Senior Financial Analyst

Global Accounting Shared Services is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) to join our team. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain deep insights into Manulife’s business and expense model across all segments and functions. The successful candidate will play a critical role in examining and enhancing expense management practices. This position requires a strong interest in process improvement, building robust controls, and coordinating with various teams to optimize accounting operations.

Position Responsibilities:

• Expense Management and Control: Accurately record expenses in the ledger with supporting documents for audits and regulatory requirements. Develop controls to mitigate risks and ensure correct expense booking.

• Process Improvement and Recommendations: Implement processes, controls, and tools for efficient mandate delivery and recommend changes to improve accounting procedures, ensuring corrective actions are fully implemented.

• Accounting Support and Subject Matter Expertise: Provide reliable accounting support to the Client Advisory team and serve as the SME for general expenses legal entity reporting.

• Collaboration and Coordination: Work with the offshore accounting team for accurate financial close processes and coordinate with the Client Advisory team for timely completion of entries.

• Ownership and Compliance: Take ownership of select balance sheet accounts to ensure compliance with internal controls, including SOX, and perform validation and reconciliation.

• Continuous Assessment and Documentation: Conduct ongoing assessments for simplification and standardization of accounting processes, and maintain thorough documentation for clarity and consistency.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting/ Finance

• Independence: Self-starter with the ability to work independently, using sound judgment, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

• Customer Focus: Demonstrates excellent customer focus and a commitment to quality.

• Results Orientation: Ability to manage expectations, work under tight deadlines, and handle competing priorities.

• Interpersonal Skills: Proven ability to build relationships, engage and influence others, and work with a diverse customer base.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education: CPA/CA/CMA/CGA or an MBA specialized in Accounting/Finance is preferred.

• Technical Skills: Power BI and Alteryx

• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset. If the successful candidate is in Québec, proficiency in both languages will be required to support clients from various provinces outside of Quebec.

Key Challenges:

• Expense Management: Expense management and analysis are high-priority areas for senior management and financial leaders.

• Stakeholder Influence: Ability to influence and solicit support and compliance from multiple stakeholders with sometimes conflicting needs and priorities while meeting tight deadlines.

• System Integration: Addressing the lack of integrated systems/processes and data format to improve the efficiency of reporting and analysis processes.

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit our story.

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.

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.

Primary Location: Toronto, Ontario

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between: $71,925.00 CAD - $119,875.00 CAD

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits.