Finance Transformation and Automation Manager – Asia

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Why choose Manulife?

• Competitive Salary packages and performance bonuses
• Day 1 HMO + FREE coverage for your dependents (inclusive of same-sex partners)
• Retirement savings benefit
• Rewarding culture that values wellness and well-being
• Performance Bonus
• Global network of industry experts
• Extensive training resources

Job Description

This role will be the technical expert and deliver automation solutions that support the end-to-end streamlined Finance processes. The incumbent will develop complex automation solutions and manage partnership with Asia Regional, Asia local business units and Corporate teams to delivery Asia and Global projects.

Reporting directly to Asia Finance Transformation – Senior Manager in MBPS, the role is primarily accountable for analyzing user requirements and proposing the automation solution within Finance functions in Asia.

Role and Responsibilities

• Designing, developing & configuring efficient and scalable automation solutions.
• Collaborating with regional and local finance colleagues to analyze various Finance processes and identifying  feasible automation opportunities from analyzing new processes.
• Supporting and enhancing existing processes by implementing change requirements through structured change control process  adhering to cascaded policies and business plans to ensure consistency and strategic coherence across all initiatives.
• Actively working with corporate counterparts to ensure effective governance processes are in place.
• Utilizes analytical thinking and judgment in leading efforts to address day-to-day issues in automation processes providing prompt response and effective solutions to minimize impact to service delivery.

Special Projects

Special projects will arise from time to time require strong financial knowledge, analytical and organizational skills with an innovative mindset. The role will participate in Asia regional priorities and strategic projects as assigned or other Adhoc activities as required by senior management pertaining to the introduction of new services, products, and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree on Computer Science and/or Accounting.
• 5+ years of hands-on experiences on Power Platform (mainly Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI) and Alteryx.
• Possess PL400 Power Platform Developer Associate certificate or above.
• Possess Alteryx Designer Core certificate would be an advantage.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Experience in accounting, banking, insurance, financial technology industry is an advantage.
• Flexibility of working hours – able to attend the meetings in early morning or in the evening.

Technical skills

• Alteryx
• Dataverse
• Power Apps
• Power Automate
• Power Query
• SharePoint
• VBA

Soft skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain technical details to non-technical colleagues.
• Proven experience with requirement analysis and automation development.
• Willing to take accountability and full ownership of the tasks assigned.
• Creative and forward-thinking individual with the ability to propose and implement innovative solutions.
• Ability to allocate time efficiently, handle multiple demands and compete priorities.
• Ability to project schedules and communicate status of overall development effort.
• Ability to work independently.
• Collaborative working style to engage with the rest of the team and ensure delivery.

This Job Description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this role.

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