Senior Strategy Consultant
Sun Life
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Kitchener, ON
Contract type: Full time
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:
Location: Hybrid- Need to be in office 2-3 days/week
The Retail Advisor & Solutions (RA&S) Strategy team supports RA&S in achieving its strategic priorities and goals by developing value-add strategic initiatives that define/optimize RA&S’ business capabilities. The RA&S Strategy team also has a role to enable RA&S’ leaders to make better decisions by providing them with relevant internal and external information, insights, and trends.
Reporting to the Director, Retail Advice & Solutions Strategy, and working in a collaborative environment, the Senior Strategy Consultant supports the development of various strategic initiatives. They also play an active role in developing and maintaining a current view of relevant internal and external information to inform leaders and initiatives. The successful candidate will be impact-oriented with an owner’s mindset, able to work effectively with complex data and analysis, solve complex business problems within larger projects, present results in an intuitive and transparent way to a variety of stakeholders, and collaborates effectively with partners.
What will you do:
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 [email protected].
At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible 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:
78,000/78 000 - 128,000/128 000
Job Category:
Business Development - Non Actuarial
Posting End Date:
12/01/2025
Job Description:
Location: Hybrid- Need to be in office 2-3 days/week
The Retail Advisor & Solutions (RA&S) Strategy team supports RA&S in achieving its strategic priorities and goals by developing value-add strategic initiatives that define/optimize RA&S’ business capabilities. The RA&S Strategy team also has a role to enable RA&S’ leaders to make better decisions by providing them with relevant internal and external information, insights, and trends.
Reporting to the Director, Retail Advice & Solutions Strategy, and working in a collaborative environment, the Senior Strategy Consultant supports the development of various strategic initiatives. They also play an active role in developing and maintaining a current view of relevant internal and external information to inform leaders and initiatives. The successful candidate will be impact-oriented with an owner’s mindset, able to work effectively with complex data and analysis, solve complex business problems within larger projects, present results in an intuitive and transparent way to a variety of stakeholders, and collaborates effectively with partners.
What will you do:
- Own and drive strategy project work streams, including decomposing problem statements into a set of hypotheses, defining a research and analysis plan, sourcing data and information from internal and external sources, and performing both quantitative (e.g., financial analysis, market sizing) and qualitative (e.g., competitor benchmarking) analyses to validate or reject hypotheses
- Develop and perform quantitative and qualitative analysis independently and accurately with guidance
- Extract relevant insights from research and analysis by deducing implications and suggesting recommendations, synthesizing findings in a useful output format
- Structure solution-oriented approaches to solving problems with guidance, striving to find an answer and knowing when to ask for help and course correct
- Create clear, organized slides and other formal communications that draw out key messages and supporting data
- Effectively prepare for, deliver/execute on, and follow up on presentations, discussions, small working sessions with partners on well-defined topics
- Maintain high awareness currency in a wide range of relevant topics, including trends, market developments, and competitive intelligence
- Take full ownership of work, effectively, efficiently, and reliably executing tasks based on key milestones, seeking guidance where required, and keeping manager and team informed
- Proactively seek feedback, work toward personal development objectives
- A university degree in a relevant field such as business or related disciplines, or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 2-5 years relevant business experience
- Experience analyzing and solving complex business problems
- Excellent oral and written communication, presentation skills, and interpersonal skills
- Experience working with data and business modelling, including Excel models and analysis to process and analyze large volume of data would be an asset
- Experience in conducting in-depth secondary research, including collection and synthesis
- Ability to collaborate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Resourceful in learning and ramping up content knowledge in new domains rapidly
- An attitude to learn, approach problems head on, to be willing to roll your sleeves up to find solutions
- Management consulting experience would be an asset
- Being a member of the Sun Life family, a group of people united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
- A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
- A collaborative and interactive team environment
- Being part of our journey in developing the next greatest digital experience
- Working together, sharing common values and encouraging growth & achievement
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 [email protected].
At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible 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:
78,000/78 000 - 128,000/128 000
Job Category:
Business Development - Non Actuarial
Posting End Date:
12/01/2025
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