City : Toronto

Category : Full-time

Industry : Finance

Employer : Sun Life Financial

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

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Role Summary

Be part of an exciting and challenging opportunity by helping to accelerate the growth and application of data analytics capabilities at Sun Life Canada. As part of the Financial Operations Data & Analytics team within Sun Life Canada's Finance business unit, you will have an opportunity to be at the forefront of applying data and analytics to tackle business problems and helping Sun Life use analytics to deliver on our purpose of helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. As a Senior Data Analyst, you will focus on leading the evolution of business intelligence, client and advisor insights, and predictive analytics across multiple Financial Operations teams.

What will you do?

Financial Operations Projects & Modelling (80%)

• Build foundational data structures to support advanced analytics functions, reporting, strategic initiatives, and complex business solutioning

• Support analytic work through the entire engagement life cycle including requirements specification, analysis, design, development, implementation and consulting efforts. 

• Ability to draw out business insights from analytical output and work with team leads to put together business recommendations

• Automate recurring tasks to free up capacity. Find efficient ways of working

• Work with stakeholders across Sun Life as a subject matter expert in Distribution Compensation data

• Leverage internal training, peers and other sources to continue to grow capabilities

Data Governance (20%)

• Complete testing and validation practices to align End-User-Computing (EUC) guidelines to ensure foundational data sources are executing as expected

• Develop and enforce the Financial Operations Data & Analytics operating model and the infrastructure, best practices, governance, and management

What will you need to succeed?

• A relevant academic background, such as an undergraduate or graduate degree in a field lending itself to successfully understanding and supporting Data & Analytics (i.e. analytics, business, econometrics, mathematics, statistics, computer science etc.)

• 5+ years of Quantitative analysis experience, including handling, manipulating and analyzing data and creating analytical reports

• 3 + years with Advanced SQL, Python, Excel skills required

• 3+ years of Tableau or other BI development experience in designing dashboards/ decision enablement tools

• Ability to design meaningful business analyses

• Proven balance of analytical and creative problem solving skills

• Must be able to effectively communication complex results to a business audience not familiar with complex data and analytics

• Ability to distill complex technical information into the key points that matter to the audience

• Demonstrate an owner's mindset when approaching work, including prioritizing efforts, owning the work plan, and keeping key stakeholders informed

• Able to think with agility in meeting business partners' demanding deadlines

• Ability to move with minimum effort from detailed diagnostic thinking to higher level, opportunity-oriented thinking and to integrate the best from both into contributions and deliverables

What will be nice to have?

• Micro automation or process automation experience

• SAS EG or SAS mainframe experience would be beneficial

• Past experience in life insurance / wealth management, other financial services industry components (e.g., retail banking, credit card, properly and casualty insurance), or distribution

• Experience with agile or design driven development of analytics applications

• PMP or scrum master certification

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary influenced by market range data

• 20 days vacation per year

• Remote work/ Hybrid Work environment

• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Fitness and wellness programs that help you balance work and life and enjoy a healthier lifestyle

• Being part of our Analytics community, where we share best practices and broaden skill-sets

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted.  It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors.  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. 

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.

At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

Sun Life is committed to the health and safety of all those in our workplaces and our communities.  In accordance with Sun Life’s Vaccination Policy (Canada):

• Employees permitted to work remotely are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend a Sun Life office, Financial Centre or offsite location where activity related to Sun Life business occurs.

• Employees whose job duties require them to attend a Sun Life office, Financial Centre or offsite location for Sun Life business must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 effective May 1st. Employees in these roles may participate in Sun Life’s Rapid Screening Program as an alternative until April 30th.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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