to Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia). In this role, you will work closely with business leaders to develop and implement people strategies that support organizational goals, enhance employee experience, and foster a high performance culture.

You'll bring a strong strategic mindset, deep understanding of the SEA employment landscape, and a collaborative approach to navigate complex people challenges and drive meaningful impact.

What You Will Do:

Business Partnering

• Serve as a strategic business advisor to business leaders in local market, providing guidance on people related matters
• Partner with leadership to understand business objectives and translate them into effective people strategies
• Coach and advise managers on performance management, employee development, and team effectiveness
• Drive talent management initiatives including succession planning and workforce planning for the local market
• Lead and facilitate organizational design discussions to support business growth

Employee Relations & Culture

• Act as a trusted advisor to employees, handling grievances, disciplinary matters, and conflict resolution in compliance with local employment law
• Champion company culture and values, driving engagement initiatives and ensuring a positive employee experience
• Conduct stay interviews, pulse checks, and exit interviews to surface insights and drive retention strategies
• Support DEI initiatives and ensure an inclusive workplace environment

Talent & Performance

• Drive end to end performance management cycles, including goal setting, mid year reviews, and year end evaluations
• Identify talent gaps and collaborate with L&D to develop targeted learning and development plans
• Support compensation benchmarking and rewards reviews in partnership with the Total Rewards team

Project Management

• Px Initiatives: Lead or support Px projects related to process improvement, automation, employee engagement and strategic initiatives
• Change Management: Manage Px aspects of organizational changes, including communication, training, and transition support
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure successful project outcomes and alignment with business objectives
• Fulfill any other tasks as reasonably instructed to assist in the business's growth and progress

Requirements

Who You Really Are:

Your thinking matters more than your title or tenure. That said, a few things are non negotiable:

• Execution is your default mode. You get energy from making things work. You earn the right to shape strategy by delivering first.
• You clarify before you build. Every process gets the same treatment: what is this solving, and is it still worth solving? You adapt to context rather than reaching for a playbook.
• You are comfortable with hard conversations. You have guided teams through change and do not avoid the moments that require directness.
• You have built something real in a fast moving environment, whether at a startup, a scaling tech company, or equivalent across SEA.
• You are hands on with AI, not just aware of it. You want to be personally capable, not just directionally supportive.
• Impact is personal for you. Shaping how people are hired, developed, and supported across a multi country organisation genuinely drives you.

We are open to candidates outside the traditional Px or HR path, provided you have the operational depth and the hunger to build something that lasts.

What We Are Looking For:

• Proven experience in People Operations with strong knowledge of employment law across SEA markets 
• Experience working in a sizeable and fast paced environment with a multi cultural, multi country workforce
• Demonstrated experience managing employee lifecycle, payroll administration, and/or HRIS at a regional level
• Thorough and up to date working knowledge of local labour laws and taxation across relevant markets
• Highly analytical, possessing excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills, proactive, and the ability to prioritize and complete work in a timely and accurate manner independently
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills and ability to assess issues from multiple angles to problem-solve effectively
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Sheets, Google Drive etc.)

Benefits

• Time off - We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries.
• Flexible working - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life.
• Medical benefits - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their backs for their loved ones too.
• Mental health and wellness - We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we have Wellness Wednesdays and we engage partners to provide well-being coaching.
• Tech support - We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity

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