Manager / Senior Manager, Finance & Strategic Initiatives, General Account Investments, Asia

Job title: Manager / Senior Manager, Finance & Strategic Initiatives, General Account Investments, Asia

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 a leading international financial services provider for financial advice, insurance as well as wealth and asset management, established since 1887. Our strong investment management expertise and capability has been developed over the years and spans a wide range of asset classes and geographies. We operate as Manulife across our offices in Canada, Asia, and Europe, and primarily as John Hancock in the United States.The Asia General Account Investment function serves as the in-house investment manager for all of Manulife’s Asia Segment’s ~USD 100 billion of life insurance company assets. The team directs investment of funds backing insurance reserves amongst different asset classes and investment managers. It has direct responsibility managing over half of total Asia Segment’s assets in equities, bonds, mortgages, alternatives and derivatives and it oversees the investment management and performance of assets outsourced to Manulife Investment Management Public and Private Markets and other external managers. The team seeks to generate superior risk adjusted returns to support insurance product competitiveness and shareholder value.The team is a talented and motivated group of investment professionals who are supported by critical legal, compliance and finance and business advisory functions to deliver investment capability and infrastructure for the Asia Segment. It is a dynamic business, growing across the Asia region with the exciting opportunity to be on the forefront of expansion across new investments capabilities as well as participate in new developments in Emerging Markets.Incumbent will be responsible for leading various key initiatives and projects for the Asia General Account Investments. There will be opportunity to support the Managing Director, Head of Finance and Business Advisory for Asia General Account Investments and the CIO for Asia General Account Investments for the growing business operations across the Asia region. Candidate will also have an opportunity to work alongside global teams in collaboration on many exciting endeavors.Location can be based in Hong Kong or Singapore.What motivates you?

• You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit
• You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile mindset and enable business outcomes
• You thrive in teams, and enjoy getting things done together
• You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters
• You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up
• You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone

Responsibilities:

• Support production of annual management financial planning and budgeting process for the General Account Investments in Asia. This includes aligning with investment strategy on AUM projections and assessing AUM metric, cost effectiveness analysis.
• Enhance finance monitoring metrics and processes to cope with increased focus with the growing Asia business and utilize results to liaise with global stakeholders on variance analysis and monitoring to support expense efficiency priorities and AUM reviews.
• Perform financial analysis and deliver meaningful information/ financial metrics for management review to support business advisory as well as external and internal reporting at local, regional, group levels.
• Build presentations to support strategic business proposals, relationship management enhancement and education purposes.
• Coordinate and drive cross functional project implementation with key global stakeholders by ensuring deliverables are organized and completed in a timely manner. Projects will range from driving the setup of new asset classes in Emerging Markets to overseeing operational system and technology related implementations.
• Support complex transactions or any new fund structuring/ investment vehicle establishment working closely alongside origination, portfolio management and global cross functional teams across asset classes including fixed income, private equity, real estate and derivatives.
• Deliver on ongoing enhancement of business infrastructure and processes including management of legal business framework and portfolio onboarding for the General Account Investments.
• Work on special projects and initiatives as directed by the Managing Director- Head of Finance & Business Advisory to support GA business opportunities in Asia.

Knowledge/ Competencies:

• Chartered or Certified Accounting Designation and/ or Project Management experience is desired
• 6+ years of experience in asset management or financial services industry is beneficial
• Knowledge of IFRS, local Asia GAAPs, US GAAP standards and capital regimes are an asset
• Adeptness in usage of computing technology including Microsoft Power point presentations, Excel (knowledge of advanced formulas, pivots, macro/ VBA knowledge) and other systems
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work productively with multiple parties at all different levels in the global organization
• Sound analytical and organizational skills are highly valuable
• Ability to work adaptably and independently within the growing business

Our commitment to you

• Our mission; to be a part of making Decisions Easier and Lives Better
• A leadership team dedicated to your growth and success
• A bold ambition and set of goals to be a leader in driving transformation in our industry
• Our best. Every day.

Learn more about opportunities with us at www.manulife.com/en/careers/why-join-us.html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, 26 Dec 2024 07:06:05 GMT

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