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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 opportunity

Role and Responsibilities:

• Actively involve in consolidating, analyzing, and synthesizing large amount of financial and non-financial information from various stakeholders

• Prepares high-quality monthly and quarterly reports, dashboards and presentations in a timely and organized fashion catered to the needs of the different stakeholders of Global WAM Finance - Financial Planning and Analysis

• Prepares Monthly/Quarterly Management Decks, WAM MIS Report, Quarterly Forecasts from different business segments and others

• Prepares and maintains templates of report packages, highlight key issues, and actively look for resolution

• Presents plan and forecast reports that provides variance analysis and key insights to CFOs

• Reviews work of junior team members ensuring quality of reports are being submitted to stakeholders

• Improves and re-engineers reporting processes and deliverables to create consistency and efficiency during month-end and quarter-end cycles

• Supports the annual consolidated planning process, including investigation of trends, model projections, sensitivities, metrics and preparation of presentation decks

• Initiates improvements by exploring, identifying, and implementing reporting, analysis, and process solutions

• Works closely with the North America business unit, Stakeholders and MBPS FP&A teammates to ensure a smooth reporting and planning process, assisting in ad hoc requests as needed

• Participates in team cross-training to establish back-up and improvement of processes handled

• Trains new resources within the team and guides junior team members in asking right questions and provides suggested answers/ solutions.

How will you create impact?

This role is within the Finance function of Manulife Investment Management, the global brand for the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation that operate across US, Canada, Europe and Asia. Our mission is to make decisions easier and lives better by empowering investors for a better tomorrow. Manulife Investment Management serves more than 17 million individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members by offering investment solutions across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, and private markets investments through mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, and other vehicles.

The position is accountable for providing accurate, timely, and relevant monthly, quarterly and annual financial data production, reporting, analysis, planning and forecasting to different stakeholders of the Global Wealth and Asset Management & General Account (GWAM & GA) Finance Financial Planning & Analysis. Will locally report to MBPS FP&A Team Leader/Manager and provide support to Stakeholders located in Asia and North America.

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 approach 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.

What we are looking for

• University graduate in Accounting/Finance, professional accounting designation (CPA) is an advantage

• At least 4 years of experience in a finance role, Wealth and Asset Management industry experience an asset

• Experience in participating or spearheading in automating processes is a plus

• Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint (i.e. knowledge and application of excel formulas, pivot tables and creating of charts and tables are required);

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to succinctly engage with senior management and team members

• Strong technical accounting skills with a solid understanding of the business environment and financial reporting structure to provide value-added analysis

• Knowledge of general ledger reporting tools and systems

• Strong attention to detail; ability to present actionable insights to senior management to make better and effective decisions

• Experience in developing Power BI dashboards, Power Apps and Alteryx as well as knowledge of Anaplan are advantageous skills

• Proven ability to thrive in a fast paced, high-performing and collaborative team environment while managing multiple, constantly changing priorities and ad-hoc requests under strict timelines

• Proactive approach to continuous improvements and a positive “can-do” attitude

• Ability to identify and investigate complex issues and recommend actionable solutions

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.

• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.

• A focus on growing your career path with us.

• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.

• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you

• Values-first cultureWe lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.

• Boundless opportunityWe create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.

• Continuous innovationWe invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.

• Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and InclusionWe foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.

• Championing Corporate CitizenshipWe build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

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 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 .