Director, Head of Asia WAM Financial Planning & Analysis, Institutional

Job title: Director, Head of Asia WAM Financial Planning & Analysis, Institutional

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 Asia Wealth and Asset Management (WAM) Financial Planning, Analysis & Advisory (FPA&A) function is a dynamic team of high-energy professionals who act as trusted partners and advisors to the CEO & CFO of Asia WAM, the Heads of Asia WAM business divisions, and other finance and business counterparts.Reporting to the AVP, Head of Financial Planning, Analysis and Advisory, Asia WAM, this critical leadership role will manage a team of finance professionals through the planning, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of financial performance for Asia WAM business divisions. This role is responsible for the Institutional channel of the Asia WAM business, including management reporting, forecasting, annual business planning, and modeling and analysis. To be successful, the individual must build strong relationships with all levels and disciplines throughout the global company, working closely with finance and Global WAM leadership teams.The Head of Asia WAM FP&A, Institutional role requires a highly capable and accountable finance and business partnering professional with strong leadership and communication skills and a desire to learn and challenge the status quo. Operating in a fast-paced environment, managing competing demands, the individual will draw on their strengths in the areas of industry knowledge, relationship management, reporting and analytics, and leadership, and provide opportunities to build on competencies such as business insight, critical thinking, and change management.Key accountabilitiesReporting directly to the AVP, Head of Asia WAM FPA&A, the primary responsibility is the co-ordination and consolidation of Asia WAM Institutional reporting, planning and analysis across multiple countries and lines of business. Including, but not limited to:

• Leading and coordinating monthly and quarterly management reporting for Asia WAM, developing timelines and guidance, and the preparation of financial review packages for Asia WAM CEO & CFO, Global WAM CFO, Group Finance, Global WAM Leadership Team (GWLT) and the Executive Leadership Team (ELT).
• Leading and coordinating the preparation of the Institutional annual business plan across the Asia WAM business, developing and issuing guidance, managing timelines and deliverables, analyzing results, and preparing plan review materials for leadership.
• Ensuring all reporting is high quality, timely and accurate, and provides insightful financial analysis to support decision making. This will include explaining financial results vs plan, prior periods and previous forecasts. An in-depth understanding of key business issues will be essential for knowledgeable and insightful analysis.
• Overseeing the maintenance and on-going development of a best-in-class framework for reporting and analytics, including financial and non-financial metrics and OKRs / KPIs to illustrate key levers for differentiation and growth and enable forward-looking decisions.
• Establishing effective relationships and building trust and credibility across the Finance organization by partnering with Asia country Heads of Finance (and their teams) to ensure compliance with regional and global reporting guidance and policies.
• Likewise building relationships with global channel finance partners who have ultimate responsibility for channel budgets and need to understand the drivers of the Asia business
• Demonstrating advanced knowledge regarding technical aspects of work. Review data for reasonability and identify root causes and drivers of the results.
• Developing a strategy and playing a transformational role to standardize, automate and streamline the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes for Global WAM.
• Using appropriate judgment in dealing with issues and requests, demonstrating the ability to effectively prioritize work, balance resource requirements and determine solutions.
• Supporting ad hoc projects as assigned, including but not limited to: product pricing analysis, M&A activity, compensation analysis and review, competitor analysis and many other related topics.

Leadership and Team Development

• Demonstrating strong interpersonal skills with a specific focus on team and individual professional development.
• Championing an environment where employees share insights and generate ideas to become more innovative and add new value for the customer in everything we do.
• A focus on strong team engagement and staff morale.
• Strong relationship management and influencing skills. Recognising the importance of buy-in and involving others in the decision-making process. By building, maintaining, and leveraging a strong network of relationships at multiple levels within the company, driving results in a collaborative and decentralized environment. Managing and influencing teams and individuals on both a direct and indirect reporting basis, across a matrix structure.
• Displaying strong people management skills to facilitate training, coaching and day to day direction to junior staff across a multi-location team.

We are looking for someone with:

• Real and deep financial experience:

• A degree holder of Accounting or Finance.
• Relevant professional qualifications (such as MBA, CPA, CA) preferred
• With 10+ years of related experience
• Strong business acumen, with demonstrable capability to understand and analyze complex concepts and articulate big picture perspective.
• An in-depth knowledge and deep understanding of asset management market trends, competitors, and products.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to cater a message to various stakeholders, including senior executive and non-technical audiences
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, negotiate, and influence effectively
• Proven ability to be proactive and work independently or part of a team, while thriving in a fast paced, high-performing environment whilst managing multiple, changing priorities and requests
• Strong attention to detail with excellent judgement, financial modelling, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong accounting and systems knowledge [e.g. IFRS, SmartView, PowerBI & Anaplan]
• The ability to multi-task and manage priorities across a global multi-channel matrix in a demanding and result-oriented environment
• Someone who is a team player, collaborative, a self-starter, well-organized, innovative, and displays a high level of initiative.

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Expected salary:

Location: Hong Kong

Job date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 07:32:29 GMT

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