Senior Financial Accountant

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We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today. 

Working Arrangement

Job Description

The opportunity

Reporting to the AVP Reporting and Projects, the Senior Financial Accountant (SFA) is a key member of the Group Finance Accounting team supporting Corporate and Corporate Reinsurance businesses.

How will you create impact?

The incumbent will contribute to the financial reporting, planning, and forecasting processes. The role, under general supervision, is responsible for conducting accounting and analyses, including detailed calculations and internal and external reporting. The position provides an exciting opportunity to learn about various businesses, gain an understanding of accounting, operating and control environments, play an integral role in fulfilling key deliverables, and work with seasoned professionals of accounting, audit, and financial reporting backgrounds.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the monthly/quarterly close process including preparing journal entries and variance analysis as well as drafting commentary.
• Perform control processes on accounts reconciliations for intercompany/intersegment transactions. This includes preparation of clearing entries and summary report.
• Manage account ownership certification and confirmation for SOX purposes.
• Prepare variance analysis and draft commentary for financial statements review templates.
• Facilitate the preparation of financial statements for various corporate subsidiaries. This includes preparing the working paper summary, gathering supporting data and documentation for necessary adjustments, and drafting financial statements and notes required.
• Prepare quarterly Statistics Canada submissions selected financial data for MFC and its subsidiaries.
• Support Project and BAU Initiatives of Corporate Team.
• Assist with ongoing analysis of workflow processes and establishment of new procedures, improve and re-engineer current processes to streamline and gain efficiencies.
• Assist with various planning transformation initiatives as they arise (i.e Anaplan, Expense study).
• Support the leaders in building a strong team by ensuring the delivery of excellent customer service through proactively promoting client centricity.

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 approach 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.

What we are looking for

• University Business Degree and/or recognized accounting designation (CPA is preferred)
• 3+ years of progressive financial accounting experience.
• Strong stakeholder management skills requiring persuasion and influencing, relationship building and negotiation skill.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strong technical accounting skills.
• PowerBI and database knowledge is an advantage.
• Self-starter, diligent, willingness to take ownership and accountability of processes.
• Strong oral/written communication skills required to interact with senior officers and representatives from other functional areas.
• Highly organized with an ability to work in a fast-paced, multi stakeholder environment and manage several priorities.
• Understanding of Lawson or general finance systems / applications available in the market.
• Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Proficient in MS Office suite including Outlook, Word, Power Point, and Project.
• Overtime may be required to meet business deadlines.

What can we offer you?

• A competitive salary and benefits packages.
• A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
• A focus on growing your career path with us.
• Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
• Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you

• Values-first culture
  We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
• Boundless opportunity
  We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
• Continuous innovation
  We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
• Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
• Championing Corporate Citizenship
  We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.

About Manulife and John Hancock

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 Asia, Canada, 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 2022, we had more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents, and thousands of distribution partners, serving over 34 million customers. At the end of 2022, we had $1.3 trillion (US$1.0 trillion) in assets under management and administration, including total invested assets of $0.4 trillion (US $0.3 trillion), and segregated funds net assets of $0.3 trillion (US$0.3 trillion). 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.

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 .  All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies . To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com .

Salary & Benefits

The annual base salary for this role is listed below.

Primary Location

Salary range is expected to be between

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

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, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact recruitment@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.

We are a leading financial services provider committed to making decisions easier and lives better for our customers and colleagues around the world. From our environmental initiatives to our community investments, we lead with values throughout our business. To help us stand out, we help you step up, because when colleagues are healthy, respected and meaningfully challenged, we all thrive. 

We offer work that challenges and makes a difference within a flexible and supportive environment, so you can help make decisions easier and lives better for our customers.

We’re proud of our accomplishments and recognitions. Recent awards include:

• Best Place to Work in Asia-Pacific 2022
• Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality 2022

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Discover how you can grow your career, make impact and drive real change with our Winning Team today at www.manulife.com/careers .