senior Financial AnalystThe Manufacturers Life Insurance Co (Phils) Inc( Manulife Philippines )

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
The Opportunity
The customer is the focus of everything we do, and millions of end users rely on our products daily. We believe in the value of empowering our analysts with the resources to solve critical problems for the future of our business, which is why we need you.
The Senior Financial Analyst will primarily be responsible for WAM Philippines accounting and reporting processes and controls, supporting the monthly close and regional entries, driving regional projects and initiatives, and coordinating regional efforts on process standardization and documentation. The role will also be responsible in preparing the WAM Philippines Annual Forecast and Budget.
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 mindset 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
We are looking for someone with:
CPA degree
Prior experience for over 3-5 years in a Finance role, insurance or Investments experience would be an advantage.
Proven ability to thrive in a fast paced, high-performing, and collaborative team environment while managing multiple, constantly changing priorities and ad-hoc requests
Knowledge of general ledger reporting tools and systems
Extensive experience with MS Excel including working with Macros and other Excel add-ins
Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Proven self-starter with the ability to work independently with less supervision
Proactive in executing and owning the processes and controls
Experience in Essbase, Infor and Power BI would be an advantage
Excels in a team environment interacting with both business and finance colleagues
Experience in working as an offsite support to business functions
On the job you will:
Responsible for first level review for WAM PH Accounting and Reporting related tasks.
Responsible for monitoring WAM PH accounting and reporting processes and controls.
Support in the monthly close for WAM PH. Process include but not limited to preparation of journal entries, financial statements and Management reports.
Responsible for Local Reporting (e.g Tax and BSP regulatory reporting)
Responsible for Sales commentaries, Forecast and budget preparation.
Maintain control documentation and prepare audit requests related to internal and external audit requirements
Be an integral part of regional finance initiatives / projects related to accounting and reporting, including ad hoc business requests.
Promote a culture of standardization and efficiency.
Our commitment to you
Our mission; to be a part of making Decisions Easier and Lives Better
A leadership team dedicated to your growth and success
A bold ambition and set of goals to be a leader in driving transformation in our industry
Our best. Every day.
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 2020, we had more than 37,000 employees, over 98,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 30 million customers. As of December 31, 2020, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, and in the previous 12 months we made $31.6 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 155years. 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.
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