Senior Analyst, Global Real Estate Financial Analysis & Operations

Manulife Investment Management (MIM) is the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation.

MIM’s real estate platform provides investment solutions globally as part of its comprehensive private markets capabilities. As of December 31, 2025, its sustainably operated platform offers core, core‑plus, and value‑add strategies spanning over 95 million square feet of office, industrial, retail, and multi‑family assets strategically across Canada, the United States, and Asia‑Pacific.

The Senior Analyst is a member of the GRE Operations team and contributes to the financial analysis and operations of the GRE platform, working alongside other GRE teams, third‑party managers, and the MIM Investment Operations team. Responsibilities include review and oversight of the third‑party portfolio accounting and reporting deliverables, development and management of the global budgeting and forecasting policies, timeline and deliverables, compliance with relevant SOX controls, and management of ongoing technology automation such as Anaplan, Yardi, and other AI initiatives.

The Senior Analyst will also provide financial and operational support for GRE’s strategic initiatives, as required. The role requires a highly capable and accountable finance professional who is motivated to strive for success and be part of a highly engaged team focused on growing an investment management business. The incumbent will need to develop high levels of rapport and respect with key stakeholders.

The role will directly report to the Director, Global Real Estate Financial Operations and liaise with the key members of the GRE team and other teams within MIM.

• Actively manage third‑party accounting and reporting partners, including performing initial review of portfolio‑level accounting and reporting deliverables for reasonability and accuracy.
• Oversee the monthly tracking and evaluation of third‑party reporting deliverables, reporting on accuracy and timeliness issues and concerns.
• Follow up with third‑party managers on any unresolved exceptions and issues that were flagged by the third‑party portfolio accounting manager.

• Assist with production of accurate and timely forecasting of revenue, expense, and profitability of the GRE business and its investment products.
• Review revenue share modeling from operating partners to validate performance actuals and forecasts.
• Review investment waterfall modeling to validate investment performance actuals and forecasts.
• Maintain summary reporting schedules for all forecasting assumptions, including management fee rates, leverage assumptions, and operational responsibilities to MIM.

• Oversee Anaplan models for existing deliverables and workflows.
• Support the ongoing implementation of Anaplan for additional use cases to benefit the GRE platform.
• Work with Manulife’s Anaplan Center of Excellence and other stakeholders to make required updates to Anaplan models.
• Support the implementation of new Yardi modules.
• Assist in the implementation of other AI capabilities for the GRE platform to streamline workflows and reporting processes.

• Provide financial analysis for MIM GRE’s strategic initiatives and business projects as required; assist with development of project financials and performance tracking of initiatives when applicable.
• Assist with maintenance and management of policies and playbooks related to the financial operations of the GRE platform.

• Manage the SOX controls walkthrough and testing requests.
• Perform required SOX controls activities to ensure compliance.
• Perform an annual review of SOC 1 Reports from the third‑party property managers and the third‑party portfolio accounting manager and summarize the findings in a checklist/memo.

• University Degree, preferably in Accounting or Finance.
• 3–6 years of professional experience, preferably in real‑estate or investment‑management industry.
• Certi…