Financial Analyst

Sun Life; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 58,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Flexible benefits

Pension and stock programs

Job summary

Sun Life Health (SLH) seeks a Financial Analyst to join its fast-paced Finance team in Canada. Reporting to the Manager, Financial Controls, you will support reconciliation activities, financial reporting and control processes across the Sun Life Health business.

You will collaborate with business partners, assist with audits, and contribute to improvements in manual, high-volume accounting functions while maintaining strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in reconciliations, financial reporting and/or internal controls.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Excel proficiency with Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP).
• A passion and willingness to understand accounting flows from source-to-ledger and relate accounting to business processes and transactions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented and flexible to changing priorities and timelines.
• Proven technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare account reconciliations ensuring they are accurate, complete, informative and meet Sun Life account reconciliation standards.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve differences in reconciliations in collaboration with business partners.
• Support internal and external audits. This includes supporting retrieval of audit sample requests and participating in walkthrough meetings to discuss control processes.
• Validate, improve, and document key business processes and controls; seizing on opportunities to transform current manual high volume and/or complex functions.
• Participate in projects and ad-hoc requests as needed.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Adaptability

Education

CPA designation or accounting degree asset

Tools

Excel

Pivot Tables

VLOOKUP

Frontier

SAP

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.

At Sun Life, we're driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

When you join Sun Life, you'll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions, so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients' lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.

Job Description

The Sun Life Health (SLH) business within Sun Life Canada is a leading provider of Group Benefits and Health Solutions. A market leader in the advancement of workplace mental health across Canada, through the introduction of new tools such as Virtual Care and Stress Management and Well-Being program providing members access to mental health and medical specialists 24/7. SLH is seeking a Financial Analyst to join its fast-paced and energetic Finance team.

Reporting to the Manager, Financial Controls, the Financial Analyst will play a crucial role in executing and supporting control activities critical to the Sun Life Health business.

What will you do?

• Prepare account reconciliations ensuring they are accurate, complete, informative and meet Sun Life account reconciliation standards.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve differences in reconciliations in collaboration with business partners.
• Support internal and external audits. This includes supporting retrieval of audit sample requests and participating in walkthrough meetings to discuss control processes.
• Validate, improve, and document key business processes and controls; seizing on opportunities to transform current manual high volume and/or complex functions.
• Participate in projects and ad-hoc requests as needed.

What do you need to succeed?

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in reconciliations, financial reporting and/or internal controls.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Excel proficiency with Pivot Tables and X/V-look ups).
• A passion and willingness to understand accounting flows from source-to-ledger and relate accounting to business processes and transactions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated, results-oriented and flexible to changing priorities and timelines.
• Proven technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Skills

• Previous experience with Frontier (or other reconciliation tools), SAP.
• A CPA, other designation or diploma/degree in accounting is considered an asset. This role can be reported under the CPA experience verification pathway.

Unique Requirements

• This role requires Reliability Status Clearance. In addition to a law enforcement inquiry and a credit check, as part of your application, the Government of Canada will ask if you lived or travelled outside of Canada for 6-consecutive months during the last 5 years, and you must account for all activities during this time.

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
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• 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, 2024 and 2025 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada
• Great Place to Work® list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork 2022
• Great Place to Work® 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 [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.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

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 - 93,000/93 000

Job Category

Finance

Posting End Date

24/09/2026