Assistant Manager Finance
Manila - Philippines
Job Summary
- Prepare and upload journal entries to support monthend closing activities including intercompany allocations recharges billing and settlements
- Build and maintain accounting models for new transactions and processes
- Perform bank intercompany and system reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial information
- Serve as Asia pointofcontact for clearing intercompany variances and disputes with Regional Offices Asia Business Units and other segment
- Prepare variance analysis and commentary for the Financial Statements Review Template (FSRT) for corporate reporting
- Maintain cash flow forecasts and monitor expected cash inflows and outflows
- Prepare audit schedules and provide accurate and timely responses to auditor queries
- Learn document and support the migration of accounting and finance processes in close coordination with business units
- Assist leaders and project teams in identifying processes suitable for migration and streamlining within MBPS
- Act as the project pointofcontact for updates challenges parallel runs and results monitoring
- Participate in knowledge transfer sessions and transition of new work ensuring adherence to MBPS and Control Tower documentation standards
- Train and mentor junior team members on migrated processes through classroom training reverse shadowing and production support
- Create training plans for new joiners and ensure complete endtoend knowledge transfer
- Serve as subject matter expert and goto person for assigned processes and locations
- Support leaders in task allocation and ensuring operational readiness of the team
- Provide timely feedback coaching and additional training as required prior to escalation to the Business Unit
- Review assigned processes in addition to daily and monthly production responsibilities
- Ensure all deliverables undergo internal quality review prior to submission to the Business Unit
- Enforce adherence to documented process controls and quality checklists
- Support root cause analysis and corrective action planning for incidents encountered
- Lead governance meetings with onshore counterparts providing operational updates and highlighting milestones risks and areas requiring attention
- Serve as primary contact for processrelated inquiries issues and taskspecific clarifications
- Support migration and transition activities including review of process documentation and coordination with the Transition Team
- Identify and propose automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency accuracy and cost effectiveness
- Support junior team members on automation initiatives
- Coordinate with Business Developers on the progress of automation projects
- Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and report results to leadership
- At least7 yearsof progressive experience in accounting and management reporting witha minimum of 3 yearssupporting an international organization or Shared Service Center
- CPAwith a university degree in Accounting Finance or Business Management
- Excellent analytical research and problemsolving skills
- Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments and manage aggressive timelines
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills (formulas and pivot tables required)
- Proficient in MS Office (Excel Word PowerPoint Outlook)
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- Willing to work on aday/morning shiftand render overtime when required
- Willing to report onsite inDiliman Quezon City
- Excel VBA Skills
- MS Project Skills
- Background in accounting or finance process migration or transition
- Experience supporting automation or continuous improvement initiatives
- Strong stakeholder management and crosscultural collaboration skills
- Shared Services or global finance operations experience
- Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want
- Well support you in a flexible and inclusive environment where wellbeing matters
- As part of a global organization youll help shape the future of financial services
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 .
Working Arrangement
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Manulife is a leading financial services group. We provide financial advice, insurance, as well as wealth and asset management solutions for individuals, groups and institutions.