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.

The Opportunity

The customer is the focus of everything we do, and millions of end users rely on our products daily. We believe in the value of empowering Deputy Audit with the resources to solve critical problems for the future of our business, which is why we need you.

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 mindset 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

Position Responsibilities:

• Plan and lead a team to execute assigned engagements across Asia region (including Sarbanes-Oxley Project (aka SOX)) in accordance with the audit methodology, departmental standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Deliver audit plan without significant delay including utilize available resources and leading high quality complex audits that conforms to Manulife Global Standards.
• Assess adequacy of risk management and internal controls in business. Present findings to and reach agreement with the business unit management; make practical and value-added recommendations to improve control environment and efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
• Prepare audit reports; audit reports are to be clear, concise, and well-organized, and issued within departmental service standards.
• Utilize technology to improve effectiveness and efficiency of audit process.
• Ensure quality of work completed.
• Manage projects within time budgets and target dates, reporting any timing problems or budget over-runs to audit management.
• Provide coaching to team members during audits.
• Assist business unit management by providing consulting advices.
• Follow up with business unit management regularly on the status/implementation of remediation actions for timely audit issue closure.
• Provide feedback to staff assisting on assignments as well as direct reports and contribute to their development and performance appraisals.
• Participate in any Company’s projects as an advisory role based on the assignment form the Head of Internal Audit.
• Assist Head of Internal Audit in the daily management of audit department.
• Ensure equal distribution of workload among team members and managing conflict in the absence of Head of Internal Audit.
• Represents Internal Audit in the absence of Head of Internal Audit.
• Actively participates in departmental initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Good knowledge of life insurance and asset management business, audit methodologies, control frameworks and risk management techniques.
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written. Able to deal with confrontations and resolve conflicts.
• Proven leadership skills.
• Proven relationship skills including ability to deal effectively with staff at all levels to Senior Management.
• Results oriented; able to strike balance on multiple priorities and projects.
• Sound business judgment in assessing significance of issues and developing value added recommendations.
• Commitment to quality.
• Strong team-player who willingly and openly shares ideas and knowledge. Able to collaborate with different team members in a multi-cultural environment.
• Provide clear and timely constructive feedback. At the same time, actively seeks feedback from others and incorporates any necessary changes.
• Challenges the status quo and proactively makes suggestions for continuous improvement.
• Good knowledge of IT or Data Analytics.
• 8+ years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recognized accounting (CA, CMA, CGA, CPA) or auditing (CIA, CISA) professional designation.
  

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.
  

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 recruitment@manulife.com .

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