Director, Financial Reporting

7 months ago

Waterloo, Canada Manulife Full time

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**

Hybrid

The Canada Segment Financial Reporting Shared Service Centre (FSSC) is a dynamic team of high-energy Finance professionals who act as trusted advisors to the Canadian Segment business divisions and the Finance leadership team.

Reporting to the AVP, FSSC, the Director, Financial Reporting is responsible for leading and inspiring a team in producing quality financial packages for the Group Insurance and Canadian Annuities businesses. The Director will be responsible for managing the team through the monthly and quarterly reporting of financial results and analysis and provide insight into the key drivers through written commentary. To be successful, the Director must build strong relationships with all levels and fields throughout the global company including the Group Insurance and Canadian Annuities finance teams. The Director will also be responsible for Canadian segment accounting/reporting processes, including balance sheet account attestations.

If you have a commitment to understanding the “why” and a curious nature; if you have an innovative spirit; if you take pride in high quality work, and love leading high energy professionals - then this may be the role for you

**Responsibilities**:

- As a key finance partner for the CFO of Group Insurance and the CFO of Individual Insurance, you will be responsible to optimize resources to fulfill the company vision and deliver quarterly and annual financial reports in accordance with the close schedule. Ensure adequate planning for the successful delivery of quality data and oversee adjustments as required. Provide valuable financial analysis and clear, concise commentary on results for a wider audience.
- Establish effective relationships by building trust and credibility with Finance management across the Canadian Segment particularly the Business Unit CFOs and their teams.
- Ability to communicate in a simplified and concise manner.
- Maintain the high standards and spirit of the FSSC Service Level Agreement in interactions with Business Unit and Finance clients and in the leadership of the team.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge regarding technical aspects of work. Able to review data for reasonability and identify root causes and drivers of the results.
- Maintain a strong control environment and ensure that SOX controls continue to effectively mitigate risks.
- Use appropriate judgment in dealing with issues and requests, demonstrating the ability to effectively prioritize work, balance resource requirements and determine solutions.
- This role requires strong technical understanding of valuation complexities and familiarity with IFRS 17.
- Working with various business partners, champion the development and implementation of the CAO transformation goals.
- Build effective business partnerships with leaders and staff of other teams and SSC’s, including the Expense COE, ASSC, Tax and Group Controllers.
- Develop standard methodologies in policies, processes, and controls. Demonstrate commitment towards continuously updating knowledge and skills.
- Play a key role as part of the FSSC leadership team in the achievement of FSSC and segment-wide projects, the goals of operational improvement and standard methodologies in financial reporting.

**Leadership and Team Development**
- Provide strong, proactive leadership and coaching to a team of financial professionals. Identify strengths and needs of team members and allocate work to ensure accurate and timely completion of assignments within established quality standards.
- Foster an environment where employees share insights and generate ideas, to become more innovative and add new value for the customer in everything we do.
- Build talent capability and engage employees through focused career discussions and providing ongoing feedback and active consistent coaching to improve performance.
- Maintain an environment that motivates and recognizes individuals by communicating and celebrating small wins and large accomplishments when our values are demonstrated.
- Make decisions regarding employment, compensation, performance appraisals, training and development.

**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 mindset to influence and implement change to improve outcomes.
- You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
- You take ownership and build, and docu

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