Student, Strategic Initiatives (Winter 2027)

Sun Life; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 50,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Sun Life invites students and new graduates to join the Project and Portfolio Management team within Sun Life Canada's Finance function. You will help with quarter-end reporting, governance materials, and financial analysis while developing stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.

The program emphasizes Excel/PowerPoint proficiency, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program, ideally with a focus in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with financial data and identify insights.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support quarter-end Key Initiative reporting, including collection, validation, reconciliation, and consolidation of reporting outputs.
• Assist with preparing materials for leadership governance forums, including value card consolidation, portfolio health updates, financial analysis, presentation refinement, storytelling, and supporting Excel files.
• Contribute to capitalization process improvements by supporting workbook clean-up, sign-off tracking, and related process documentation.
• Support recurring team operations, including stakeholder communications, ad hoc financial and governance analysis, and process documentation for ongoing team priorities.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Finance/Accounting/Business program

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

At Sun Life,we’redriven by our Purpose: helping our Clientsachieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.

Our student and new graduate programs offer a chance to explore Sun Life from the inside. You’ll make a difference in the lives of our customers and communities, while building the skills and experience that allow you to grow in a meaningful and rewarding way.

Job Description:

Job description

The Project and Portfolio Management team is part of Sun Life Canada’s Finance function. We support portfolio governance, financial reporting, business planning, and initiative oversight across Sun Life Canada. As part of this team, you’ll work with key stakeholders across Canada to support quarter-end reporting, business planning, and preparing materials to help leaders make informed decisions. This role provides an opportunity to contribute directly to high-visibility work while developing financial analysis, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.

Preferred skills

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with financial data, reconcile information across sources, and identify key insights.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to prepare clear, polished, leadership-ready materials.
• Excellent attention to detail, communication skills, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Organized with excellent time management skills.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program, ideally with a focus in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Support quarter-end Key Initiative reporting, including collection, validation, reconciliation, and consolidation of reporting outputs.
• Assist with preparing materials for leadership governance forums, including value card consolidation, portfolio health updates, financial analysis, presentation refinement, storytelling, and supporting Excel files.
• Contribute to capitalization process improvements by supporting workbook clean-up, sign-off tracking, and related process documentation.
• Support recurring team operations, including stakeholder communications, ad hoc financial and governance analysis, and process documentation for ongoing team priorities.

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted for. The Base Pay which you will be considered for will vary depending on the Campus program you are selected for.

Eligible Sun Life employees for various Campus Graduate programs will also participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance

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.

Job Category:

Temporary Employee

Posting End Date:

24/09/2026