Co-op 2027 - Data and Finance (6 months)

Job Posting Description

Our Asia Finance team is seeking interns to support finance data, reporting process integration, and process improvement across regional and local finance activities. The role focuses on improving data readiness, reporting efficiency, and process transparency from source data through to final reporting outputs.

This internship is suitable for students who are interested in the intersection of finance, data, systems, and business process improvement. It offers hands-on exposure to financial data handling, reporting support, validation, testing, reconciliation, and documentation within a life insurance finance environment..

Position Responsibilities:

• Support finance data preparation, validation, analysis, and reporting activities to facilitate financial reporting, reconciliation, and control processes.
• Assist in reviewing and maintaining source data, mapping files, and reporting datasets to enhance data quality, consistency, and accuracy.
• Identify and investigate data issues, logic gaps, mapping discrepancies, and reporting inconsistencies across source systems and reporting outputs.
• Support process improvement initiatives and automation opportunities to reduce manual effort, enhance efficiency, and strengthen reporting controls.
• Translate complex data and system outputs into clear, actionable insights and user-friendly formats for finance stakeholders.
• Assist in testing reporting enhancements, system changes, and process improvements, including test preparation, result validation, defect tracking, and issue resolution.
• Prepare clear documentation, process flows, and presentation materials to communicate data logic, methodologies, findings, issues identified, and recommended improvements.
• Collaborate with regional and local Finance teams, as well as cross-functional stakeholders, to support project implementation, reporting initiatives, and ongoing business requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Current undergraduate student pursuing a degree in Business Administration (BBA), Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• Basic knowledge of SQL, Python, or business intelligence tools functional build for data modelling with structured data in reporting and analytics.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookup functions, pivot tables, and working with large datasets.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand data relationships, business logic, and reporting requirements.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to identify data quality issues, inconsistencies, exceptions, and control gaps.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present findings and explain data insights clearly to business stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, organized, and eager to learn in a fast-paced finance, data, and reporting environment, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.

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.
  

Internship Period:

We are recruiting for H1 2027 Intake: January 2027 – June 2027

Application Deadline:

Applications close on Sunday, November 1, 2026. We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply as soon as you are ready. All dates listed are in the Hong Kong time zone.

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 hr@manulife.com.