Associate, Corporate Development
Role Overview
The Corporate Development Associate evaluates and helps drive strategic initiatives across Sun Life’s business.
The role supports growth strategies across Sun Life’s global business.
The source states that the role is based in Toronto and requires regular presence at the Toronto One York offices, with hybrid flexibility in preapproved circumstances.
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Role overview
The Corporate Development Associate evaluates and helps drive strategic initiatives across Sun Life’s business.
The role supports growth strategies across Sun Life’s global business.
The source states that the role is based in Toronto and requires regular presence at the Toronto One York offices, with hybrid flexibility in preapproved circumstances.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate mergers, acquisitions, sales, minority investments, joint ventures, partnerships, and other strategic opportunities.
- Support transaction lifecycles and manage cross-functional due diligence to identify risks and mitigants.
- Prepare evaluation and approval materials for senior leaders, including strategic, financial, and risk analysis.
- Build financial models for valuation, transaction analysis, and strategic planning.
- Conduct industry and market research and competitive benchmarking.
- Perform ad hoc analyses for business planning and strategic projects.
- Maintain comparable-company and precedent-transaction databases.
- Mentor analysts and support their professional development.
Qualifications
- Three to five years of relevant experience, such as investment banking, corporate development, M&A, or actuarial transaction advisory.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, commerce, actuarial science, or a related field.
- Proficient in complex financial modeling, including merger models and discounted cash flow models.
- Strong knowledge of capital budgeting, financial statement analysis, and valuation methods.
- Knowledge of Canadian life insurance financial reporting and actuarial valuation.
- High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; strong communication, project management, organization, collaboration, ethics, and integrity.
Preferred skills
- Progress toward or completion of CFA, CBV, CPA, FSA, or FCIA designations is an asset.
- Bloomberg, Capital IQ, or similar tools are preferred.
- Aptitude for learning and applying relevant AI tools is preferred.
Other requirements
Ability to work across time zones while managing competing priorities and deadlines.
Travel may be required according to business needs.
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