Business AnalystManulife - Agnes Yung

Are you looking for unlimited opportunities to develop and succeed? With work that challenges and makes a difference, within a flexible and supportive environment, we can help our customers achieve their dreams and aspirations.Job DescriptionGenera Are you looking for unlimited opportunities to develop and succeed? With work that challenges and makes a difference, within a flexible and supportive environment, we can help our customers achieve their dreams and aspirations. Job Description General Accountability: 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. Responsibilities: Business Support 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 Junior Analyst is responsible for ongoing operations. This 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. Coordinates project implementations according to required test plans/matrices prepared by Team Lead and executing functional and system integration testing of the application Qualifications: Graduate of any business degree or equivalent business experience Good understanding of ledger systems, good accounting knowledge and sensitive to reporting cycle Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in business analysis/project management function within finance area 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 Problems/Challenges: Financial Reporting Error in business set ups will result to misstatements in financial reporting of various business units. Insufficient communication or coordination of a change requested by a specific business unit that will impact various reporting (e.g. statement line change to IFRS) will also cause this issue. Position Dimensions (Organizational Impact): The IFS Business Support area provides a centralized service to all users of IFS applications and services. This position supports approximately 2,300 users of IFS systems world-wide with constant collaboration with Divisional Coordinators, Business Experts as well as individual users of IFS applications If you are ready to unleash your potential, it s time to start your career with Manulife/John Hancock. About Manulife 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 Canada, Asia, 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 2019, we had more than 35,000 employees, over 98,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving almost 30 million customers. As of March 31, 2020, we had $1.2 trillion (US$0.8 trillion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made $30.4 billion in payments to our customers. Our principal operations are in Asia, Canada and the United States where we have served customers for more than 155 years. 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. 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 and advancement and we administer all of our practices and programs based on qualification and performance and without discrimination on any protected ground. It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will consult with applicants contacted to participate at any stage of the recruitment process who request any accommodation. Information received regarding the accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially.
Monster

Philippines
Permanent
Full-time