Director, Asia Expense Management

Job title: Director, Asia Expense Management

Company: Manulife


Job description: We are committed to creating a workplace that offers unlimited opportunities for employees to realize their career goals. Whether it’s working abroad, exploring a new career direction or simply progressing in their chosen field, we help our employees reach their full potential.We’re here to make your job hunt easy. Get our newest jobs sent straight to your inbox! Click on the cloud in the top right corner of the page and sign up for job alerts.The OpportunityManulife is seeking a seasoned Director, Asia Expense Management to manage the Regional Office accounting, financial and management reporting, expense management, budgeting and forecasting and also support the Asia Finance and HR Function as a finance partner.Position Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate and insightful expense forecasts to facilitate business decisions and to drive expense accountability for the Regional Office and the assigned Asia functions. This requires working with regional functional teams and local teams to ensure that the information is sufficiently robust for decision-making purposes.
• Partner with the key stakeholders, including the Function Owner, to identify the spending trend and patterns, potential savings / accrual needed and area of potential spending to align with and achieve the Regional Office and Asia Division strategic goals. Provide monthly expense reports to the functional heads in Regional Office and address any queries.
• Manage regional office legal entity reporting, including regional office expenses, expense allocation to business units. This includes liaising with regional functional teams and the BU finance teams to ensure the allocation basis is appropriate, meets tax transfer pricing requirements, and is understood and accepted by the business units.
• Lead and in charge of all intercompany charges and communication with BUs to ensure proper elimination on Group level.
• Manage Group Financial reporting deliverables for Asia to ensure accurate and timely information is provided for Group external financial statement publication
• Work with Corporate team to develop, implement, maintain and operationalize expense policies to ensure that an expense-conscious culture is embedded within Manulife Asia. Work with the business unit finance teams to ensure that this is mirrored at the business unit level.
• Uplift the capabilities of Regional Accounting and Reporting Team, including both onshore and offshore team member to provide meaningful and insightful analysis to support management decision. Oversee the processes and controls for the offshore accounting team for efficient execution of daily activities (entries, reconciliation, etc.).
• Participate in projects as assigned or other ad hoc activities.

Required Qualification

• University degree, ideally in Finance or a related discipline.
• Chartered Accountant, Certified Public Accountant or equivalent with 10 years of relevant experience, with experience in the life insurance industry preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management capabilities, including experience managing senior stakeholders.
• Prior experience of managing shared services/ offshore team will be an advantage.
• Self-starter, detail-oriented, willingness to take ownership and accountability.
• Able to cope in a fast paced and dynamic work environment, with the mindset of continuous improvement and aiming for excellence.

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.

關於宏利和恒康宏利金融公司是一家業界領先的國際金融服務集團，致力於幫助人們實現「輕鬆智選，精彩人生」。我們的全球總部位於加拿大多倫多；在亞洲、加拿大和歐洲以「宏利」之名營運，在美國主要以「恒康」之名營運。我們為個人、團體和機構提供財務諮詢、保險以及財富和資產管理解決方案。截至 2022 年底，我們擁有超過 40,000 名員工、超過 11.6 萬名代理人，及數以千計的經銷夥伴，為超過 3400 多萬名客戶提供服務。截至 2022 年底，我們管理的資產規模達 1.3 兆加元（1.0 兆美元），其中投資資產總額為 0.4 兆加元（0.3 兆美元），獨立基金淨資產為 0.3 兆加元（0.3 兆美元）。我們在多倫多、紐約和菲律賓的證券交易所以「MFC」名稱進行交易，在香港證券代碼為「945」。宏利為重視就業機會平等之雇主在宏利／恒康，我們擁抱多元。我們致力吸引、發展並留住多元化的員工隊伍，正如我們所服務的客戶一樣多元化，並打造包容的工作環境，在充分發揮文化優勢的同時尊重個體差異。我們矢志維持公平的招聘、挽留、晉升及薪酬制度，我們管理的所有實踐及項目不會因種族、血統、原籍地、膚色、族裔、国籍、宗教或宗教信仰、信仰、性別（包括懷孕及其相關情況）、性取向、遺傳特徵、退伍軍人身份、性別認同、性別表達、年齡、婚姻狀況、家庭狀況、殘疾或受適用法律保護的任何其他因素而區別對待。我們的首要任務是消除障礙，為員工提供平等就業機會。人力資源部代表將盡力為應徵過程中提出要求的申請人提供合理協助。 申請人要求提供協助所分享的信息將會按照適用法律及宏利政策儲存及使用。 應徵過程中如需協助，請聯絡[email redacted, apply via Company website]

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Location: Hong Kong

Job date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 08:10:01 GMT

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