Senior Data Analyst

Job Description

You'll join a high impact team dedicated to delivering actionable business insight through data. We emphasize a culture of proactive analysis and data storytelling –collaborating with stakeholders to drive smarter decisions.

Are you passionate about data, with superior insight analytical, data exploration, modeling, and visualization skills? If so, consider applying your expertise to a Senior Data Analyst position in the Growth Analytics & Data Solutions team in Group Retirement Services (GRS).

Reporting to the Director, Sponsor Data Insights and Products, the Senior Data Analyst will lead the development of new insights initiatives. This includes leading proactive and ad hoc insight projects, delivering clear, data-driven recommendations to drive incremental AUA, and creating self-serve solutions for GRS.

Our growing mandate to deliver analytics solutions requires an experienced analyst to accelerate the development of our strategic analytics projects, mentor peers, and support our stakeholders.

What you need to succeed :

• Lead proactive and ad hoc insight initiatives, delivering clear, data-driven recommendations to drive incremental AUA
• Develop and sustain a data-driven culture, mentoring peers and promoting insight-first thinking
• Utilize SQL, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and statistical methods to extract, analyze, and interpret data from multiple sources
• Create compelling data stories using data visualization tools and present findings to stakeholders including senior leadership
• Partner cross-functionally with teams (marketing, finance, UX, etc.) to align business questions with analytical solutions
• Develop measures of success for key initiatives and enable self-service tracking
• Support omni-channel performance analysis, with a strong focus on digital
• Translate complex data into actionable strategies and tactics

Preferred skills :

What’s in it for you :

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.