Director Of Finance, Canada Operations

Operations Finance Manager

The Operations Finance team provides crucial financial advice and support to Global Operations, including the Global COO and leadership team, by delivering comprehensive financial data and insights, maintaining expense policy, and ensuring a strong internal control environment for risk management. Reporting to the AVP, Global Operations Finance, this position acts as a trusted advisor to Canada Operations leaders, managing a team to support finance activities and collaborating with Expense Directors for actionable analysis on expenses, budgets, and financial outlooks. The role involves keeping management informed through formal reviews and linking expense drivers across products and divisions. Additionally, the position plays a key role in supporting transformation efforts within Operations and the FP&A team, serving as the primary finance representative for project reporting and central initiatives.

Position Responsibilities:

• Expense advisory services: Support business through recurring monthly finance reviews, business case reviews, and other ad hoc analysis
• FP&A Leadership and Expense Management: Serve as the primary FP&A lead for Canada Operations, responsible for forecasting, budgeting, and results reporting
• Finance Representation: Act as the key expense representative for global initiatives and partner with the initiative owners to ensure financial transparency of benefits and costs into the program. Leverage subject matter experts across the FP&A team where able
• Reporting: Lead all aspects of the development of reporting which meets the needs of our customers. Provide valuable analysis along with clear and concise commentary on results for our customers
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement in engagement throughout the organization. Drive finance participation and leadership in KPI reporting and analysis including unit cost analysis through partnership with business partners. Look for opportunities to centralize, automate, and streamline where possible
• Strategic Savings and Reporting: Support the development, tracking, and reporting of major multi-year strategic save initiatives with consolidated reporting by segment, leader, and savings type, ensuring accountability and addressing risks

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in progressive accounting roles
• University degree in business, finance or equivalent
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate, and can negotiate and influence effectively
• Results oriented, able to manage expectations, work under tight deadlines and handle contending priorities
• Solid analytical and technical capability - ability to assimilate/summarize a large amount of information from multiple sources and present in a valuable form for senior management
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 tools and ability to learn new applications quickly

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA/MBA highly preferred
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, think 'out of the box', particularly in the areas requiring sound, independent judgment, problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent customer focus and commitment to quality
• Strong business insight with ability to communicate complex concepts and results in a clear, concise, easy to understand manner (written and verbal)
• Smartview, Anaplan and Lawson knowledge (or other complex GL package) would be an asset

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better.

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.

Referenced Salary Location: Toronto, Ontario

Working Arrangement: Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between $105,750.00 CAD - $190,350.00 CAD

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence.