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About the role
- Sun Life Canada compliance executive overseeing regulatory risk across insurance and wealth businesses. Advising executives and boards while leading compliance programs and teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead the independent Compliance function for Sun Life Canada
- Serve as Senior Compliance Officer, promoting, facilitating, monitoring, and assessing compliance with regulatory requirements and enterprise standards
- Establish, maintain, and enhance a risk-based regulatory compliance management framework
- Advise and challenge executive leadership, governance committees, and business leaders on compliance, fraud, regulatory, reputational, and conduct matters
- Monitor emerging regulatory developments and industry trends and influence business strategies
- Build relationships with regulators, industry bodies, and enterprise partners
- Oversee governance, monitoring, testing, reporting, and escalation processes
- Partner with business and oversight functions to strengthen risk management and regulatory awareness
- Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing compliance team
- Provide independent advice to senior management and the Board on regulatory issues, compliance risks, and framework effectiveness
Requirements
- Deep expertise in regulatory compliance and OSFI’s E-13 requirements
- Strong knowledge of governance, risk management, regulatory affairs, and Canada’s insurance and wealth regulatory environment
- Proven track record implementing data automation and AI projects
- Ability to interpret complex regulatory requirements, assess business impacts, and influence strategic decisions
- Demonstrated executive leadership and experience building, leading, and developing high-performing teams
- Strong relationship management and influencing skills with executives, regulators, governance committees, and stakeholders
- Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities
- Excellent communication and executive presence
- Working knowledge of the Insurance Companies Act, provincial Insurance Act, Securities Act, PCMLTFA and Regulations, OSFI Guidelines, E-13, and CSA National Instruments
- Undergraduate degree required
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, Audit, or related financial services
- Experience as a Compliance Officer preferred
- Significant experience leading large-scale compliance programs and regulatory oversight functions
- Experience in Wealth and Asset Management
- Demonstrated experience engaging with regulators, executive committees, and boards
- Proven success leading and developing large, highly skilled teams within complex organizations
Benefits
- Hybrid work with flexibility to work from the office and virtually
- Incentive plan eligibility, with payments subject to individual and company performance
- Supportive, flexible, and inclusive work environment
- Career development and opportunities to learn, grow, and succeed
- Accommodation support in the application process
- Alternative-format job postings available upon request
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