Senior Manager, Audit

4 weeks ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Manulife Full time

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Audit and Advisory Services is a key member of the Actuarial Audit Team, responsible for planning and leading audit projects of all types to deliver high-quality, professional, cost-effective, and valuable results. This role provides opportunities to enhance actuarial skills, build teamwork, leadership, communication, and project management competencies, and exposure across various actuarial areas globally.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead audit and advisory projects in accordance with department standards, within resource budgets, and target dates, reporting any scheduling or budget over-runs to the Director or AVP.
  • Perform fieldwork as needed to meet deadlines to complete audit work.
  • Develop audit scope and audit programs to evaluate the controls in place to mitigate risks.
  • Review test procedures and results to ensure that test objectives and documentation standards are met.
  • Apply analytical skills and be open-minded to explore different ways to audit, embracing and using data analytics to enhance audit coverage.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with management.
  • Coach and mentor junior staff in the team.
  • Lead various SOX processes, assist in SOX/MAR planning, and provide oversight during walkthrough and testing phases.
  • Actively follow up on open issues with management, maintain open communication, and own the remediation testing of issues.

Requirements

  • Audit and project management experience is required.
  • 6 to 8 years of risk management, operations, or equivalent business or advisory/consulting experience.
  • Actuarial knowledge and related experience on actuarial processes such as reserves and capital valuation and reporting, product development and pricing, experience studies, are a plus.
  • Minimum 2 years of life insurance experience, strong understanding of life and health insurance operations and products is required.
  • Good understanding of life and health insurance operations, applicable regulations, and risks.
  • Knowledge of SOX/MAR, Corporate Pricing and Valuation Standards, and financial reporting under IFRS and local regulations.
  • University degree is required. A recognized accounting (CPA, CA) or auditing (CIA) designation is preferable, but not essential for candidates with good insurance industry experience.
  • Knowledge of data analysis tools is preferred.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, ability to effectively communicate ideas and recommendations, and to listen and consider ideas of others.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including ability to work with and influence management at various levels of the organization.
  • Ability to work efficiently in diverse environments and cultures.

About Manulife

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.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives. 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, color, 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.


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