Manager, Expense Management - Toronto, Canada - Manulife

Manulife

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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_Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You've come to the right place. We're looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we'd like to hear from you. _

Working Arrangement
Hybrid

The Expense Shared Service team is primarily responsible for delivering trusted, strategic expense insights to customers, while continuously improving and initiating positive change across people, processes, and technology.

The incumbent will be a key financial advisor to the Canada/Corporate/U.S. Marketing team.

The responsibilities include reporting, planning, and forecasting monthly expenses and expense savings initiatives, as well as supporting any other critical initiatives and projects, with a focus on Canada/Corporate/U.S.

Marketing functional reporting.

Reporting to the Director, Expenses the incumbent will work closely with the Expense Shared Service team and collaborate with the functional business partners to provide streamlined support and thoughtful analysis to functional leaders and the Canada/Corporate/U.S.

segment expense team. The incumbent will possess the ability to work with people at all levels of the organization. The Manager will also be responsible for providing ongoing leadership to MBPS support staff.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Deliver and present monthly expense reports to functional leaders and partners according to the shared service model. Ensure quality of data and oversee the development of reporting which meets partner needs. Provide valuable analysis along with clear and concise commentary on results for stakeholders.
Participate in forecasting and budgeting process by partnering with key finance and business areas to develop and maintain forecasts and budgets
Demonstrate a strong technical understanding of the accounting for expenses including company policies and sufficient business knowledge to be able to verify and analyze information under review
Report and provide analysis on consolidated global function expense performance and outlook
Use appropriate judgment in dealing with unexpected issues and requests, demonstrating an ability to prioritize work, and balance resource requirements to achieve solutions
Identify expense risk and opportunities and recommend and influence actions for functional business partners
Able to independently verify and reconcile information being reviewed. Ensuring accuracy of information and output delivered.
Play an integral role in transformation activities within Canada/Corporate/U.S. and the overall Expense Shared Service team

Leadership and Team Development:

Cultivate an innovative environment by supporting creativity and highperformance teamwork
Lead opportunities to collaborate across teams to innovate and drive continuous improvement initiatives
Model and encourage collaborative team behaviour (Get it done together, Share your humanity)
Expand personal network and relationships within the business area supported and the finance teams and demonstrate you have used these expanded partnerships in delivering business results.
Drive continuous improvement in engagement throughout the organization.

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 approach 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.

What we are looking for

Accounting designation (CA, CMA, CGA, CPA, ) and/or CFA with 5+ years of relevant experience in progressive accounting roles
University degree in business, finance or equivalent
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate, negotiate and influence effectively
Excellent interpersonal and welldeveloped relationship management skills
Selfstarter with the ability to work independently and use solid, independent judgment, problemsolving, and analytical skills
Results oriented, able to manage expectations, work under tight deadlines, and manage competing priorities
Excellent customer focus and commitment to quality
Strong organizational and project management skills with the proven ability to meet tight deadlines and demonstrated attention to detail
Strong eye for business with ability to communicate complex concepts and results in a clear, concise, easy to understand manner (written and verbal)
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 managemen