Business Development Partner

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About the role

  • Sun Life Business Development Partner recruiting, onboarding, and coaching advisors. Supporting insurance and wealth practices across Laval, Blainville, and surrounding Quebec sectors.

Responsibilities

  • Recruit, onboard, train, develop, and coach developing advisors during their first four years
  • Help advisors establish their businesses and build holistic financial services practices covering life and health insurance and wealth products
  • Source advisor candidates through community contacts, referrals, and centres of influence
  • Support candidates with licensing studies, market identification, business planning, and joint client appointments
  • Oversee implementation of advisor onboarding plans
  • Conduct training on product knowledge, sales processes, and pre- and post-sales support
  • Coach advisors on prospecting, holistic practice development, cross-selling, sales cycles, business management, and related areas
  • Help advisors achieve financial and strategic objectives, including sales growth, productivity, and client engagement
  • Partner with head-office Centre of Excellence teams to support advisors
  • Monitor and track advisor activities and analyze data to generate business insights
  • Ensure compliant operations and required measures and activities
  • Ensure advisors are trained, licensed, registered, and following product suitability reviews
  • Escalate Client complaints and assess advisor investigations
  • Ensure advisor conduct aligns with the Advisor Agreement
  • Achieve recruiting and production metrics
  • Foster positive District culture through events, recognition programs, and meetings
  • Build Sun Life and local advisor community presence through events, activities, and sponsorships
  • Report to the District Manager and collaborate with district and regional teams

Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years of related experience within the financial services industry
  • Valid driver's license
  • Must hold a valid Life Insurance Agent’s license in the province your District is located
  • Must hold a valid Mutual Fund license or obtain it within the first 90 days
  • Must complete the Branch Manager’s Course Examination and satisfy the experience required to become registered as a mutual fund branch manager with the appropriate provincial securities commission within the first 6 months
  • Must be in good standing with applicable regulators
  • Business acumen, insurance and wealth product knowledge, and understanding of the market, competition, and industry
  • Strong sales management and business development skills
  • Strong prospecting and recruitment skills
  • Strong mentoring, coaching, performance management, and influencing skills
  • Problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills
  • Strong written, verbal, presentation, communication, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to support advisors in defining and accessing target markets
  • Previous experience leading sales teams
  • Forward-thinking and goal-oriented, with focus on achieving targets
  • Strong working knowledge of the regulatory environment
  • Ability to manage a successful performance management process in a sales culture
  • Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development
  • Bilingualism in French and English, oral and written, required
  • Proficiency with Salesforce.com, financial planning software, and Microsoft applications
  • Professional designation(s) in financial services, previous advisor experience, and previous people leadership experience are assets

Benefits

  • Work within a high-performance culture and be recognized for your achievements
  • Supportive, collaborative working environment
  • Opportunity to launch a rewarding career with a talented and diverse workforce
  • Health, wellness, and work/life balance focus
  • Continuous improvement culture
  • Attractive compensation package
  • Sales incentive plan with industry-leading incentive payout opportunities
  • Flexible work options, including working from the office and virtually based on business, Client, and individual needs
  • Accommodation support for persons with disabilities
  • AI-supported candidate sourcing, screening, and interview scheduling

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

CA$80,000 - CA$128,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Tech skills

SFDC

Location requirements

HybridLavalCanada

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