Senior Consultant, Corporate Strategy & Enablement
City : Toronto
Category : Full-time
Industry : Finance
Employer : Sun Life Financial
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Description de poste:
The Corporate Strategy & Enablement Team’s focus is to support Sun Life in achieving and maintaining a position of sustainable strategic advantage and growth in the long term. It has a broad focus on enterprise topics (e.g. Client for Life strategy) that span all Business Groups (BG) and geographic markets where Sun Life operates. In addition, it provides targeted support to high priority strategic issues / topics in Business Unit (BU) and functions.
The Corporate Strategy & Enablement team works in a dynamic, collaborative and collegial team-based environment, providing team members stretch opportunities to work on the most challenging and interesting problems, exposure to senior executives and ability to diversify knowledge of Sun Life’s businesses.
The Senior Consultant, Corporate Strategy & Enablement supports ongoing delivery of internal strategy and the annual strategic planning cycle. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with a focus on supporting strategy and enablement project delivery, engaging senior leaders in the businesses and functions to solve key strategic questions / issues and staying in the forefront of competitor actions / market developments.
What will you do?
Shape strategy design and support advancement of strategy execution
Run annual strategic planning
Support facilitation and planning of strategic Board and Executive Team discussions
Monitor external trends and draw linkages to Sun Life’s businesses
Strategy design and development (for enterprise and BU specific strategic projects):
Decompose problem statements into a set of hypotheses and perform both quantitative (e.g. financial analysis, market sizing) and qualitative analyses (e.g. competitor benchmarking) to validate them
Challenge conventional thinking and possess ability to make conclusions / hypotheses by triangulating information from various sources
Define research and analysis plan, and source relevant data and information from both internal (e.g. Finance, BUs) and external sources (e.g. industry research reports, news articles, competitor data) for analyses
Bring new perspectives and creative ideas to develop innovative and practical approaches and solutions to problems and issues
Synthesize qualitative and quantitative analytical results to inform development of relevant recommendations and inform strategic decision making
Capture findings and recommendations succinctly in a logical and coherent storyline that facilitates productive discussion and decision making among senior executives
Strategy and enablement project delivery:
Work independently to drive analysis and deliverables forward and proactively engage with other team members (both within and outside of Corporate Strategy & Enablement team) to gather data and feedback
Manage coordination of project delivery across team members (from Corporate Strategy & Enablement team and from BUs)
Prepare and present both formal and informal updates on analysis / recommendations for senior management
Work in a team-based collaborative environment where roles can vary from project to project
Annual strategic planning:
Contribute to development of Enterprise Strategic Plan by owning analysis and content development of specific components
Support analysis, research and development of content for priority Enterprise themes and issues
Provide project management support throughout the planning cycle and coordinate with Business Groups (BG) and functions (e.g. Risk, Finance, Enterprise Services) to deliver business specific strategic plans
Competitive and market awareness and intelligence:
Actively build and maintain awareness of key market and competitive trends and developments through various sources (e.g. secondary research, competitor actions, industry developments)
Curate external market information by leveraging internal tools, translate into relevant insights and surface patterns / themes that are relevant for Sun Life
Identify implications for Sun Life and proactively communicate / share with appropriate stakeholders (as appropriate)
Communication and relationship management:
Effectively communicate key insights, ideas and strategies, to an executive level audience in a clear, compelling and concise manner
Proactively stay in touch with junior to mid-level team members from BGs, BUs and functions to maintain an understanding of new developments in their areas and linkage back to Corporate Strategy & Enablement
Tailor both written and verbal communication based on audience and situation to maximize buy-in and establish productive working relationships
What do you need to succeed?
Minimum 5-7 years' experience in financial services, consulting, or other Fortune 500
In-house or external consulting or strategy experience is an asset
University degree in business or related discipline; MBA is an asset
Possess deep understanding of at least one of Sun Life’s key businesses (i.e. Life insurance, group benefits / retirement solutions, wealth management, asset management) and geographic markets (i.e. Canada, US, Asia)
Resourceful in learning and ramping up content knowledge in new domains rapidly
Excellent oral and written communication, presentation skills, and strong interpersonal skills
Strong Excel and PPT acumen to drive analysis and prepare materials for executive audience
Strong, analytically-anchored problem solving skills, with a solid background working with data, conducting analysis, interpreting results, and writing reports/presentations
Strong results-oriented project management skills; well organized, with a high attention to details
Able to work independently on assignments with appropriate judgment
Able to work with other team members outside of Corporate Strategy & Enablement team to gather data and information from the Businesses and Functions
Experience analyzing and solving complex business problems
Experience in financial analytics, including using modelling tools and techniques, would be an asset
Experience in conducting in-depth secondary research, including collection and synthesis
What’s in it for you?
A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
An environment of continuous learning and improvement
Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical and financial
We’re proud to be a Best Workplace for Hybrid Work by Great Place to Work® Canada
L’échelle du salaire de base est pour l’emplacement principal du poste affiché. Elle peut varier selon l’emplacement du candidat sélectionné et d’autres facteurs. En plus du salaire de base, les employés admissibles de la Financière Sun Life participent à différents programmes de rémunération incitative, dont le montant octroyé est discrétionnaire et dépend du rendement de l’employé et de la compagnie. Certains postes de vente participent à des programmes de rémunération incitative basés sur les résultats de vente individuels ou de groupe.
Depuis toujours, la diversité et l'intégration sont au cœur des valeurs de la Financière Sun Life. Nous croyons qu'un effectif diversifié ayant des points de vue variés et des idées créatives est avantageux pour nos clients, pour les collectivités où nous exerçons nos activités, ainsi que pour nous tous, en tant que collègues. Nous accueillons avec enthousiasme les candidatures de personnes compétentes provenant de tous les horizons.
Les personnes handicapées ayant besoin de mesures d'adaptation pour présenter leur candidature et celles qui doivent consulter les offres d'emploi sur un support de substitution peuvent envoyer leur demande par courriel à l'adresse ‘thebrightside@sunlife.com’.
À la Sun Life, nous voulons créer un environnement de travail flexible où nos employés sont outillés pour donner le meilleur d’eux-mêmes. Nous offrons plusieurs options de travail flexibles selon les exigences du poste et les besoins individuels. N’hésitez pas à en discuter pendant le processus de sélection.
Nous remercions tous les candidats de l'intérêt manifesté pour ce poste. Nous ne communiquerons qu'avec les personnes qui auront été retenues pour passer une entrevue.
Échelle salariale:
82,000/82 000 - 135,000/135 000Catégorie d'emploi:
Corporate Development & StrategyFin de l'affichage:
10/10/2024