Senior Data Analyst

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.

Job Description:

This is 12 Month Contract)

Role Summary

Come join an exciting team whose purpose is to improve finance process through the growth and application of data analytics at Sun Life. As part of the Finance Accelerator team, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of applying data and analytics to transform financial processes across the organization. You will be helping Sun Life use analytics to deliver on our purpose of helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

As a Data Analyst and Developer on the Corporate Finance Accelerator team, you will be working with a cross functional team of Finance and IT professionals to deliver impactful business intelligence solutions to support Finance processes across the organization. These solutions are meant to improve finance processes while enhancing analytical capabilities to generate further insights and ultimately better data driven decisions. The team works in an agile environment and delivers outcomes leveraging Kanban methodology.

What will you do?

• Build out comprehensive business intelligence and reporting for finance teams based on the needs of their varied audiences
• Effectively translate business and project needs into data extraction and manipulation plans
• Leverage data expertise to support initiatives through scoping, implementation, impact analysis, and ongoing reporting

What your need to succeed:

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in computer science, statistics, or finance, or 5+ year of equivalent work experience and ability in the following areas:
  • Reporting and business intelligence including the use of data visualization software such as Tableau, SAC, Visual Analytics, etc.
  • Data sourcing, manipulation, and transformation
  • Experience with SQL, & VBA
  • Knowledge and experience with ETL (i.e. Informatica, AWS Glue) advantageous
  • Ability to write complex queries to extract and integrate data from multiple data sources
  • Strong Microsoft Office Skills

Individual Skills:

• Proven balance of analytics and creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to distill complex technical information into key points that matter to the audience
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

What’s in it for you:

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2024 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada.
• We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®,  for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.
• We’re proud to be recognized as a company with a 2023 Most Trusted Executive team by Great Place to Work® Canada.
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
• As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client needs to choose where you work, at home or in the office

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.

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

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

Salary Range:

78,000/78 000 - 128,000/128 000

Job Category:

Advanced Analytics

Posting End Date:

29/07/2025