Manulife is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make decisions easier and lives better. Help shape the future you want to see — and discover that better can take you anywhere you want to go. **JOB DESCRIPTION** Global Wealth and Asset Management (GWAM) Financial Planning & Analysis team is recruiting a highly motivated Senior Finance Analyst (SFA) to be part of their GWAM Expense Advisory Team. The incumbent will contribute to financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for GWAM – Retail clients and support the continuous evolution and delivery of the expense advisory team. **Key Responsibilities:** + Assist with the annual expense planning cycle and build presentations for the GWAM Retail stakeholders. + Support the monthly forecasting cycle by updating templates and collaborating with clients to gather expense and FTE feedback. Also understand trends and use appropriate judgement to build forecasts. + Prepare month end analysis and commentary on variances, trends and key metrics. + Update Power BI dashboards and distribute results to clients. + Work with Accounting Operations team to investigate specific spend items and to finalize journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation for approval. + Support project and BAU initiative reporting by working with clients to ensure spend has been tagged to projects appropriately. + Assist with ongoing analysis of workflow processes and establishment of new procedures + Assist with various expense management initiatives as they arise (i.e. tracking cost savings, FTE movement for organizational changes, etc.). + Ensure the delivery of excellent customer service through proactively promoting client centricity. Effectively communicate significant production updates and challenges to the Manager in a timely manner. + Shares best practices with other team members and makes recommendations for process improvements. + Assists directors, managers and other team members on various projects and analyses. **Qualifications:** + Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance, professional accounting designation (CPA) is preferred + At least 3 to 4 years of experience in a financial role + Highly developed written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate with onshore partners, cost center leads and stakeholders + Solid analytical and technical capability - ability to assimilate/summarize a large amount of information from multiple sources and present in a value-added form for senior management + Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI) and ability to learn new applications quickly + Anaplan, Essbase and Lawson knowledge (or other complex GL package) would be an asset + Demonstrates emerging ability to draft managerial reporting narratives + Demonstrates ability to work effectively in diverse environments and cultures + Proven ability to thrive in a fast pace, high-performing, and collaborative team environment while managing multiple, constantly changing priorities and ad-hoc requests + Must be willing to work on a mid-shift schedule 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. This job description is not a comprehensive listing of all job duties required for this role. We reserve the right to change these duties or assign additional duties at any time with or without notice **Acerca de Manulife y John Hancock** Manulife Financial Corporation es un importante proveedor internacional de servicios financieros que ayuda a las personas a tomar decisiones de una manera más fácil y a vivir mejor. Para obtener más información acerca de nosotros, visite http://www.manulife.com . **Manulife es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades** En Manulife/John Hancock, valoramos nuestra diversidad. Nos esforzamos por atraer, formar y retener una fuerza laboral tan diversa como los clientes a los que prestamos servicios, y para fomentar un entorno laboral inclusivo en el que se aprovechen las fortalezas de las culturas y las personas. 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