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About the Role
Sun Life is seeking an Assistant Vice President to join our Corporate Development team in Toronto. This role is responsible for executing a wide range of transactions, including acquisitions, sales, equity investments, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships, operating globally to support strategic initiatives across Sun Life's international businesses.
Responsibilities
- Lead all stages of complex transactions, from strategic assessment through negotiation and execution, collaborating with internal functional partners and business group leaders and interfacing with counterparties and external advisors.
- Identify, research, and analyze potential acquisition targets, assessing strategic fit, challenging investment assumptions, and providing clear recommendations.
- Develop detailed financial models and valuations of target businesses, directing and reviewing team analysis.
- Lead transaction due diligence, assess transaction risks, recommend mitigation strategies, and analyze proposed deal structures.
- Coordinate integration or separation planning and provide oversight as required.
- Advise senior executives and directors, preparing Executive Team and Board presentations.
- Contribute to internal projects and other organic strategic initiatives, including improvements to corporate development processes and capabilities.
Requirements
- 10-15 years of relevant experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate development, or a similar function, including demonstrated ownership of complex transactions.
- Experience leading an in-house corporate development team is considered an asset.
- Advanced knowledge of M&A valuation approaches, due diligence best practices, and deal structuring.
- Direct transactional experience within the financial services industry (e.g., insurance or asset management) preferred; other transactional experience will be considered if relevant.
- Strong relationship management skills with internal and external partners, clients, advisors, and other stakeholders.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to work effectively amid changing priorities and multiple simultaneous assignments.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting analysis and recommendations to senior executives and directors and leading initiatives to completion.
- Proficiency in using technology and AI tools to strengthen analysis and streamline workflows.
- This role requires presence at our Toronto One York offices at least three days a week.
- Ability to work across different time zones, including outside regular office hours in certain circumstances.
Skills
- Financial modeling
- Valuation
- M&A
- Due diligence
- Deal structuring
- Relationship management
- Communication
- Presentation
- Technology and AI tools
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Assistant Vice President
- Senior
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree with a focus in finance or commerce
- MBA degree, CFA, CPA, or CBV (or a combination) is desirable
Salary/Compensations
- 165,000 - 235,000
Benefits
- Sabbatical Program (up to 6 weeks off every five years)
- Care Days
- Sick Days
About the Company
- Sun Life is driven by its Purpose: helping Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
- Values: caring, authentic, bold, inspiring, and impactful.
- In 2024, Sun Life ranked among the top 100 most sustainable global corporations by Corporate Knights for the 15th consecutive year, leading Canadian insurers.
- Proud to be on the 2024 Best Workplaces in Canada list by Great Place to Work.
- Listed as one of the Best Workplaces for Women and Best Workplaces with Most Trusted Executive Teams.
Equal Opportunity
- 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 thebrightside@sunlife.com.