Financial Analyst

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

Role and Responsibilities

• Supports the US 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.
• 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.
• Willing to work on night shift (Manila time) and overtime may be required to meet business deadlines.

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 recruitment@manulife.com.