At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain and analyze data, create visualizations, and support analytics initiatives.
- Company: Join Sun Life, a purpose-driven organization focused on financial security and health.
- Benefits: Gain valuable experience, professional development, and join a vibrant student culture.
- Other info: Flexible hybrid work model with opportunities for career growth post-graduation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while building skills in a supportive and innovative environment.
- Qualifications: Pursuing a degree in math, stats, or engineering; SQL and Excel skills required.
The predicted salary is between 12.6 - 15.4 $ per hour.
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. Our student and new graduate programs offer a chance to explore Sun Life from the inside. You'll make a difference in the lives of our customers and communities while building the skills and experience that allow you to grow in a meaningful and rewarding way.
Start date: January 2027
Duration: 4, 8 or 12 months (12 months preferred)
Location: Toronto One York (required in-person twice a week)
When you join Sunlife Private Wealth, you will be part of a transformative journey to become a scalable, nimble, and client-centric organization with a sustainable business model. This role is crucial in meeting both current client expectations and responding to future market demands. Reporting to the Manager, Data and Analytics, the Data Analyst Co-op will be responsible for maintaining analytical solutions for the Sunlife Private Wealth team. As a member of the Data and Analytics team, the Data Analyst is integral to the success of the team. The role is responsible for maintaining existing reports, dashboards, and documentation. The successful candidate will also participate in a range of data and analytics initiatives across Sunlife Private Wealth by supporting testing and validation activities.
What you will do:
- Maintain existing data assets and ensure timely delivery to business partners
- Support the creation of data visualizations, dashboards, and reports
- Maintain business requirements documentation, source to target mappings, and other data & analytics related documentation
- Maintain automated reporting on key performance metrics (KPIs) and scorecard metrics using Tableau
- Support testing and validation of data assets
Who you will be working with:
This role involves collaboration across various regions, including Ireland, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bermuda, Asia, and the US. The successful candidate will work closely with multiple Sun Life High Net Worth teams and leaders across main functions, such as Strategic Delivery, Technology, Product Development, Operations, Finance, Actuarial, Risk, and Compliance. This position requires a versatile and adaptable individual who can navigate the diverse needs and perspectives of stakeholders in different countries and functions to drive the organization's data and analytics objectives. This opportunity is available to students with an April 2027 or later graduation date.
What you need to succeed:
- Pursuing a bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, engineering, or a related field
- Experience writing SQL queries to analyze data
- Experience with VBA and building Excel macros
- Comfortable learning new applications and processes quickly with minimal direction
- Data analysis/visualization using MS Excel
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking abilities
- Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- Able to consistently meet deadlines
- Strong self-motivation and ability to work independently
What will be good to have?
- Knowledge of Insurance or Financial Services industry
- Data visualization/dashboarding with Tableau
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, R
- Experience working in an Agile environment
What is in it for you?
At Sun Life, you will be joining a purpose-driven organization focused on helping Canadians achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. As a student, you'll make a real impact by contributing to meaningful work, gaining valuable experience, and actively working towards your team's goals. You'll join our unique student culture, designed to help you grow both personally and professionally beyond your role. We offer professional development workshops, student awards, socials, and many more exciting opportunities. We are honored to be recognized as Canada's Best Employers for Recent Graduates and Canada's Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work in 2025. Your student journey is just the beginning, and we're proud to help many who choose Sun Life transition into permanent roles after graduation.
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.
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.
We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Student, Data Analyst in Toronto employer: Sun Life
Sun Life is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, making it an ideal place for a Product Owner to thrive. With a strong focus on employee growth, you will have access to continuous learning opportunities and the chance to work alongside talented professionals in a hybrid environment that promotes work-life balance. Located in a vibrant city, Sun Life offers unique advantages such as competitive benefits and a commitment to enhancing the digital experience for Advisors and Firms, ensuring your contributions are meaningful and impactful.
