
Finance Analytics Manager
Sun Life
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Waterloo • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$80,000 - CA$128,000 per year
About the role
- Collaborate with an agile cross functional team of Finance and IT professionals and stakeholders to identify opportunities, create requirements, and turn vision into value-added outcomes
- Manage decisions in design choices on how we will intake, transform and use data to deliver meaningful business value
- Leverage data expertise to support initiatives through scoping, implementation, impact analysis, and ongoing reporting
- Lead the analysis and validation of financial and analytic results and testing effort for new reporting and analytic developments to ensure solutions are delivered with the highest quality
- Effective and timely communications with internal clients, including engagement status, solutioning options, presentation of demo, recommendations, and outcomes
- Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release Goals
- Provide backlog management and elaboration of user stories
- Responsible for identifying and tracking benefits of opportunities in our pipeline and delivered solutions to demonstrate value to our stakeholders
- Design and develop streamlined and value-added solutions leveraging technology (e.g. Excel, Tableau and SQL) that results in process optimization and/or efficiency
- Keep abreast with Agile best practices and new trends
Requirements
- Professional Accounting designation or relevant degree with 3-5 years of related industry experience
- Strong Microsoft office skills
- Knowledge of Hyperion, SAP, Tableau and SQL is advantageous
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to organize, prioritize and make decisions that require innovative thinking
- Knowledge of Lean Agile process and principles (Kanban, Process design and Value optimization)
- Sound analytical and problem-solving skills
- Creative thinker with a vision and desire to learn new skills
- Takes initiative and has strong attention to detail
Benefits
- Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
- Commitment to creating an inclusive and respectful environment
- Opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
- Recognition as a 2025 Best Workplaces in Ontario by Great Place to Work® Canada
- Recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisimpact analysisreportingfinancial analysisprocess optimizationSQLTableauExcelbacklog managementuser story elaboration
Soft Skills
effective communicationorganizational skillsprioritizationinnovative thinkinganalytical skillsproblem-solvingcreativityinitiativeattention to detailcollaboration
Certifications
Professional Accounting designationrelevant degree