Manager, Finance Technology & Innovation

Job Summary

Finance Technology & Innovation 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 finance platforms and applications.

The incumbent will be part of the Financial / Treasury Processes team working on projects involving new or existing applications and processes, providing steady state support, as well as assisting on-going operations. It will be their responsibility to provide leadership and support to the Asia IFS domiciled users, spread across the multiple jurisdictions in which Manulife Financial carries on business.

Overview

We are a Global Finance Shared Service Center consisting of highly motivated and experienced professionals committed to excellence in customer service.

Role and Responsibilities

• Department Management

Their primary role is the management of the teams’ day to day operations. Delivering excellent customer service by highlighting client centricity. The role includes effective task delegation to team members in conjunction with the implementation of effective tasks monitoring process and regular business review reporting. Leader is also responsible for maintaining an effective communication process with Toronto counterpart for cohesiveness. As a leader, they should ensure that the Business Support team meets the Service Level Agreement and conforms to Shared Service Center and Business Unit compliance standards all the time.

• People Leader

This role is responsible for the professional growth and development of staff which includes performance management, feedback sessions, coaching, one-to-one meetings and regular employee reviews. Leader should identify training and development needs of the team and propose realistic solutions and carry out corrective actions, as necessary.

• 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; lead the training on IFS tools, applications and processes to business users across the Asia Division; and effectively communicating with all levels of management to provide reports of project status and make them aware of critical issues requiring their attention.

• Financial System Analysis and Control

Incumbent is expected to take the lead role in ensuring a controlled, reliable, accessible and stable financial reporting environment and support ad-hoc analysis to determine root cause of production problems, resolving critical issues and cases identified during operations and develop timely solutions.

• Project Management

Lead testing by preparing required test plans/matrices and executing functional and system integration testing of the application. 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.

Qualifications

• Graduate with an accounting degree or comparable business experience
• Good understanding of the end-to-end production environment, and the impact of changes to the reporting process, production schedule, and all the systems and applications supporting a financial reporting environment
• Good understanding of ledger systems, good accounting knowledge and sensitive to reporting cycle
• Strong management skills and able to develop professional relationships with peers and direct reports.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel (pivot tables, functions, etc.) and data marts)
• Exceptional analytical, diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Fluency in English written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills

Competencies

• Collaborative and has the ability to teach and empower others
• Willing to help and develop staff through guidance, coaching and effective feedback
• Ability to easily adapt to the organization’s work rules and processes
• Ability to prioritize and finish workload in a high pressured work environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexible and adaptable when dealing with change

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 .

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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