Data Analyst

Sun Life Financial; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 58,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial services firm as a Data Analyst, where you'll provide analytics and insights to enhance client services. This 12-month contract role offers opportunities for growth and development in a supportive, inclusive environment. Collaborate with dynamic experts while addressing key business challenges through data analysis and reporting.

Benefits

Continuous learning and development

Supportive and inclusive culture

Networking opportunities

Qualifications

• Superior analytical skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills for data manipulation (complex formulas, pivot tables).
• Understanding of Group Benefits is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Compile and analyze data, producing readable reports.
• Integrate data from multiple reporting systems for insights.
• Maintain high customer satisfaction through timely solutions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Decision making

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Data Lakes

Job description

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 a 12 month contract opportunity

We are looking for an energetic, innovative and results-driven candidate to join our Group Benefits Business Development team. The Data Analyst is accountable for supporting Business Development Client Reporting by providing analytics and insights to Quebec based Clients.

As a Data Analyst, you embrace continuous change and challenges, you are eager to gain cross-functional skills across different areas of data and reporting analysis, and you have a desire to expand both your business and technical knowledge.

What will you do?

• Compile data from various sources and formats, analyze and produce easy readable reports for Account Executives, Advisors and Clients.

• Integrate data from multiple reporting systems such as Tableau, BOXI, Express Scripts and various Data Lakes to identify benefit plan utilization trends, cost management opportunities and to support clients plan design decision making.

• Provide support to Account Executives for ad hoc customized reports requested by clients and Advisors. This includes identification of requirements, source of data, analysis and formatting for delivery to client or facilitating coordination of this through internal resources.

• Maintain high customer satisfaction through the delivery of timely and high quality solutions to customer problems and metrics to support this process.

• Review various issues as documented by the business users and determine/ recommend enhancements to system functionality (upgrades or improved system capabilities)

• Able to work remotely while remaining accessible.

What do you need to succeed?

• Superior analytical skills with the ability to solve complex problems while maintaining accuracy and a keen attention to detail

• Advanced Excel skills to manipulate and analyze large data sets (complex formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, macros)

• Strong mathematical, and numbers sense

• Excellent interpersonal, decision making and influencing skills

• Must be self-motivated and a self-starter

• Ability to prioritize tasks based on deadlines, urgency and business needs.

• Understanding of Group Benefits is an asset

Reasons why should you join usunder the sun

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
• An environment of continuous learning, development, and improvement

• A caring, supportive, and inclusive culture
• A collaborative and interactive team environment

• In 2025, Sun Life ranked among the top 100 most sustainable global corporations by Corporate Knights for the 16th consecutive year, leading Canadian insurers.
• We are proud to be on the 2024 Best Workplaces in Canada list by Great Place to Work.

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 [e-mail] .

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:

58,000/58 000 - 97,000/97 000

Job Category:

Advanced Analytics

Posting End Date:

27/06/2025