Are you looking for a supportive and collaborative workplace with great benefits and clear career development? You’ve come to the right place.

Why choose Manulife?

• Competitive Salary packages and performance bonuses
• Day 1 HMO + FREE coverage for your dependents (inclusive of same-sex partners)
• Retirement savings benefit
• Rewarding culture that values wellness and well-being
• Performance Bonus
• Global network of industry experts
• Extensive training resources

Job Description:

The Senior Financial Analyst will be primarily responsible for supporting the business unit, namely, Expense Shared Service team, in accounting operations, reporting, and reconciliations. The individual will be managing tight deadlines, with involvement in reconciliations, month-end tasks, and timely investigations of inquiries from different levels of management within the division.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supports the GWAM and other Segment (posting of ledger entries for accruals, expense allocations, amortizations, asset capitalization). Provides analysis for Actuals & Plan data. The level of detail involves cost center management, as well as other dimensions of expense analysis. Essbase/Smartview reporting tools (using LAWSON platform) are highly utilized
• Perform reconciliation of financial data across different databases to ensure data integrity with the company’s GL database. Provide support for queries presented by managers in relation to the reports in this database.
• Perform other ad hoc tasks as assigned by the Business Unit (process improvement, system UAT, etc)
• Manage SharePoint site to ensure all requests related to projects are fulfilled on a timely basis
• Create, implement and maintain documentation to provide clarity and consistency from
• Recommend changes to processes & procedures and follow-up to ensure all corrective actions are fully implemented. Help to set-up preventive controls to improve overall accuracy of the data
• Coordinate with the Business Units to provide update on a periodic basis

Qualifications:

• University degree in accounting, finance, or business management and or recognized accounting designation.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in accounting operations and/or financial planning.
• Hybrid Work Arrangement: Amenability and readiness to work onsite and from home anytime (dependent on business need AND/OR current external environment/situation) and must be willing to work on a night shift schedule.

Minimum Skills to Hire/Must Haves:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in ambiguous environment and adapt to change while managing time and workload with aggressive timelines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively across cultures. Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
• Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Excel (i.e. mastery of excel formulas and pivot tables is a must; VBA is a plus). Proficient in MS Office suite including Outlook, Word, Power Point, and Project.

Accounting Operations point of view

• Recommend changes to processes & procedures and follow-up to ensure all corrective actions are fully implemented. Help to set-up preventive controls to improve overall accuracy of the data
• Coordinate with the Business Units to provide update on a periodic basis

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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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