Reconciliation Specialist - Asia

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Quezon City, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, PHL
In-Office
Mid level
Fintech • Insurance • Financial Services
The Role
Reconcile securities holdings, cash balances, and transactions across investment portfolios. Investigate discrepancies, coordinate resolutions with custodians and stakeholders, review reconciliation outputs, maintain reporting and documentation, and support compliance, audits, process improvements, UAT, and system enhancements.
Summary Generated by Built In
As a Reconciliation Specialist, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of investment portfolios by reconciling cash, transactions, and securities positions across internal records and custodians. This is a great opportunity to deepen your exposure to investment operations, collaborate with global stakeholders, and contribute to delivering reliable financial reporting. You’ll gain hands-on experience in investigative analysis, process improvement, and emerging tools while supporting a high-impact function within the organization.
Position Responsibilities:
  • Perform daily reconciliation of securities holdings, cash balances, and transactions across assigned portfolios
  • Investigate discrepancies and coordinate resolution with internal teams, custodians, and external partners
  • Review and sign off reconciliation outputs in line with SLA timelines and compliance requirements
  • Prepare and maintain accurate documentation and reporting, including daily and monthly reconciliation files and MIS
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and support process improvements, system enhancements, and audit/compliance requirements
Required Qualifications:
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in reconciliation within banking, securities administration, or investment operations
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Investments, or related field
  • Strong understanding of securities instruments, cash management, and investment operations
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, etc.)
  • Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and ability to meet tight deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with investment accounting and reconciliation systems (e.g., SimCorp Dimension, Bloomberg, DUCO, Aladdin)
  • Familiarity with Power BI, PowerApps, and automation tools (e.g., VBA, robotics, machine learning)
  • CISI certification or equivalent professional designation
  • Experience participating in process improvement, UAT, or system transformation projects
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with global stakeholders

When you join our team:


  • We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
  • We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
  • As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see. 

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 https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

Manulife 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 [email protected].

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Skills Required

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in reconciliation within banking, securities administration, or investment operations
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Investments, or a related field
  • Strong understanding of securities instruments, cash management, and investment operations
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word
  • Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail
  • Ability to meet tight deadlines
  • Experience with investment accounting and reconciliation systems such as SimCorp Dimension, Bloomberg, DUCO, or Aladdin
  • Familiarity with Power BI, PowerApps, VBA, robotics, or machine learning automation tools
  • CISI certification or equivalent professional designation
  • Experience with process improvement, UAT, or system transformation projects
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with global stakeholders

Manulife Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Manulife and has not been reviewed or approved by Manulife.

  • Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is portrayed as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, prescription drugs, vision, critical illness, and short- and long-term disability. Mental-health support is emphasized via EAP-style services and high annual coverage limits in some regions, alongside wellness programs and navigation tools.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards, including group RRSP/defined contribution pension options and employer matching in some cases. Ownership-related programs such as share purchase/stock options are also described as available for eligible employees.
  • Flexible Benefits — Benefits are described as robust and flexible, with customizable packages and spending-account style options in some plans. Digital tools (mobile app/claims) and reward-linked wellness programs are framed as making benefits easier to use and more engaging.

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The Company
HQ: Toronto, Ontario
32,427 Employees
Year Founded: 1887

What We Do

Manulife is a leading international financial services group that helps people make their decisions easier and lives better. With our global headquarters in Toronto, we operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States. We have more than 40,000 employees, over 116,000 agents serving ~34 million customers worldwide, and over $1.3 trillion in assets under management and administration. Visit www.Manulife.com to find out more. For Manulife terms of use, please visit http://bit.ly/SM_Terms

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