The Director, Marketing Expenses - GWAM Segment is a senior finance leader responsible for providing strategic financial leadership, advisory, and oversight across the GWAM Marketing Segment. This role leads the FP&A; function supporting GWAM's major business units, acting as the primary finance business partner to GWAM Business Unit leadership teams.

The role is focused on enabling superior financial performance, forecast predictability, expense discipline, and decision support while helping business leaders balance growth, productivity, investment priorities, and affordability objectives. The successful candidate will build strong partnerships across the GWAM Segment, leveraging data-driven insights to influence strategic decisions, optimize expenses, and support enterprise transformation initiatives.

Lead the end-to-end expense FP&A; agenda for the Marketing Function in GWAM Segment, including forecasting, planning, risks and opportunities, management reporting, and executive presentations.

Serve as the primary finance business partner to GWAM Business Unit leaders across Retail, Retirement, Institutional, and Shared Services.

Improve forecast accuracy, transparency, and predictability through strong financial analysis, business engagement, and disciplined planning processes.

Partner with Business Unit leadership teams to identify productivity opportunities, optimize expense performance, and support achievement of financial targets.

Process Excellence, Automation & Transformation (≈15%)

Leverage data, tools, and self-service reporting capabilities to provide enhanced business insights and decision support.

Support broader Finance Transformation initiatives and implement best practices to modernize FP&A; capabilities.

Act as a trusted advisor to senior Finance leaders on expense management strategies, forecasting methodologies, and performance improvement opportunities.

Foster collaboration across Segment Finance, Corporate Functions, and Enterprise FP&A; teams to drive aligned outcomes and insights.

Experience supporting large business units, segments,



or P&L; organizations within financial services or similarly complex environments.

Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive business decisions through financial insights and trusted advisory relationships.

Demonstrated experience leading forecasting, planning, expense management, and performance reporting processes.

Strong track record of driving process improvement, transformation, and operational excellence initiatives.

Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.

CPA, CFA, MBA, or equivalent professional designation preferred.

Strategic mindset with the ability to connect financial performance, business strategy, growth objectives, and expense management.

Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to partner effectively with senior executives and business leaders.

Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate complex financial data into actionable business insights.

Proven ability to balance long-term strategic priorities with short-term operational execution.

Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with a passion for continuous improvement and modern FP&A; practices.

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

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. 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 workplace 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.

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. 125,100.00 CAD - $175,100.00 CAD

Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. com for the salary range for your location.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D; insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement.

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📌 Responsable Marketing Eu & International F/H (Toronto)
🏢 Manulife
📍 Toronto