As a Senior Financial Analyst, you'll partner with global stakeholders to provide meaningful analysis, forecasting, reporting, and planning support for one of Manulife's strategic growth businesses. This role offers the opportunity to work with senior leaders, gain exposure to complex financial operations, drive process improvements, and build valuable expertise within a global financial services organization.
Position Responsibilities:
- Prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, dashboards, presentations, and management reporting packages.
- Analyze large volumes of financial and operational data to identify trends, key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Support forecasting, budgeting, and annual planning activities by collaborating with stakeholders and developing financial models and projections.
- Assist with expense management initiatives, organizational reporting, and tracking of business performance metrics.
- Drive continuous improvement through process automation, reporting enhancements, and cross-functional collaboration while supporting team training and knowledge sharing.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, accounting, or a related finance role.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively engage global stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- CPA designation or progress toward a professional accounting qualification.
- Experience within Wealth and Asset Management, investment management, insurance, or financial services industries.
- Experience with financial planning and reporting tools such as Power BI, Anaplan, SmartView-Essbase, or Lawson.
- Proven track record in process automation, reporting enhancements, or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with multiple competing priorities and stakeholder requests.
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
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, accounting, or a related finance role
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage global stakeholders
- CPA designation or progress toward a professional accounting qualification
- Experience within Wealth and Asset Management, investment management, insurance, or financial services industries
- Experience with financial planning and reporting tools such as Power BI, Anaplan, SmartView-Essbase, or Lawson
- Experience in process automation, reporting enhancements, or continuous improvement initiatives
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with competing priorities and stakeholder requests
Manulife Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
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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.
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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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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









