Manager, Sustainability Reporting

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Job Description:

Our sustainability ambition is to maximize our positive impact and ensure the resilience of our organization in support of our Purpose to help Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

Sun Life is looking for a manager who is excited to apply their skills to the rapidly developing area of sustainability reporting and disclosures. The Manager, Sustainability Reporting will support the development Sun Life’s annual Sustainability Report, the Public Accountability Statement, and our digital environments, aligned with established standards such as GRI. In addition, they will support reporting against major frameworks (e.g., CDP), and manage Sun Life’s stakeholder-focused materiality assessment. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, engaging with leaders across Sun Life to develop high-quality disclosures and continuously enhance reporting practices to meet stakeholder expectations.

Our ideal candidate has strong communications skills, people management experience, and can manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail. We are looking for someone who can demonstrate their passion for sustainability by helping us illustrate our progress in embedding sustainability in everything we do, creating competitive advantage for our business, and having a positive impact on society and the environment.

What will you do?

• Manage the development of public reporting against key standards and frameworks (e.g., GRI, SDGs, CDP) as part of Sun Life’s annual sustainability reporting process

• Manage the content collection and content development processes for the annual Sustainability Report

• Manage the development of the annual Public Accountability Statement

• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance sustainability reporting practices to meet growing requirements and address any gaps in current disclosures

• Manage content for digital properties including sunlife.com and sunlife.ca

• Manage Sun Life’s stakeholder-focused materiality assessment, including engagement with subject matter experts across the business and external stakeholders

• Work collaboratively to ensure reported information addresses the needs of sustainability rankings, analysts, and ESG rating agencies, where possible

• Support the development of internal presentations to senior management and the Board of Directors

*** This is a fixed term role for 14-16 months ***

What do you need to succeed?

• Minimum 3-5 years relevant business experience ideally within insurance, asset management or other financial services; experience in/or knowledge of Sun Life’s business is an asset

• Experience in corporate sustainability reporting strongly preferred

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to successfully work with a variety of team members and function in a dynamic environment

• Strong project management skills including multitasking, prioritization and time management

• Results-oriented individual and an innovative, lateral thinker

• Experience managing people

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail toward processes and content, and commitment to meeting reporting deadlines

• Self-motivated, with the ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines, both independently and as part of a team

• Experience working in a complex matrix organization and managing key stakeholders

• Familiarity with existing and emerging ESG-related standards (e.g., GRI, SASB, SDGs, ISSB) is an asset

• Familiarity with stakeholder-focused materiality assessments is an asset

• Familiarity with ESG ratings and assessments frameworks (e.g., CDP, MSCI, Sustainalytics, ISS, S&P Global) is an asset

• Committed to Sun Life’s Purpose and passionate about delivering positive social and environmental impact for our Clients and stakeholders

What's in it for you?

• Time off giving you the flexibility to focus on the moments that matter including 20 vacation days per year

• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family

• Pension Plan participation starts immediately, and you are automatically enrolled. We help you save more with Sun Life automatic and matching contributions and by including both your salary and bonus when making

• contributions.

• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

• Flexible hybrid work model

• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives 

• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture 

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2024 Best Workplace in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada

• Sun Life ranked one of the 2023 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World on the Corporate Knights’ 2023

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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 [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:

Sustainability

Posting End Date:

31/01/2025