Sun Life
Director, Financial Reporting
Toronto, Ontario · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
Cloud PlatformsSOARComplianceProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementFinancial AnalysisAccountingProcess ImprovementRecruitingResearchLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingGAAPIFRSFinancial Reporting
About the role
- The role offers broad exposure to teams across Sun Life and an enterprise-wide perspective of the business.
- Ensure a strong control environment for external reporting, including ownership of SOX-compliant processes and coordination with external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits
- Strong technical, analytical, research, and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with teams across the organization to consolidate and validate information supporting financial statements note disclosures, ensuring the completeness and accuracy of financial results, and compliance with GAAP or other regulatory requirements
- Support senior management and other stakeholders to proactively identify, understand, and explain key messages, trends and variances
- Serve as the subject matter expert on all disclosure-related matters, leading discussions with key stakeholders and business partners, including those with senior executives
- Partner with the Accounting Advisory team to understand accounting, reporting and disclosure impacts of transactions and changes in accounting standards
- Monitor and benchmark emerging disclosure trends, regulatory developments, and best practices across financial services and insurance peers to support the quality, consistency, and compliance of Sun Life's public disclosures
- Drive process improvement initiatives and ad-hoc projects through the use of technology, including AI, to enhance existing processes
- Lead, mentor, and develop talent in the organization as a key leader in Sun Life's co-op and CPA rotational program
Requirements
- CPA designation or equivalent with at least 7 years of experience post-qualification
- Knowledge of the insurance industry, experience with XBRL, and experience with a reporting cloud platform would be assets
- Support strategic initiatives and projects as required
Compensation
- 110,000/110 000 - 180,000/180 000
- Lead the preparation and delivery of quarterly and annual external financial statements for SLF and certain subsidiaries/affiliated entities of SLF
- Ensure a strong control environment for external reporting, including ownership of SOX-compliant processes and coordination with external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits
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