Manager, Third Party Risk Management CoE

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About the role

  • Third-party risk manager strengthening Sun Life’s enterprise risk practices across financial services operations. Coordinating governance, incident management, reporting, technology enhancements, and regulatory support.

Responsibilities

  • Support the CoE leader with enterprise alignment of third-party risk processes, standards, and practices
  • Develop practical guidance, tools, and process improvements
  • Provide guidance, training, and clear communication to Business Group teams, Relationship Managers, and stakeholders
  • Provide day-to-day support to Corporate Business Group through leadership and guidance
  • Coordinate third-party incident management information gathering and help prepare responses for enterprise or regulatory requests
  • Analyze and report on third-party risk data, trends, issues, key performance indicators, and data quality matters
  • Support enhancements to third-party risk management technology, including business requirements, testing, reporting, workflow improvements, and user guidance
  • Contribute to quality assurance, issue identification, remediation tracking, and continuous improvement
  • Support initiatives to enhance the Third Party Risk Management program
  • Work with Business Group TPRM teams, subject matter experts, and second-line partners across the third-party lifecycle

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in third-party risk management, operational risk, compliance, audit, or a related field, ideally within a major Federally Regulated Financial Institution
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Strong understanding of third-party risk management principles, including risk identification, assessment, monitoring, reporting, governance, and issue management
  • Knowledge of operational resilience, privacy, information security, subcontractor and concentration risk
  • Experience working with risk, governance, or workflow technology platforms; ServiceNow or third-party risk management tools is an asset
  • Experience and proficiency with Excel, including Pivot tables and V/X-look ups, and Tableau for creating dashboards
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to explain complex risk concepts clearly
  • Ability to build trusted relationships, influence without direct authority, and work effectively across Business Groups, subject matter experts and lines of defence
  • Strong organizational skills with ability to manage competing priorities, support change, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a complex environment
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy and ability to apply responsible AI practices, including effective use of approved tools, critical review of AI-generated outputs, and awareness of related risks and controls
  • Experience in a financial services or OSFI regulated environment is preferred
  • Professional certification such as CISA, CIA, CTPRP, CTPRA, or equivalent is an asset

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment
  • A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
  • 20 vacation days per year
  • Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
  • Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
  • The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
  • Access to our Global Learning Centre, available 24/7 for your learning needs
  • Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical and financial
  • Eligible employees participate in various discretionary incentive plans

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

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

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

ServiceNowTableau

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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