Director, Canada Strategy and Enablement

Sun Life • Toronto, ON

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of insurance, wealth and asset management solutions to individual and corporate Clients. The Canadian Business is Sun Life's largest with over $1B in earnings (~1/3 of all Sun Life Financial globally). We’re a market leader across life, health and wealth in Canadian Individual and Group insurance and wealth. The Canada Strategy and Enablement Team has a mandate to work with senior executives across the business to develop, and support the enablement of strategies to address opportunities and issues facing the Canadian business. The team leads a portfolio of strategy and transformation projects in partnership with stakeholders from the business, including enabling execution of Sun Life Canada’s top strategic priorities and cross-business initiatives. Reporting to the AVP, Canada Strategy and 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. Please note this is a hybrid role requiring regular presence at our Toronto One York office.

Requirements

• University degree in business administration, finance, economics, engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in management consulting, a corporate strategy function, 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.
• Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in financial modelling tools and techniques (especially Excel), ability to conduct both quantitative and qualitative analysis, 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.
• Strong 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).

Nice To Haves

• Experience in digital strategy and transformation is an asset

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Conducting financial and business analysis, including employing business strategy frameworks, interpreting analytical results, generating insights and recommendations.
• Support of Sun Life Canada's key strategic priorities may involve facilitating a central accelerator for critical digital initiatives and contributing to the identification and implementation of business efficiencies, including transformation of operations through AI technologies.
• Preparation and delivery of both formal presentations and informal updates for senior management; presenting results, and engaging partners in discussion on executing next steps and implementing the recommendations, as appropriate.

Benefits

• In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance.
• Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director