Co-op Program - Data and Finance Internship 2026 (1-year)

John Hancock  Manulife

John Hancock Manulife

Accounting & Finance
Hong Kong
Posted on Oct 17, 2025

Our Finance team provides an opportunity to seek for improvement in IFRS 17 finance operation and reporting efficiency to meet the increasing demand of high quality of data access, cross financial system integration and process control for Manulife finance community. This presents unique working opportunities for data and financial training to students based on Manulife business and financial data. In addition, students can make good use of these opportunities to get involved in the real business world for life insurance industry. This internship position will also have opportunities to work with the various departments and local finance of businesses, which enrich the learning experience and serve as a useful launch-pad for student. Please submit your application if you are interested in the internship position.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Assist to enhance data insight and financial analysis through newly developed IFRS 17 accounting and financial systems and financial reporting applications.

  • Assist to enhance the standard IFRS 17 financial reports in an efficient, effective and user-friendly manners for Asia finance stakeholders in relation to the target delivery of financial processes, reconciliation and control.

  • Assist to perform IFRS 17 financial system integration for finance process related to unit test, functional test, system integration test and user acceptance test results in the style of agile deployment timeline relevant to Asia Finance.

  • Assist to perform financial process re-engineering based on existing financial technology platform and common financial software application for IFRS 17 finance quality close or fast close.

  • Assist to document in summarized data, process and system requirements / findings for forward looking improvement by word / simple numeric excel spreadsheet illustration / power point format from operational finance management perspective.

Required Qualifications:

  • Major in BBA in specialized in accounting or decision sciences and managerial economics / Statistics / Risk Management Science / Quantitative Finance

  • Excellent research and data mining skill;

  • Excellent financial modelling skill;

  • Strong communication skill;

  • Strong team player;

  • Well organized and pay attention to details;

  • Ability to handling high volume of data and complicated data structure;

  • Ability to summarize complex dataset or cross system applications for presentation by MS excel / PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Intermediate level on MS excel formula, pivot table and VBA programming associated with power-pivot and power-query, which will have competitive advantage;

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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