Job Description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you\xe2\x80\x99ll 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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About the role:

Reporting to the Director, Internal Audit Data Analytics, this individual is responsible for development, and delivery of strategic analytics initiatives and processes within Internal Audit to achieve Audit objectives. The individual would be hands-on involved in generating and delivering analytics insights on audits, enabling digital ways of working including automation, better access to data, agile processes and bring life to \xe2\x80\x98art-of-possible\xe2\x80\x99 data science use cases for audits.

The role is part of the Global Audit Data Analytics team, and the individual would have opportunities to collaborate extensively with the analytics teams in other locations in Asia and North America. The role is a high-visibility and impact role with opportunities to partner with Senior Audit leadership, present to Global Audit teams and connect with analytics networks within Sun Life and in industry.

What will you do?

• Lead the analytical project planning with Audit teams to establish scope, objectives, deliverables and perform data analytics procedures and testing to evaluate controls and business objectives, data collection tasks and generate analytics insights.
• Collaborate with IT and Business Unit users to understand data structure, availability, and accessibility.
• Develop detailed businesses and systems knowledge of Business Groups, and document business, system, contacts, and data sources to help build a robust knowledgebase for future efforts.
• Plan, Lead and Develop proof of concept solutions on Audit Process Automation, Continuous Automated Auditing and Monitoring, and other projects enabling audit digitization.
• Leverage applied understanding of programming, stats, machine learning, data visualization, exploratory data analysis, ML Ops, to uncover gaps in control objectives and enable deeper insights and enhanced risk assurance.
• Contribute to the development of Internal Audit policies, strategy, and direction; and continually improve audit and supporting processes leveraging technology to the fullest.
• Develop Analytics curriculum and train auditors in SQL, Python and Tableau on basic analytics tasks of descriptive analytics.

What do you need to succeed?

Strong technology and analytical skills, as demonstrated by:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience applying analytics (descriptive, diagnostic, predictive) to evaluate controls and business objectives and identify outliers, anomalies, patterns, or other compliance indicators that may be hidden in the data.
• 5+ years experience in Data Science or Machine Learning, with 2+ years experience in the NLP domain developing and productionizing machine learning models (experience with LLMs, generative AI is a plus) validated by reference to GitHub profile showcasing relevant projects.
• 5-7 years of demonstrative experience using programming languages \xe2\x80\x93 SQL and Python including python data libraries (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scikit-learn), Visualization tools \xe2\x80\x93 PowerBI/Tableau and AWS SageMaker.
• 2-3 years of experience developing impactful presentations, visualizations, and dashboards for executives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to work effectively with persons at all levels in the organization and influence management in ambiguous situations.
• In-depth understanding of the principles and practices of information technology, data analytics, digital processes, and internal controls in a large corporate environment.

Additional Relevant Experience

• Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline such as Data Science/Analytics, AI, Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science/Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related fields.
• 8+ years progressive financial industry experience.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience using data analytics tools in support of audit engagements (Archer, Arbutus/Alteryx/Dataiku) and knowledge of data, digital, and technology landscape.

What\'s in it for you?

• Hybrid work environment
• Being a member of the Sun Life family, a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health \xe2\x80\x93 mental, physical and financial
• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• An environment of continuous learning and improvement
• Access to our Global Learning Centre, available 24/7 for your learning needs

Recent Awards:

• We are honoured to be recognized as a 2022 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work\xc2\xae Canada
• Great Place to Work\xc2\xae list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork 2022
• Great Place to Work\xc2\xae list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada 2022
• Named \xe2\x80\x9cBest Places to Work\xe2\x80\x9d by Glassdoor, 2021 and 2023
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work 2021

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: 76,000/76 000 - 125,000/125 000

Job Category: Internal Audit

Posting End Date: 14/12/2023

Sun Life Financial