Director of Finance, Canada Operations
Director of Finance, Canada Operations
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Job Description
The Operations Finance team provides crucial financial advice and support to Global Operations including the Global COO and leadership team by delivering comprehensive financial data and insights maintaining expense policy and ensuring a strong internal control environment for risk management. Reporting to the AVP Global Operations Finance this position acts as a trusted advisor to Canada Operations leaders managing a team to support finance activities and collaborating with Expense Directors for actionable analysis on expenses budgets and financial outlooks. The role involves keeping management informed through formal reviews and linking expense drivers across products and divisions. Additionally the position plays a key role in supporting transformation efforts within Operations and the FP&A team serving as the primary finance representative for project reporting and central initiatives.
Position Responsibilities:
- Expense advisory services: Support business through recurring monthly finance reviews business case reviews and other ad hoc analysis
- FP&A Leadership and Expense Management: Serve as the primary FP&A lead for Canada Operations responsible for forecasting budgeting and results reporting
- Finance Representation: Act as the key expense representative for global initiatives and partner with the initiative owners to ensure financial transparency of benefits and costs into the program. Leverage subject matter experts across the FP&A team where able
- Reporting: Lead all aspects of the development of reporting which meets the needs of our customers. Provide valuable analysis along with clear and concise commentary on results for our customers
- Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in engagement throughout the organization. Drive finance participation and leadership in KPI reporting and analysis including unit cost analysis through partnership with business partners. Look for opportunities to centralize automate and streamline where possible
- Strategic Savings and Reporting: Support the development tracking and reporting of major multi-year strategic save initiatives with consolidated reporting by segment leader and savings type ensuring accountability and addressing risks
Required Qualifications
- 10 years of relevant experience in progressive accounting roles.
- University degree in business finance or equivalent
- Strong interpersonal skills ability to collaborate and can negotiate and influence effectively
- Results oriented able to manage expectations work under tight deadlines and handle contending priorities
- Solid analytical and technical capability - ability to assimilate/summarize a large amount of information from multiple sources and present in a valuable form for senior management
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools and ability to learn new applications quickly
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPA/MBA highly preferred
- Self-starter with the ability to work independently think out of the box particularly in the areas requiring sound independent judgment problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent customer focus and commitment to quality
- Strong business insight with ability to communicate complex concepts and results in a clear concise easy to understand manner (written and verbal)
- Smartview Anaplan and Lawson knowledge (or other complex GL package) would be an asset
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 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 .
Referenced Salary Location
Toronto OntarioWorking Arrangement
Salary range is expected to be between
$105750.00 CAD - $190350.00 CADIf you are applying for this role outside of the primary location please contact 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 for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
