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Working Arrangement
Hybrid
Job Description
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 IFS department is responsible for the financial reporting systems and processes that support total company reporting. This position helps to ensure that the Company’s general ledger and financial reporting tools are reliable, accessible, and stable, that structures appropriately reflect business requirements, and that controls are in place to support the end-to-end process for all IFS applications.
The incumbent will be part of the Financial / Treasury Processes team working on projects involving new or existing applications and processes. Their primary responsibility is to ensure system solutions and related processes support overall company objectives and ensure the integrity and quality of financial data. This involves vendor/in-house application deployment, enhancements, steady state support, troubleshooting problems, identifying opportunities for increased effectiveness or efficiency in Financial and Treasury processes.
Key Responsibilities:
Business Support
This role provides Business Analysis support by working with the end users to define and refine requirements, support functional and integration testing, training, implementation and end user roll out. This involves actively working with the IS development team to explain and clarify business requirements and rationale in order to help create solutions that would meet business needs.
As a business support, the incumbent will be expected to interact professionally with clients and business areas to provide a high quality of service. This includes effectively communicating with all levels of management to provide reports for project status and to make them aware of critical issues requiring their attention.
Application Development and Maintenance
The role provides steady state maintenance and enhancement of existing production tools / processes. The IFS Business Support team responds to requests for: security access, GL and data mart structure changes, reports and extracts, accounting feed support, audit/SOX support, production status information, and “Just-In-Time” training and job aids.
Financial System Analysis and Control
Analyst is responsible for ongoing operations which will require maintaining a controlled, reliable, accessible and stable financial reporting environment, proactively resolving issues by consulting various stakeholders.
This role also involves data reconciliation by preparation of daily control reports that checks the integrity of the financial data within the system. Analyst should ensure that any issues or discrepancies identified, either by internal control measures or by end-users, should be tracked, reported, and resolved in a timely manner.
Project Management
Manages small to medium initiatives (as required) according to the established project management methodologies. Creates and maintains thorough and accurate project documentation (including functional and technical design specifications) according to the project management methodologies. Coordinates testing by preparing required test plans/matrices and executing functional and system integration testing of the application
Qualifications:
Graduate of any business degree or equivalent business experience
Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in business analysis/project management function within finance area
Hybrid Work Arrangement: Amenability and readiness to work onsite and from home anytime (dependent on business need AND/OR current external environment/situation)
Minimum Skills to Hire/Must Haves:
Good understanding of ledger systems, good accounting knowledge and sensitive to the reporting cycle
Advanced knowledge of Excel (pivot tables, functions, etc.) and data marts)
Exceptional analytical, diagnostic and problem-solving skills
Competencies:
Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-changing environment
Ability to work under tight deadlines, handle multiple tasks and manage ambiguity
Ability to independently learn new systems/technology
Strong attention to detail
Flexible and adaptable when dealing with change
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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 .