Job Description:The VP Finance, Global Technology oversees key financial and strategic investment items for Global Technology. This role will report to the SVP & CFO, Global Technology, Finance Strategy and Operations
The role is responsible for overseeing Enterprise-wide view of technology financial performance, investment priorities and value realization. The VP partners closely with Technology executives, Business Group Finance leaders, Procurement, and other corporate functions to ensure technology resources and investments are aligned to enterprise strategy and deliver sustainable business value.
The role operates across geographies, businesses and functions and requires the ability to influence decisions in a highly matrixed global financial-services environment.
Key Role Accountabilities- Act as the senior Finance partner and trusted advisor to Global Technology leadership.
- Lead the financial planning, forecasting, reporting and performance-management processes for Global Technology.
- Develop clear insights on technology cost, investment trends, risks and opportunities for senior management.
- Bring an enterprise perspective to decisions, balancing Technology priorities with the needs of individual businesses and geographies.
- Establish transparency into the Enterprise technology cost base and its key economic drivers.
- Provide insight into run versus change spend, workforce, vendors, infrastructure, software and major transformation investments.
- Partner with Technology leadership on productivity, modernization and transformation.
- Translate Technology strategies into clear financial implications, resource requirements and investment choices.
- Drive disciplined management of financial commitments and emerging risks.
- Provide financial leadership across the technology investment portfolio.
- Establish financial frameworks for evaluating and prioritizing competing investments including AI.
- Challenge investment assumptions, expected benefits, implementation costs and ongoing operating implications.
- Lead continued evolution of Enterprise technology cost allocation transparency and appropriate financial discipline.
- Ensure business leaders understand the services and technology capabilities driving their costs.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with the Business Group finance teams
- Build, attract and develop a strong and diverse team
- As the team and company grow, the responsibilities of this position may expand to adapt to changing organizational goals.
Key Skills & Attributes• Proven experience at building and developing a strong team
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and team building skills.
• Excellent oral, written and, presentation skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to influence the performance of others to deliver results.
- Excellent collaboration skills and the ability to collaborate and drive execution across functions and geographies.
• Ability to apply advanced financial concepts and capabilities across business activities.
• Proven experience leading in a matrix model with the ability to foster effective working relationships and negotiate solutions.
• Effective communication, negotiation, and conflict management skills.
• Effective change management, through impact and influence skills.
Education and Experience• Accounting Designation with 10+ years of experience in the financial management field in a senior leadership role or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven experience leading in a matrix model across multiple businesses, functions and geographies
- Experience with FP&A technology cost management, investment governance, allocation methodologies and/or large transformation portfolios.
• Experience operating within a large, complex, matrixed organization.
• Experience supporting senior executives and influencing decisions across business groups and geographies
• Demonstrated experience leading teams through change.
The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.
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 may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing, screening, interview scheduling.
Salary Range:195,000/195 000 - 270,000/270 000
Job Category:General Management
Posting End Date:22/11/2026
