Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A Intermediary

Reporting to the Director, Head of FP&A Intermediary, the Senior Financial Analyst will play a key role in supporting the fast-growing Intermediary (Retail) business by delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial analysis to enable effective decision‑making by senior management. This role requires strong FP&A fundamentals, business partnership capabilities, and the ability to leverage financial systems to scale reporting and planning processes.

Position Responsibilities:

• Deliver accurate and timely monthly and quarterly financial reporting and management presentations for senior leadership and CFO organization

• Develop and maintain financial models to support business performance analysis, scenario planning, and strategic decision‑making.

• Support annual planning, budgeting, and periodic forecasting processes, including variance analysis and outlook assessments.

• Analyze key business drivers and metrics (e.g., earnings, net flows, AUM) and provide clear, actionable insights.

• Partner closely with business and finance stakeholders to understand performance trends, risks, and opportunities.

• Prepare executive‑ready materials, including presentations and ad hoc analyses, to support leadership decision‑making.

• Leverage Essbase / Smart View and Anaplan to efficiently produce and enhance financial reporting and planning.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to streamline FP&A processes, automation, and analytics.

Required Qualifications:

• University degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent

• Professional accounting designation (CPA) or Degree specialized in Accounting/Finance preferred.

• 5 or more years of experience in a finance role; Wealth and Asset Management industry experience an asset

• Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing/vetting, working with financial models and analyzing potential risks; exceptional analytical skills coupled with a critical thinking mindset and eye for details

• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; Essbase/ledger and Anaplan expertise would be an asset

• Proven ability to thrive in a fast paced, high-performing, and collaborative team environment while managing multiple, constantly changing priorities and ad-hoc requests

• Proactive approach to continuous improvements and a positive, “can-do” attitude

• Curious with the ability to identify and investigate complex issues, and recommend actionable solutions

• Experience with writing, analysis and storytelling for effective deck production

• Exceptional analytical skills coupled with a critical thinking mindset

• Advanced executive communication and writing skills; ability to succinctly engage with management and other team members

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset. If the successful candidate is in Québec, proficiency in both languages will be required to support clients from various provinces outside of Quebec.

When you join our team:

• We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want

• We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words

• As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see

The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

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. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact hr@manulife.com.

Referenced Salary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$73,725.00 CAD - $122,875.00 CAD

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