Director, Regulatory Compliance Reporting

You are as unique as your background experience and point of view. Here youll be encouraged empowered and challenged to be your best self. Youll 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 youll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.

At Sun Life were driven by our Purpose: helping our Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. Our values shape how we work: caring authentic bold inspiring and impactful.

When you join Sun Life youll work with passionate colleagues and empowering leaders who support your growth and celebrate your contributions so you can make a meaningful difference in our Clients lives.

Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals families and communities around the world.

Job Description:

Reporting into the group led by the Vice President Head of Regulatory Office you will be responsible for preparing Committee and Board reporting on behalf of the Enterprise Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) while also helping shape the broader risk story for senior audiences. This role requires more than strong writing and process coordination; it requires compliance and risk depth sound judgment and the ability to tell the story of what has changed what matters what risk is emerging and what action should follow.

In partnership with senior Compliance team members this role is critical for reporting on assessing and managing risks that could affect the organizations performance and regulatory obligations across various addition this role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams and global leadership to ensure risk and compliance initiatives align with the companys strategic objectives.

This individual will have the opportunity to be a key member and contributor to a small team with a large mandate. Working with senior stakeholders across enterprise compliance teams the Director Regulatory Compliance Reporting will drive global compliance reporting develop quantitative metrics underpinning our KRI frameworks and bring structure discipline and insight to complex inputs from across business lines jurisdictions regulatory requirements and key stakeholders. The role requires someone who can work independently exercise mature judgment under tight reporting timelines and produce clear insights and analytics on Sun Lifes compliance with global regulatory requirements for the Board and senior management.

You will demonstrate high personal and professional standards act with integrity and in good faith for the best interests of Sun Life and operate with intention to meet the Compliance Team Purpose of being trusted partners for the mitigation of compliance risks by providing advice oversight and challenge in support of helping Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.

What will you do

• Take the lead by working with senior executives across Sun Life including Business Group Chief Compliance Officers (CCOs) and Corporate Functional Leaders to prepare quarterly annual and ad hoc Board and committee reporting on behalf of the Enterprise Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
• Develop global reporting methodologies that bring consistency structure and transparency to compliance risk reporting across the enterprise
• With a focus on storytelling craft narratives that not only inform but also clearly explain what has changed why it matters where risk may be emerging and what actions or decisions are required
• Liaise with other key oversight teams (e.g. Enterprise Risk Internal Audit Enterprise Compliance) to ensure completeness and accuracy of various inputs into Compliance Reporting (e.g. issues management internal audit findings etc.)
• Review test and challenge reporting from Business Group CCOs and Corporate Functional Area teams to ensure Enterprise CCO reporting is complete accurate risk-based and appropriately reflects Sun Lifes Compliance posture
• Apply sound judgment during tight reporting cycles including knowing when to probe escalate simplify or reframe inputs so senior leaders receive clear decision-useful information
• Identify regulatory themes and trends across the industry locally and globally and provide summarized analysis (including impact assessment) for reporting i.e. development of a regulatory heat map
• Be strategic in reviewing creating and re-designing reports and their supporting processes to drive value-add reporting for the Compliance function
• Act as a subject matter expert and go to person for perspectives on regulatory themes trends areas of focus and developments impacting Sun Life
• Identify and define key risk indicators in collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with the companys risk appetite
• Monitor analyze and report on KRI data to provide timely insights into potential risk exposures
• Support senior leadership in understanding KRI trends and in decision-marking for risk mitigation strategies
• Lead initiatives to improve risk measurement data quality and risk measurement processes
• Support the OSFI liaison office as required

What do you need to succeed

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience preparing reporting or briefing materials for senior executives committees regulators or Boards
• Organizational savvy and ability to navigate and lead cross-functionally within a complex and matrixed organization and influence decision-making
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork abilities
• Strong analytical strategic and project management skills with the ability to impose structure on complex or incomplete inputs and move work forward independently
• Demonstrated maturity confidence and judgment to challenge inputs constructively and appropriately especially when timelines are compressed and senior reporting decisions are required
• Strong knowledge of the financial services industry asset management industry legislation regulatory requirements and compliance risk management expectations
• Ability to translate regulatory themes trends and expectations into so what statements i.e. business impacts and regulatory risks
• Ability to be agile and adapt quickly to evolving priorities
• Flexibility with work hours to accommodate interactions with Asia-based Sun Life teams and the needs of the quarterly reporting cycle

Technical Requirements

• University degree in law finance business risk management or related field
• Minimum of 7 years in a regulated industry with prior experience preparing reporting for a Board senior executive management committee or regulator
• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance risk management frameworks KRI methodologies and regulatory requirements
• Proficiency in data visualization and the development of Power Point decks
• Experience redesigning and creating net new reporting that uses clear precise plain language while preserving the substance risk context and judgment required for senior audiences

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.

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 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.

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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.

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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