Finance Analyst

Posted:
6/23/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines ⋅ Metro Manila, Philippines

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Finance & Banking

We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today. 

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Job Description

  • The role is responsible for the delivery of monthly expense and project reports used by Asia CFOs and Regional Office senior leadership.   
  • The job holder is responsible in maintaining the report templates of the team such as roll forward of templates to the next reporting cycle, adding rows and/or columns relevant to the report, troubleshooting / debugging macro when necessary and ensures that all templates is working as designed after the necessary updates, identifying and implementing necessary controls. The job holder is also responsible in identifying areas for improvement, innovation and process efficiencies.
  • The job holder is responsible in providing support to Business Units for ad-hoc related tasks which includes template building, data extraction, report creation, data analysis and variance analysis.
  • The job holder is responsible in coordinating with other Asia Business Units in cases of queries and issue resolution.
  • Provide meaningful and insightful reporting on project financials to the DIRC, the Strategic PMO and Controllers as required; with the ability to interpret complex financial data to articulate recommendations.
  • Establish and maintain reporting for DIRC on both spend and benefit forecasts and actuals at an enterprise level
  • Collect spend data and analysis variances on a monthly basis to understand areas of under/over-spend against budget and coach local PMOs and Controllers in management.
  •  Partner with project managers, the Strategic PMO and Controllers on key reports and budget status; and Controllers and Tax department for alignment on accounting and tax issues.
  • Develop and enhance the project annual planning process and coordinate with Controllers and the Strategic PMO to update forecasts and other periodic projections. 
  • Review project and business cases to assess, particular in validating financial assumptions, identify areas of improvement and clarification in costing and benefits of individual projects. 
  • Ensure the outcomes of the benefits tracking are used to inform new business cases and that financial assumptions are standardized across the portfolio which aligned with enterprise roadmap and regional strategy.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, Canada, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Asia, Canada, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We provide financial advice, insurance, and wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions. At the end of 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). We trade as ‘MFC’ on the Toronto, New York, and the Philippine stock exchanges, and under ‘945’ in Hong Kong.

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 processAll 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].