Director, Sustainability Reporting and Disclosures

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:

Location: We support US flexible working arrangements in the contiguous 48 states, and for this role, we prefer a candidate in the Eastern time zone.   

At Sun Life, we look for optimistic people who want to make life brighter for our Clients. We understand the value of diverse cultures, perspectives, and identities, and want you to bring your full and authentic self to work. Every day, you’ll be empowered and challenged by working with dynamic colleagues to find new and innovative ways to make Sun Life the best benefits company in America.  

The opportunity:

Our ambition is to maximize our positive impact on society and the environment in support of our Purpose to help Clients achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. We are looking for a Director, Sustainability Reporting and Disclosures, who can use their passion for sustainability to demonstrate, through high-quality reporting and disclosures, Sun Life’s progress in embedding sustainability in everything we do to create competitive advantage for our business and have a positive impact on society.

Sustainability reporting and disclosures is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field with diverse stakeholders, requests and requirements. The Director, Sustainability Reporting and Disclosures will help: modernize our digital-first reporting approach across Sun Life’s suite of sustainability disclosures including the annual sustainability report; continue to deliver best-in-class sustainability reporting; identify gaps and develop insights within the reporting landscape to inform strategy enhancements; and stay on top of new and evolving expectations and developments.

As a leader on our Sustainability Reporting and Disclosures team, you’ll manage a team of high-performing individuals and work with colleagues from business groups and functions across Sun Life’s global operations to produce high-quality disclosures. An important component to the role will be to continuously enhance reporting practices with an eye to the future of reporting.

Our ideal candidate has strong people management expertise, analytical skills and experience managing multiple projects simultaneously. This is a hybrid role requiring presence at our 1 York office on a regular basis.

How you will contribute: 

• Lead the development of the annual sustainability report and stakeholder materiality assessment, including engagement with subject matter experts across the business

• Enhance our digital-first approach to reporting, driving opportunities to report sustainability progress to stakeholders throughout the year

• Lead the development of disclosures for a range of external assessments including MSCI, Sustainalytics, S&P Global, CDP and others

• Proactively identify opportunities and provide strategic guidance to enhance sustainability reporting practices to meet growing disclosure requirements and changing stakeholder views

• Influence and engage colleagues from business groups and functions across Sun Life’s global operations to enhance quality of disclosures

• Support the development of internal presentations to senior management and the Board of Directors

• Effectively communicate insights, ideas and strategies in a clear, compelling and concise manner (both written and verbal)

• Manage and develop a team of high performing individuals

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