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Job Description:

Reporting to the AVP Total Benefits, this role will lead the team accountable for delivering innovative benefit and well-being solutions for active and retired Canadian employees. Partners across HR functions, with our Sun Life business partners and external vendors to develop, implement and administer innovative, business-oriented solutions with measurable outcomes that optimize our financial investment and deliver a compelling Employee experience at moments that matter. Stays current in external trends, including technology and analytics/measurement advances and industry trends.

The incumbent will provide strong leadership, coaching and development to direct reports including Manager, Benefits & Well-Being (with four indirect reports) and two Total Benefit Project Leaders.

Please note this is a 14-month temporary position

What will you do:

• Provides input to global Total Rewards philosophies and strategies.
• Designs and communicates Canadian Benefits and Well-Being programs (to approximately 12,000 employees) in alignment with business, HR, and Total Rewards priorities.
• Uses internal and external data to recommend innovation opportunities including new initiatives, process automation and investment in digital technologies.
• Develops clear outcomes and measurement approaches to assess impacts, iterate and continuously improve.
• Ensures programs are compliant with required legislation and ensures strong governance and records management processes are in place.
• Manages the renewals for our active and retiree refund accounting benefits plans and the development of the benefits and well-being programs budget for finance.
• Accountable for core administration processes including, 2nd level employee support, the annual re-enrollment process, tax slips for retirees, premium collection, payment and reconciliation, etc.
• Accountable for continuous improvements of documentation and automation of the day-to-day administration of benefits and well-being programs.
• Partners with Sun Life Canada Group Benefits and Retirement Services to evaluate and support the launch of new products and initiatives that support the health and well-being of our Employees and our Client Impact strategy.
• Works collaboratively with HR and Communications teams to develop and implement effective communication and change management plans to enhance the employee experience and perceived value of our programs.
• Monitors external developments and trends impacting Canadian employee benefits programs and proactively identifies strategies and tactics to respond.
• Key member of M&A teams for HR due diligence evaluation and implementation.

A few reasons you might love this job:

• Exposure: Collaborate with other benefits industry experts in Group Benefits and Group Retirement Services and liaise with senior staff in Finance and Legal.
• Be Appreciated: Your success will be recognized and appreciated.
• Drive Change: We want to hear your great ideas on design, best practices and outcome-oriented plans in addition to finding and leading process enhancements.
• Enjoy: Inclusive, flexible, and fun workplace.

What do you need to succeed:

• Mindset: Biased for action with passion to challenge the status quo. Able to deliver outcome while empowering the working team, with ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Data and Measurement Focus: Grounds decisions in facts, leverages data to generate new insights and opportunities, clearly defines and measures business outcomes to identify course corrections and measure success. Informs strategies and decisions through knowledge of current external research and trends.
• Budget Focus: Strong financial acumen with experience managing a significant budget.
• Relationship Management: Ability to partner across HR and with Business Leaders, navigate a matrixed organization, build relationships, collaborate, explain concepts in a simple and concise way, and influence outcomes.
• Talent Development Orientation: Focuses on developing people through coaching, continuous feedback, and sharing technical expertise. Builds the team and pipeline for future success including identifying opportunities to expose Total Rewards team members to new experiences and skill building.
• Exemplifies Agile Scrum Culture: Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust. Empowers others to fail, learn, and grow.
• Seasoned experience in one or a combination of: HR Benefits at a large organization (10,000+ lives) with a refund accounting benefits plan, benefits consulting and/or health benefits account management for large clients (10,000+ lives).
• Post-secondary education including a background in actuarial science and/or CEBS designation.
• High degree of Excel and spreadsheet design experience.
• Experience/knowledge of Lean Management solutions is an asset.

What's in it for you:

• Flexible work arrangements that prioritizes work life balance
• Opportunity to work on a high profile project

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

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 thebrightside@sunlife.com.

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:

105,000/105 000 - 175,000/175 000

Job Category:

Human Resources

Posting End Date:

06/08/2024