Job Description: - We are seeking a Senior Associate, Finance Data Analytics & Insights to join our Toronto-based finance data team. This role sits at the centre of SLC Management's finance data vision and acts as the bridge between the business and our data infrastructure - translating what leaders need into how data is structured, governed, and reported, and then turning that data into executive-ready analytics and insight.
- The successful candidate will own data that underpins accurate and timely external financial and non-financial reporting, generate the management reporting and metrics our leadership team uses to run and optimize the business, and lead initiatives to automate and streamline our end-to-end finance data operations.
- This is deliberately a well-rounded mandate. We are looking for someone with genuine business acumen and an understanding of alternative asset management, who is equally comfortable in a room with senior leaders and in the details of a data model. The role carries direct management accountability, including coaching and development. We welcome candidates from a range of backgrounds - finance, data and analytics, engineering, investment banking, private equity, or consulting.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:- Business partnership and translation - Act as the bridge between finance and business stakeholders and our data and technology teams, gathering requirements, defining use cases, and translating business questions into data and reporting solutions that actually get used
- Data management and integrity - Own and maintain the finance and non-finance data that underpins external reporting, including data structure, classifications, lineage, quality checks, and reconciliation across business units
- Management reporting - Produce and continuously improve the management reporting package and metrics used by the SLC leadership team, including alignment of classifications and streamlining of the package
- Analytics and insight generation - Move beyond reporting to identify trends, variances, and drivers; deliver clear, executive-ready analysis and recommendations rather than data dumps
- Visualization and BI - Build, enhance, and maintain Power BI dashboards and self-serve reporting; support rollout and adoption across business units
- FP&A systems and data platforms - Support implementation and ongoing use of enterprise planning and data platforms, including the migration of our data warehouse and implementation of future FP&A enterprise tools
- Automation and GenAI - Identify and implement opportunities to automate and streamline finance data operations end-to-end, including the application of GenAI-based approaches such as a chatbot enabling leaders to engage directly with our finance data repository
- Controls environment - Maintain a strong controls mindset over finance data, ensuring accuracy, completeness, auditability, and appropriate review across reporting processes
- Executive communication - Prepare clear, well-structured presentations and written analysis for senior finance and business leaders
- Cross-functional collaboration - Maintain strong working relationships with affiliate finance teams, SLC IT, Sun Life IT, and SLC Finance functions
- People leadership - Manage, coach, and develop junior team members, setting clear standards for analytical quality and attention to detail
- Project delivery - Run and support multiple concurrent initiatives against tight timelines, sequencing work and keeping stakeholders informed
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED:- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
- Approximately 4-7 years of relevant experience; we welcome varied backgrounds including corporate finance or FP&A, data and analytics, engineering, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting
- Experience in or demonstrated understanding of asset management, alternative investments, or financial services is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining dashboards and reporting in a BI/visualization tool, ideally Power BI
- Comfort working with databases and structured data environments (e.g., SQL, data warehouse platforms such as Snowflake); hands-on experience with enterprise FP&A or planning tools (e.g., OneStream, Anaplan, Hyperion) is an asset
- Practical experience applying generative AI tools (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot or comparable platforms) to improve analysis, reporting, or productivity is preferred; genuine curiosity to apply them more rigorously is essential
- Coding exposure (e.g., Python, SQL, VBA, or similar) is helpful but not strictly required - we care more about aptitude and willingness to learn
- Strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is required, including the ability to build executive-quality presentation materials
- Experience preparing analysis or materials for senior stakeholders
- Prior mentorship or people leadership experience is an asset
- CPA, CFA, or relevant data/analytics certifications are a nice to have, not a requirement
PREFERRED SKILLS:- Business acumen - a strong understanding of alternative asset management is critical; knows how the business makes money, what drives AUM, fees, and margin, and why a given number matters to a leader
- Data translation - able to move fluidly between a business conversation and a data model, and to explain technical concepts in plain language to non-technical audiences
- Intellectual curiosity - asks why, digs into root causes, and proactively seeks to understand the business, the data, and new tools
- Technology focus - genuinely energized by technology and continuously looking for better, faster, more reliable ways to do things
- Generative AI fluency - comfort applying GenAI to analytical, reporting, and workflow problems, with the judgement to validate outputs and apply appropriate controls
- Analytical rigour - structured problem solver who works accurately with large and imperfect datasets and can defend their conclusions
- Streamlining and automation - ability to engineer process transformation and automation of key workflows
- Exceptional attention to detail - produces accurate, internally consistent, reporting-grade work; understands that this data feeds external disclosure
- Communication and presentation - strong written and verbal skills, with the ability to build compelling, executive-ready materials and present with confidence to senior stakeholders
- Self-starter - takes ownership, sets their own direction, and drives work to completion without close supervision
- Works through ambiguity - comfortable with open-ended problems, incomplete information, and evolving requirements; frames the problem and moves forward
- Controls mindset - instinctively builds in checks, documentation, and review
- Collaboration and influence - builds credibility across finance, technology, and business unit teams and influences without direct authority
- Coaching - invests in developing junior talent and raising the standard of the work around them
- Integrity and discretion - handles confidential and market-sensitive information with professionalism
Why SLC Management? - Opportunity to work for a growing global institutional asset manager
- Excellent benefits and wellness programs to support the three pillars of your well-being - mental, physical and financial - including generous vacation and sick time, market-leading maternity, parental and adoption leave top up program, a partially-paid sabbatical program and much more
- Pension, stock and savings programs with an employer-paid match to help build and enhance your future financial security
- A flexible work environment with a friendly, caring, collaborative and inclusive culture focused on career growth development #WeWinAsATeam
- The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
SLC Management is a regulated business, and this means that there are certain financial reporting and trading preclearance requirements for all employees. Successful candidates will be required to declare personal investment accounts and securities investments as well as seek preclearance on future transactions including those of household members.
Job Category: Finance
Salary Range80,000/80 000 - 128,000/128 000
We are committed to pay transparency and equity. The base salary range for this role is competitive and we strive to ensure that compensation is fair and equitable. Your actual base salary will be determined by your unique skills, qualifications, experience, education, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award based on individual and overall business performance along with a broad range of competitive benefits.
