Job Description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, youll 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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***Please note, this is a 1-year contract opportunity***
About the role:
This position is responsible for providing project and initiative support to the National and Key Accounts team within Individual Insurance Distribution. This role includes a focus on project and report management, requiring the incumbent to be extremely well organized, able to manage conflicting demands, and demonstrate a high regard for confidentiality. The successful candidate will be a self-confident, creative, innovative thinker with superior organization skills and the ability to handle a variety of responsibilities.
What will you do?

• Administrative duties: Manage schedules, including providing pre-read materials/agendas in advance of daily meetings, taking meeting minutes, supply ordering, travel and expense management
• Works with various members of the team to create presentation materials for a variety of audiences
• Marketing Allowance Program - Manage payment process, calculations and tracking, management of vendors and partnership with procurement and Vendor Master Maintenance
• Coordination of Annual Override Top Up program - collaboration with REMUN, creation and distribution of communications, tracking of amounts and organization of changes to letters
• Persistency Program subject matter expert - qualitative data analysis, creation of reports, distribution of reports, tracking of reports and advisors, support with internal inquiries from other business units, regular reviews for process improvements

What do you need to succeed?

• 2+ years of experience in a Coordinator/Executive Assistant type position
• Strong project management skills and ability to multitask.
• Proficiency with Microsoft tools, including PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience using SharePoint and OneNote
• Excellent analytical skills (planning, quantitative skills, attention to detail and quality standards)
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to manage changing priorities
• Energetic self-starter who is able to take initiative, work with minimum supervision, work on projects with frequent interruptions and achieve objectives through others
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to coordinate and interact professionally with team members across multiple sites/business regions, a team player

What's in it for you?

• Hybrid work environment
• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
• 15 vacation days per year
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• Access to our Global Learning Centre, available 24/7 for your learning needs
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health mental, physical and financial

Recent Awards:

• We are honoured to be recognized as a 2022, 2023 and 2024 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Workxc2xae Canada
• Great Place to Workxc2xae list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork 2022
• Great Place to Workxc2xae list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada 2022
• Named Best Places to Work by Glassdoor, 2021 and 2023

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 .
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.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Salary Range: 49,000/49 000 - 80,200/80 200
Job Category: Sales - Distribution Support
Posting End Date: 02/04/2025