Senior Data Analyst

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.

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Do you have passion for data and solving complex business problems?  Do you like making an impact on the business around you? If so, our Senior Data Analyst role is the right fit for you! 

Sun Life Health is a leading Health and Benefits provider in Canada, offering Canadians comprehensive group benefits and a portfolio of digital health products. We are a passionate group who like to take on big challenges in a supportive environment, grounded in our purpose of helping Canadians achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

The Health Analytics team has a mandate to work across functions to deliver insights critical for business decisions, identify growth opportunities, and use data to improve health and financial outcomes. The team collaborates closely with other analytics teams at Sun Life.

Reporting to the Director, Sponsor and Advisor Analytics, the Senior Data Analyst is responsible for developing innovative analytics solutions and elevating the quality of insights and advice to plan sponsors and advisors. Our growing mandate to deliver Data and Analytics Solutions requires an experienced data analytics practitioner to accelerate the development of our strategic sponsor and advisor analytics initiatives.

What you will do:

The Senior Data Analyst will work closely with data engineers, data analysts, and stakeholders in Group Benefits for end-to-end delivery of analysis including project intake, design, analysis, development, and implementation.  This work includes:

Stakeholder management:

• Interact with stakeholders to understand the requirements, communicate, and brainstorm solutions
• Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders and lead meetings to understand the requirements for the project and periodically update the stakeholders in Group Benefits on the progress
• Reformulate highly technical information into concise, understandable terms for presentations
• Provide ongoing support to clients to enable adoption of analytical solutions and uncover enhancement opportunities

Data analysis:

• Help structure the analytical approach and offer insights to solve the business problem
• Work with data, including managing large number of data sources, analyzing data quality, and proactively working with Business and IT teams to resolve issues
• Use variety of analytical tools (SQL, Python) and techniques (e.g. simulation modeling, regression, decision trees, etc.) to carry out analysis and drive conclusions
• Enable visual storytelling through Tableau and visual analytics tools
• Automate reporting, enable self-serve analytics, and promote the culture of analytics-driven decision making

What you need to succeed:

• Minimum undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience working with data and analytics delivery (i.e., quantitative analysis experience, including handling, manipulating, and analyzing data, hypothesis testing, data modelling and data visualization)
• 3+ years of experience with SQL. Comfortable writing accurate, efficient, but complex SQL queries to extract and integrate data from multiple database sources.
• Hands-on exposure to visualization tools especially Tableau
• Experience using oral and written storytelling to share data driven insights in a clear, succinct manner
• Strong partnering approach with a commitment to meeting business partners' unique needs and expectations.
• Prioritization and planning skills to stay within time/scope of a task in a fast-paced environment

 Additional Assets:

• 2+ years of experience in Data visualization / dashboarding with Tableau or equivalent
• Experience of working with AWS data toolsets (e.g.: Athena, Glue, SageMaker etc.) and knowledge of using Python/PySpark
• Statistical analysis and modeling with Python/R
• Experience working in agile teams
• Experience in Group Benefits and Insurance or Financial Services Industry
• As this position is posted in several locations, we specify that bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only for the frequent interactions with English and French-speaking colleagues or internal partners across Canada or worldwide.

What’s in it for you:

• We’re honoured to be recognized as a 2026 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work® Canada.
• We are thrilled to be recognized by Excellence Canada with their top-level certification, the Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work®, for prioritizing employee well-being, fostering a positive work culture, and achieving excellence in mental health.
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
• As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client need to choose where you work, at home or in the office

As a condition of the role, the successful candidate must obtain a Government of Canada Reliability Status security clearance through Sun Life in advance of the start date

Must be able to satisfactorily complete applicable background checks prior to the start date and during employment, in accordance with Sun Life’s policies and practices.

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].

We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business, our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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