senior manager, finance & AccountingSun Life Financial

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Job Description:
Job description (heading) / Description du poste (titre)
Reporting to Director, Finance & Accounting, Digital Enterprise Asia, this role supports the accounting, budgeting and management reporting processes for the Digital Enterprise (DE) platforms being built in Asia.
This role will be supporting the DE Finance and Accounting team to liaise between finance functions across the business units, the Asia Service Centers and the Regional Office on all finance and accounting matters related to DE Asia, providing support on the strategic and annual planning processes, as well as other initiatives that align with the overall DE Asia strategy.
Preferred skills (heading) / Compétences particulières (titre)
Strong business acumen (life insurance and asset management businesses)
Strong analytical skills and attention to details
Good customer service, organized, result and detail-oriented, self-motivated, analytical and can perform independently
Good team player, positive attitude and can work under pressure
Ability to deal with frequent changes in systems development requirement
Strong at effectively handling multiple priorities under time and delivery pressures
Good communication and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Proactive and resilient. Flexibility in learning new topics, handling change and deadlines.
Frequent communication with internal customers including senior management from DE, BU Finance, and Regional Office for collaboration and co-ordination to achieve business goals.
Communications with the auditors, tax consultants and taxation authorities, and regulators are also required for statutory audit and tax filing, as appropriate.
Qualifications (heading) / Compétences (titre)
University graduate in Accounting related discipline
Qualified Accountant with recognized professional accounting bodies
10+ years of post-qualification experience with at least 3 years in managerial roles, preferably within the life insurance industry
Experience working in an IT organization background is beneficial
Excellent knowledge of accounting for systems implementations and large capital projects
Good working knowledge of various accounting principles, e.g. Canadian and local GAAPs, and IFRS and practices in the insurance industry
Experience working in an Agile systems development environment is preferable
Knowledge and experience with TM1/ Tableau/ Hyperion is highly desirable
Strong computer skills, advanced user of Excel and PowerPoint
Responsibilities (heading) / Responsabilités (titre)
Support Finance Director to align accounting principles & practices and operating guidelines for the build and maintenance of DE platforms in Asia and execute the expense chargeout processes for those platforms to the Asia Business Units.
Responsible for managing the closing process, reporting and variance analysis of DE financials across DE servicing entities and Asia BUs, including but not limited to:
- ensure proper capitalization and amortization for software development intangible assets of DE platforms
- review and validate chargeback invoicing from servicing entities to Asia BUs
- provide insightful analysis and critique on DE financials on regular basis
review necessary reconciliation between entities
- monitor cash settlement and related taxation matters and report on irregularities.
Collaborate with the Financial Planning & Analysis team, DE budget owners and Asia BUs Finance teams to provide support on the DE planning process. Support DE Finance team in developing and managing cost-center and platform level P&L, analytics of capital and OPEX expenditure and budget utilization.
Manage finance and accounting matters for the DE legal entity (to the extent it is setup), the preparation of annual audited accounts and coordination with Tax, Legal, Compliance on any such matters. Ensure the accuracy and completeness of all DE financial books, records and reports, implementation of proper internal controls and any tool / financial database to support management of DE financial view.
Support Finance Director to hold regular DE finance governance meetings with Asia BUs, resolve and tackle any local BUs statutory and compliance requirement relating to DE strategy and its charges, provide any external audit relating support to Asia BUs for DE platform assets and its charges.
Job Category: Finance
Posting End Date:
Sun Life Financial

Manila City, Metro Manila Taguig City, Metro Manila
Permanent
Full-time