Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled Financial Analyst to drive the timely and effective delivery of our Efficiency Programme, with a focus on embedding an expense efficiency culture.

• Support Workforce Efficiency - Administer and monitor Regional Office hiring requests.
  • Collaborate with hiring manager/functional leads to understand Workforce request,
  • Prepare Workforce request report for hiring committee decision making,
  • Prepare monthly Workforce (headcount and costs) report, report variances, and analyze Workforce expense trend for management actions,
  • Streamline and automate the Workforce efficiency process.
  • Maintain the access and cost center lists within HIREF platform,
  • Spearhead any further developments on the RO HIREF process.

• Support Expenses Efficiency – Report and monitor sustainable saves for Asia Segment.
  • Responsible for producing regular reports to track the regional initiative status and performance (e.g., MOR, BU and Function Reporting),
  • Collaborate with Asia functions / markets’ representative on the reporting process, understand benefits variances and provide guidance on organization efficiency saves reporting requirements,
  • Manage and guide users on non Book-Of-Work initiatives submission,
  • Maintain the access list to GIA sites and dashboard. The role will handle and coordinate access requests to GIA SharePoint sites and dashboard for programme reporting.

• Support Other Efficiency Actions – Analyze Expense Data for areas of opportunities.
  • Assist in organization efficiency improvement initiatives,
  • Create financial models bases on analysis and necessary reports to support decision making for business and operational improvement.
  • Analyze and compare trends across functions, market, and industry.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or any related field
• 4-5 years’ experience in data and expense analysis
• Process Improvement exposure/involvement
• Experience in dealing with international stakeholders
• Proficient in MS Excel
• Strong analytics and problem solving skills
• Ability to collaborate with multiple clients simultaneously, independent, self-motivated, resourceful and a team-player

Competencies

• Uses analytical thought to exercise judgment and contributes to the development of new solutions
• Demonstrates competency in Data Collection, Research and Management
• Able to perform assessments and execution processes at the project level under senior staff guidance
• Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to queries, requests or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success
• Collaborates with other team members across geographies and functions and contributes productively to the team’s work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view
• Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner
• Analyses facts and data to support sound, logical decisions regarding own and others’ work

This position description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by employees in this job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this job classification.

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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