REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Educational qualification in Finance/Accounting or Economics major preferred
• Professional designation is an asset (e.g MBA, CPA, CFA)
• At least 5 years of related business experience gained from financial institutions, corporate development, strategic consulting, investment operations, project management or similar experience
• Self-starter and team player with a high level of initiative, strong work ethic and the ability to gather, synthesize, organize, and report information
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills needed to engage with different levels of leadership and effectively influence partners
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PPT

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A demonstrated interest and passion for expense management
• Self-directed, organized and works well with complexity
• Willingness to challenge established practices and seek improvements.
• Demonstrated leadership, including management and people development skills
• Flexible, steady under pressure and willing to switch gears
• Collaborative and transparent working style
• Comfort in leading and influencing without formal authority

• Own the Operations financial KPI reporting, expense tracking, and Unit Costing, for monthly business reviews and material preparation for executive leadership team.
• Collaborate closely with Expense and Finance partners on active forecasting of initiative budgets through each budget cycle, scheduling expenditures and analyzing variances
• Partner closely with Operations leaders to capture and track progress of macro initiative savings towards, ensuring alignment with margin and digital customer leadership financial objectives
• Develop and capture appropriate narration for finance-driven presentations to communicate key messages and metrics for GWAM Operations
• Work across different teams and with all levels of management to form relationships and business knowledge
• Provide analytical support and oversee project execution for strategic initiatives as needed
• Operations and the larger Manulife Operations organization
• Oversee and propose additional methods to improve against highly visible strategic KPI’s and objectives
• M anage complexity across a range of issues—prioritize and manage competing initiatives; challenge the status quo and suggest alternative ways of conducting operations
• Attract, develop, engage, coach, and retain diverse leadership and talent