AVP, Dental Expense Management

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.

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:

The AVP Dental Expense Management drives financial discipline across the Dental Business Unit, partnering closely with the Dental Leadership and other areas in Finance. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the financial planning processes across U.S. IT, the Business Units we support, DBTS and Finance.

The AVP will manage spend/expense throughout the year by creating and supporting financial reporting and analysis, providing deep transparency to the Dental leadership team as well as Finance leaders. We are seeking a strategic, innovative, solution-oriented leader who will drive best-in-class financial management practices.

The role will serve as a senior leader accountable to various stakeholders for managing expenses in the Dental Business Unit. This role must have the ability to work with a high level of autonomy and apply industry leading knowledge, skills, tools and techniques in order to exceed stakeholder needs and expectations.

How you will contribute:

• Ensure all spend/expense plans/budgets align with strategic business and financial plans in the Dental Business Unit
• Manage and monitor spending as it occurs to ensure alignment with budget; work across the Dental Business Unit to identify variances and opportunities to course correct to re-align with financial plan
• Provide financial modeling and forecasting to enable financial decision making
• Consult, advise, and guide the creation of business cases to demonstrate financial viability of investments
• Build and implement monitoring, and reporting of expected benefit realization to create accountability for delivering on anticipated results that flows through financial reporting
• Quantify and manage stranded costs resulting from M&A activity or other business decisions
• Manage the expense allocation process to facilitate segment financial reporting, as well as information for pricing decisions at the segment and Client level
• Foster a culture that continually evaluates people, process and solutions for improvement
• Fulfill employee and Client needs with a world class experience
• Lead with purpose, passion, and a winning attitude
• Prioritize competing responsibilities while remaining focused on the big picture
• Create and cultivate a culture of partnership, while seeking opportunities to improve productivity and drive efficiencies
• Remain focused on big picture and prioritize competing responsibilities
• Provide solutions and continuous improvement opportunities to efficiently solve problems and provide critical thinking skills
• Listen and effectively communicate with clarity, precision and transparency
• Naturally lead and command authority; influence and inspire across a matrixed organization (i.e. without control or positional authority)

What you will bring with you:

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Accounting/Finance with 10 - 15 years of relevant accounting experience in the insurance or financial service industries
• Proven track record as a results oriented, innovative leader that collaborates across organizations, manages outcomes, builds effective relationships and successfully drives change
• Strategic Agility - Able to make critical connections across the organization in order to anticipate end-to-end impacts and to identify opportunities for scale and continuous improvement
• Demonstrate proven capability to be disciplined and flexible at the same time

• Strong leadership skills with proven ability to effectively influence, inspire, negotiate, engage and hold others accountable at all levels of a large, complex organization
• Natural ability to lead and command authority; influence and inspire across a matrixed organization (i.e. without control or positional authority)
• Must be able to effectively listen and communicate at all levels at Sun Life in order to influence decisions with internal and external clients; Communicates direction, vision, and strategy to engage team, peers, and management with clarity, precision and transparency
• Proven ability to work with a high level of autonomy and apply industry leading knowledge, skills, tools and techniques in order to exceed stakeholder needs and expectations and transformationally change culture
• Proven ability to take complex problems and provide simplified solutions; superb problem solving and critical thinking skills with thorough attention to detail
• Must be able to successfully drive and operationalize large and complex transformational change and influence behavior and business outcomes without direct organizational authority
• Proven ability to set a positive tone and lead by example
• Ability to make connections across the organization in order to create scale and efficiency
• Self-aware, takes action to build trust and credibility; holds things together and acts as a settling influence during tough times
• Manages complexity and ambiguity well; maintains momentum by managing dilemmas
• Demonstrates courage by deciding and acting in the face of uncertainty
• Exercises independent and fair consensus-building skills when conflicts arise
• Strong technical skills in Sun Life financial reporting platforms

Do you see yourself in this role even if you haven’t checked all the boxes above? We welcome all talented candidates and are committed to a culture that represents diversity in all forms. If you think you might thrive in this setting, we would love to hear from you.

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Life is brighter when you work at Sun Life

• Excellent benefits and wellness programs to support the three pillars of your well-being – mental, physical and financial – including generous vacation and sick time, market-leading paid family, parental and adoption leave, a partially-paid sabbatical program, medical plans, company paid life and AD&D insurance as well as disability programs and more
• Retirement and Stock Purchase programs to help build and enhance your future financial security including a 401(k) plan with an employer-paid match as well as an employer-funded retirement account
• A flexible work environment with a friendly, caring, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the U.S.
• Named as a “Top 10” employer by the Boston Globe's “Top Places to Work” two years running

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Salary Range: $159,400 - $255,000

At our company, we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The salary range for this role is competitive nationwide, and we strive to ensure that compensation is fair and equitable. Your actual base salary will be determined based on your unique skills, qualifications, experience, education, and geographic location. In addition to your base salary, this position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award based on your individual performance as well as the overall performance of the business. We are dedicated to creating a work environment where everyone is rewarded for their contributions.

We consider various factors in determining actual pay including your skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition to salary, this position is eligible for incentive awards based on individual and business performance as well as a broad range of competitive benefits.

Sun Life Financial is a leading provider of group insurance benefits in the U.S., helping people protect what they love about their lives. More than just a name, Sun Life symbolizes our brand promise of making life brighter -for our customers, partners, and communities. Join our talented, diverse workforce and launch a rewarding career. Visit us at www.sunlife.com/us to learn more.

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.

Our Affirmative Action Program affirms our commitment to make reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitation of otherwise-qualified individuals with disabilities or special disabled veterans, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Please email thebrightside@sunlife.com to request an accommodation.

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.