Student, Strategic Initiatives (Winter 2027)

Sun Life Financial; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Sun Life Financial seeks a student or new graduate to join the Project and Portfolio Management team within Canada’s Finance function. You’ll support quarter-end reporting, financial planning, and materials prepared for leadership governance forums, while developing financial analysis, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.

The role offers hybrid work flexibility, exposure to Sun Life’s campus graduate programs, and the opportunity to contribute to high-visibility projects

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with financial data and identify insights.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint to prepare leadership-ready materials.
• Excellent attention to detail, communication, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Time management

Education

Post-secondary program focus in finance/accounting/business/economics

Tools

Microsoft 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

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.

Base Pay

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

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].

Hybrid work

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.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Job Category

Temporary Employee Posting

Job Closing Date

End Date: 24/09/2026

Company culture

Shine together At Sun Life, you can be your most brilliant self. Our supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment is one where you – and your career – can thrive. Whatever your aspirations, collaborative leaders and colleagues are ready to help you learn, grow, and succeed. Make life brighter We’re a global company with a passion for people. Our purpose is to help Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. As a team of 30,000 across 26 countries, our impact is far-reaching, and locally relevant There’s power in numbers. As part of Sun Life’s growing team, you have an impact on people in your community and around the world. Shape the future With an optimistic eye on a brighter future, we drive to innovate. Be part of leading change, push boundaries and try new ways of working. Use data to drive bold actions. Be agile and pivot as we test and learn. At Sun Life, we’re driving transformation, sustainability and innovation for our Clients, employees, partners, and communities. Join us. Together, we can make the future brighter. Join a top employer for a brighter future. Visit Sun Life Careers