The Opportunity

We are currently searching for a talented and driven individual to join our MBPS Actuarial Function as an Actuarial Manager supporting the Regional Actuarial Services (RAS). RAS acts the business partner for all our 10 Asia life operations, provide oversight, support, and guidance with respect to IFRS valuation, reporting, and earnings analysis. Reporting to Corporate actuary, this role is accountable for actuarial oversight and provide support to our emerging markets primarily in Philippines, ensure valuation assumptions and methods remain appropriate – both satisfactory group office and peer review. And by use of actuarial analytics advise and support management to understand our earnings drivers.

Established in 2012, the team has become an actuarial center of excellence, with over 160 staff and growing, along with increasing range and ownership of deliverables, specializing in Valuation, Liability and Asset Modelling, Experience Analytics, Pricing, and more.

MBPS Actuarial offers a wide range of global opportunities across multiple actuarial disciplines, a high performing culture, a market leading actuarial development program, a job rotation program, and a leadership team dedicated to your growth and success.

What motivates you?

• You obsess about customers, listen, engage, and act for their benefit  
• You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile mindset and enable business outcomes  
• You thrive in teams, and enjoy getting things done together 
• You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters  
• You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up 
• You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone  

We are looking for someone with:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or related field
• At least 10 years of actuarial work experience in Insurance or Financial Services
• Associate designation in any recognized actuarial organization (SOA, ASP), with meaningful progress towards Fellowship.
• Excellent proficiency in MS Office (Excel, VBA, Access), GGY AXIS, SQL, Qlikview, Python or similar programs
• Demonstrated experience in applying actuarial concepts to independently model and analyze actuarial financial metrics
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to gather, synthesize, organize, and report information, results, and recommendations to various levels across the organization.
• Strong ability to establish priorities and manage multiple tasks with accuracy and attention to detail, for self and others.
• Able to work in an evolving and dynamic environment and resilient to pressure
• Self-motivated with strong interpersonal skills and has demonstrated team collaboration
• Passion to grow and driven to be recognized as a trusted business partner

On the job you will:

• Lead Source of Earnings and related IFRS reporting for Philippines by coordinating with actuarial partners in business units and group office, as well as other regional parties.
• Review valuation matters of these business units, including but not limited to new product valuation basis and assumptions, experience studies and actuarial reserving assumptions, and participating business dividend recommendation.
• Provide advice and facilitate review and approval of valuation methodology and assumption development proposal.
• Support team lead on Asia new product valuation basis and assumptions review process.
• Participate in ad-hoc valuation projects as required.

Our commitment to you:  

• Our mission: to be a part of making Decisions Easier and Lives Better 
• A leadership team dedicated to your growth and success  
• A bold ambition and set of goals to be a leader in driving transformation in our industry  
• Our best. Every day.  

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.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact [email protected].

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