Talent.com
sun life
Senior Data Analystsun life • Waterloo, Ontario
Search for other jobs
Senior Data Analyst

Senior Data Analyst

sun life • Waterloo, Ontario
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

:

Finance Data Analytics is a collaborative, high-performing team that values both results and how we achieve them. We challenge and support one another, balancing ambitious goals with healthy work–life harmony. We meet in the office 2–3 days per week to collaborate and learn from one another and use remaining days for focused work from home. Our work helps Finance operate smarter and deliver higher-quality analysis that advances Finance’s transformation and modernization goals. If you’re curious about the business, eager to understand what drives profitability, and excited to build solutions that matter, you’ll thrive here.


What will you do?


Build Tableau Products That Solve Real Problems

You will develop dashboards, reports, and KPI tools that:

  • Deliver trusted data to senior leadership, financial analysts, and business partners
  • Replace manual processes and reduce repetitive effort
  • Highlight key insights, trends, variances, and performance drivers Support budgeting, trend analysis, and quarter-end reporting
  • Evolve as business needs and opportunities change

Shape and Steward High-Quality Data

In collaboration with the Data Management team, you will:

  • Transform raw data into reliable Tableau sources
  • Define and refine Finance KPIs
  • Perform high-level reconciliations between systems
  • Flag anomalies and data-quality issues • Investigate anything that looks “off,” especially at quarter end

Own the Full Analytics Product Lifecycle

You will lead your product’s design, development, testing, documentation, and user support. Security and usage monitoring are centralized, but everything else is yours—creating strong ownership and impact.


What will you need to succeed?

  • 3+ years developing Tableau dashboards and data sources
  • Strong analytical data design skills
  • Ability to solve complex or evolving problems
  • Strong business and technical acumen, translating questions into data-driven solutions
  • This role requires Reliability Status Clearance. In addition to a law enforcement inquiry and a credit check, as part of your application, the Government of Canada will ask if you lived or travelled outside of Canada for 6-consecutive months during the last 5 years, and you must account for all activities during this time.

What's in it for you?

  • High impact – The dashboards you build directly influence how Finance leaders understand performance and make strategic decisions
  • Business exposure – Gain deep insight into the metrics and drivers that underpin Sun Life Canada's financial performance
  • Innovation mindset – Identify opportunities to design new metrics and uncover insights that inform our CFO and leadership teams
  • Growth opportunities – As you develop trust and capability, you'll have opportunities to lead projects, present to senior leadership, and take on greater visibility

**Bonus points if your resume is created using Tableau**

*LI-NB1


Create a job alert for this search

Senior Data Analyst • Waterloo, Ontario