Job Description
:Sun Life is a leading international financial services organization providing diverse insurance, wealth, and asset management solutions to individual and corporate clients. The Canadian Business is Sun Life's largest, with over $1B in earnings (approximately 1/3 of Sun Life Financial globally). We are a market leader in life, health, and wealth products in the Canadian Individual and Group insurance marketplace.
The Canada Strategy & Enablement Team works with senior executives across the business to identify, review, and develop strategies addressing strategic opportunities and challenges facing the Canadian Business. The team leads a portfolio of strategy and transformation projects in partnership with stakeholders from other areas of the business, effectively acting as an internal consulting team. Additionally, the team is responsible for driving the Strategic Planning process in coordination with our Finance team and business units.
Reporting to one of the Directors, Canada Strategy & Enablement, the successful candidate will be responsible for:
Independently conducting quantitative and qualitative research and analysis,
Preparing and delivering recommendations on priority strategic questions for the Canadian Business,
Engaging executive stakeholders, and
Working collaboratively with strategy team members and partners across the Business.
This role requires strong problem-solving and analytical skills, strategic thinking and insight generation, and effective communication and relationship-building abilities. It offers a unique opportunity to gain exposure to Sun Life Canada's different lines of business and learn from a diverse team of experienced strategy professionals.
What will you do?
Strategic project execution – Supporting the delivery of strategic projects, including workstream management, problem definition and structuring, collaboration with cross-functional teams, providing updates, and timely execution of deliverables.
Advanced financial and quantitative analysis – Lead rigorous financial analysis, including integrated financial modeling, valuations, and quantitative decision support to inform strategic recommendations.
Problem solving – Conducting financial and business analysis, including employing business strategy frameworks, interpreting analytical results, generating insights and recommendations.
Communication – Preparation and delivery of both formal presentations and informal updates for management; presenting results, and engaging partners in discussion on executing next steps and implementing the recommendations, as appropriate.
What do you need to succeed?
University degree in business administration, finance, economics, mathematics or related discipline.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in management consulting, a corporate strategy function, corporate finance, a startup, or an equivalent role.
Minimum of 2 years of relevant business experience, ideally with some exposure to the insurance or financial services industry.
Strong conceptual problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to structure business problems, formulate and test hypotheses, and develop recommendations.
Required demonstrated expertise in quantitative analysis, including working with complex datasets, scenario and sensitivity analysis, strong proficiency in financial modelling tools and techniques (especially Excel), and an aptitude for interpreting and synthesizing results.
Experience in conducting in-depth secondary research; experience with primary research (e.g., expert interviews) would be an asset.
Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to prepare formal business reports and presentations (PowerPoint).
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, including ability to build and maintain relationships with business partners.
Emerging project management skills and the ability to prioritize and organize work effectively to deliver on tight timelines, with high attention to detail.
Strong (preferably expert) knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
As this position is posted in several locations, we specify…
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