Sun Life Financial

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.   Job Description: This is a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced lawyer to join Sun Life’s Group and CXO legal team as an AVP & Managing Counsel. The successful candidate will primarily support our group retirement services (GRS) business at a senior level and provide support for our group benefits and client experience office business units. Sun Life’s group businesses serve the needs of Canadians by providing retirement and savings plan asset administrative services, and life and health insurance benefits and administrative services.   This role is a hybrid role and will report to the VP & Associate General Counsel, Group Benefits, Group Retirement Services and CXO. The successful candidate will have a strategic mindset, strong business acumen and client focus. They will be strategic, resourceful, resilient, proactive, adaptable, and collaborative. This is a great and unique opportunity to work on complex and interesting files with a dynamic and collaborative team.   What will you do? Be a leader within the GRS legal team, providing support and guidance to other Group legal team members supporting GRS legal work Manage, lead and develop counsel-level lawyers supporting GRS Provide strategic, proactive, timely and effective legal support to management, client-facing, and administrative teams that serve our group plan sponsor clients and their plan members across Canada on a broad range of matters Provide strategic legal advice on plan administration, plan design, new product development, and marketing materials Provide support and advice on digital and data influenced initiatives Negotiate and draft a variety of both simple and complex contractual arrangements Lead legal team advice on new legislation and regulatory requirements in the financial services industry applicable to GRS   What do you need to succeed? A member in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario with ideally at least 10 years of private practice and/or in-house experience Able to advise on applicable industry and regulatory trends Able to engage, lead and influence others Proactive and a self-starter Able to handle and distill complex problems and apply analytical and creative thinking to provide innovative solutions and manage risk Able to collaborate, gain trust of team members and business partners at all levels, and explain complex topics using simple language Able to take a risk-based approach to prioritize work Proven experience in advising senior leaders on and managing complex ideas and files Group pensions and insurance law experience is essential for this role Tax law experience considered a strong asset   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.   Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.   Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.   At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.   We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.