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About the Role
Sunlife is seeking an accomplished audit, risk, or compliance executive to lead Internal Audit coverage for its global Asset Management businesses. The role provides independent assurance and strategic insights across a business that manages more than $900 billion in assets. This is an opportunity to shape a globally integrated, forward-looking audit strategy, influence senior executives and the Audit Committee, develop a high-performing global team, and help transform Internal Audit through technology, data and AI.
Responsibilities
- Set the global audit strategy and risk-based Audit Plan for Asset Management, ensuring coverage is focused on the most material strategic, financial, operational, regulatory, technology and emerging risks.
- Provide independent assurance, insight and constructive challenge on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls, helping senior management anticipate and address evolving risks.
- Advise senior executives and the Audit Committee, providing clear and forward-looking perspectives on significant risks, control themes and emerging issues.
- Lead and develop a high-performing global team across North America and Asia, attracting and developing strong talent and creating a culture of performance excellence and care.
- Build trusted relationships with senior business leaders and Risk and Compliance partners, enabling transparent dialogue and coordinated assurance while preserving Internal Audit’s independence and objectivity.
- Maintain strong regulatory and industry connectivity, bringing external perspectives, emerging trends and leading practices into Sunlife and representing Internal Audit effectively with regulators and external auditors.
- Lead innovation and transformation, advancing the use of data, analytics, technology and AI to improve audit quality, efficiency, insight and foresight.
- Contribute to the leadership of Global Audit, helping shape the function's strategy, talent, operating model and capabilities.
Requirements
- Significant leadership experience in Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance or a related control function, with substantial experience supporting Asset Management businesses.
- Deep understanding of Asset Management business models, risks, controls and the regulatory environment, particularly in North America.
- Experience developing and executing risk-based assurance strategies within a large, complex, regulated financial institution.
- A track record of leading geographically diverse teams, attracting and developing talent, and building strong succession and specialist capabilities.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to influence and constructively challenge senior executives while maintaining trusted relationships.
- Experience communicating significant risk and control matters to Boards, Board committees or comparable senior governance forums.
- Credibility and experience interacting with regulators, external auditors and other assurance providers.
- Demonstrated ability to lead change and innovation, including leveraging technology, data and analytics to strengthen assurance and insights.
- A university degree or equivalent professional experience.
Skills
- Asset Management expertise
- Technology, data and AI
- Risk management
- Compliance
- Internal controls
- Data analytics
Location
- North America
- Asia
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior leader
- Vice-President
Education Level
- University degree or equivalent professional experience
- Relevant professional designations such as CIA, CPA/CA, CFA, CISA or CRMA would be an asset
Salary/Compensations
- 195,000 - 270,000
About the Company
- At Sun Life, we're 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.
- 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.
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.