Financial Analyst
Manulife
- Quezon City, Metro Manila
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Actively involved with consolidating, analyzing, and synthesizing large amount of financial and non-financial information from various stakeholders
- Prepares high-quality monthly and quarterly reports, dashboards and presentations in a timely and organized fashion catered to the needs of the different stakeholders of Global WAM & GA Finance - Financial Planning and Analysis Group
- Prepares Monthly/Quarterly Management Decks, Report commentaries, Key Metrics, Value of Flows and others
- Prepares and maintains templates of report packages, highlight key issues, and actively look for resolution
- Look for improvements in the reporting processes and deliverables to create consistency and efficiency during month-end and quarter-end cycles
- Supports the annual consolidated planning process, including investigation of trends, model projections, sensitivities, metrics and preparation of presentation decks
- Initiates improvements by exploring, identifying, and implementing reporting, analysis, and process solutions
- Works closely with the Hong Kong business unit, Global Stakeholders and teammates to ensure a smooth reporting and planning process, assisting in ad hoc requests as needed
- Participates in team cross-training to establish back-up and improvement of processes handled
- University graduate in Accounting/Finance, professional accounting designation (CPA) is preferred
- 2 to 4 years of experience in a finance role, Wealth and Asset Management industry experience an asset
- Power BI knowledge a plus
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Knowledge of IFRS tools (Smaer-Essbase, Lawson)
- Strong technical accounting skills with a solid understanding of the business environment and financial reporting structure to provide value-added analysis
- Strong attention to detail
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast paced, high-performing and collaborative team environment while managing multiple, constantly changing priorities and ad-hoc requests
- Proactive approach to continuous improvements and a positive “can-do” attitude
- Ability to identify and investigate complex issues and recommend actionable solutions
- Good communication skills; ability to succinctly engage with business partners and team members
- The candidate must be willing to report on a morning shift 9:00 - 6:00pm, and may vary as needed by the business.
- The candidate must be willing to report in Diliman, Quezon City.