Sun Life Global Solutions Canada | VP, Internal Audit, Global Asset Management

Responsibilities

• Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self.
• Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do.
• Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.
• The role provides independent assurance and strategic insights across a business that is a key priority for Sunlife and manages more than $900 billion in assets supporting Sunlife’s insurance businesses and external clients.
• The successful candidate will be an established senior leader with strong Asset Management expertise and a proven track record of engaging and advising senior management, regulators and Board-level stakeholders.
• You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you.
• Reporting to the Senior Vice-President and Chief Auditor, the Vice-President will lead a global team across North America and Asia and serve as a member of the Global Audit leadership team.
• 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.
• Leads with confidence and sound judgment, bringing an independent point of view while remaining pragmatic and solutions-oriented.
• 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.
• Champions change, challenging established approaches and improving how Internal Audit delivers value.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to lead change and innovation, including leveraging technology, data and analytics to strengthen assurance and insights.

Sun Life Global Solutions Canada

Sun Life Global Solutions Canada is an employer hiring in India (sector: BFSI / Investments / Insurance). In its own words: "Sunlife is a financial services company providing financial planning, life insurance, health insurance, investments and more."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Toronto, Waterloo and Montreal.

• Industry: BFSI / Investments / Insurance