Manulife Hong Kong is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented IT Finance Manager to join our CIO Management – IT Finance team. This role will support the management of the rapidly growing IT expense budget, assist in delivering financial and headcount reporting, and act as a reviewer on key operational processes, including accruals, payment requests, and FTE reconciliations. The ideal candidate will collaborate across Finance and Technology teams to enhance financial transparency, cost efficiency and process improvement initiatives.

Position Responsibilities:

• Support management on tracking the IT expense, forecast, and KPI targets, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with approved plans
• Prepare and maintain regular management reporting on financial and headcount, providing clear insights for HK and regional stakeholders
• Review key operational finance processes, including accruals, intercompany recharge, capitalization and vendor payment requests across multiple tools and platforms, to ensure completeness and accuracy
• Perform FTE reconciliations and participate in FTE forecasting to facilitate effective resource management across both KLO and Build activities
• Assist in IT budget planning cycle by consolidating inputs and validating assumptions, perform detailed variance analysis, proactively identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities, and supporting stakeholders to enable informed decision-making
• Partner with regional IT Finance to ensure accurate cost allocation aligned with approved budgets, while maintaining clear financial transparency
• Support process improvement initiatives using digital tools and assist in automation and standardization to improve data quality and efficiency
• Handle additional responsibilities autonomously, including hosting internal training sessions on accrual processes to ensure proper understanding and timely submission, supporting regional requests (e.g., location strategy analysis, efficiency gain analysis), and documenting and standardizing key processes by drafting SOPs for core team deliverables to drive consistency and scalability

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 6–8 years’ experience in IT Finance / FP&A, preferably in the insurance or banking sector
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• CA, CPA, or equivalent professional qualification is an advantage
• Strong understanding of IT cost structures, project accounting, and CapEx vs. OpEx classification

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in key tools, including:
• Microsoft PowerPoint (executive-level presentations)
• Microsoft Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables)
• Experience with Power BI or other data visualization tools is a plus
• Strong analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail capabilities
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

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