Financial Analyst

Overview Reporting directly to Asia Finance Shared Service, Team Leader, the Financial Senior Analyst is primarily accountable for general accounting and reporting through timely and accurate service delivery. Responsibilities include the following: Responsibilities Position Responsibilities: Operations – finance operations transactional in nature but has financial impact (e.g. Invoicing, Credit Card Refund, Daily Matching of Premium) Accounting Operations – responsible in preparing, uploading of Journal Entry to facilitate month-end closing activities. Reconciliation of accounts and balance sheet items for regulatory requirements Reconciliation – performs reconciliation such as Bank Reconciliation, Intercompany Reconciliation and System reconciliation to ensure completeness and correctness of financial information for the month Management Reporting – to support needs of different internal or external parties. Quality Analyst/Reviewer – The job holder will be given processes that will be subject to his/her review on top of his/her daily, monthly production work. It will be part of her responsibility to monitor junior team members work, ensure error-free submission and be accountable for the processes subject to his/her review. • Quality Analyst/Reviewer Responsibilities – Ensure that all processes/deliverables for the day have undergone internal review process prior to BU submission Follow the quality checklist as documented during migration. Ensure that all team members adhere to the signed of process documentation. Assist the leader in providing root cause analysis and action items for incidents encountered during the month. Trainer – The job holder is responsible to train junior team members of the processes already migrated. Ensure complete transfer of knowledge through theoretical training, reverse shadowing, and guide the team members from parallel run to go-live. • Trainer Responsibilities – Serve as the go-to person of the specific location in terms of the knowledge of the processes Create training plan for new joiners Assist the leader in task allocation and ensuring that all members are well trained and efficient enough to handle live production Provide timely feedback on team members for the perusal of the leader Provide coaching and additional training for items that needs further clarification prior to raising to the BU. Point-of-Contact – Reporting directly to Asia Finance Controllers – SSC, Team Leader, the Senior Finance Analyst is primarily accountable for general accounting and reporting through timely and accurate service delivery. • Point-of-Contact Responsibilities – Assist the leader and the project team in identifying processes that can be migrated in MBPS. Assess based on migration criteria and provide feedbacks and inputs as necessary. Assist the leader in providing updates in the migration. Serve as the contact person of the project team in getting regular updates, challenges encountered, results monitoring of the parallel run Learn the processes to be migrated and provide timely process documentation following the standard MBPS format as aligned with the Control Tower. Serve as the business unit point of contact for any process issues or task specific queries. Automation Champion – The job holder is responsible in driving automation initiatives on processes handled by his/her assigned Business unit with the goal of improving accuracy and overall cost efficiency of the team. • Automation Responsibilities – Propose automation for tasks assigned and Support junior members on their automation initiatives. Coordinate with Business Developers on status of automation projects. Lead User Acceptance Testing and report result to Team Leader. Required Qualifications 5+ years of working experience with progressive responsibility within the Accounting and management reporting field at least 3 of which is with an international organization or Shared Service Center. CPA with university degree in accounting, finance, or financial management. Hybrid Work Arrangement: Amenability and readiness to work onsite and from home anytime (dependent on business need AND/OR current external environment/situation) and must be willing to work on a day shift schedule Preferred Qualifications Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to work in ambiguous environment and adapt to change while managing time and workload with aggressive timelines. Preferably with process migration background Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively across cultures. Excellent English written and verbal communication skills. Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Excel (i.e. mastery of excel formulas and pivot tables is a must; VBA is a plus). Proficient in MS Office suite including Outlook, Word, Power Point. Willing to work on dayshift and overtime may be required to meet business deadlines. 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 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. 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. 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