Associate Director, Valuations SLC Management

SLC Management is a growing global asset management firm providing innovative and diversified investment solutions to institutional investors. We are breaking new ground with a full spectrum of solutions for a growing institutional client base of more than 1400 organizations. Our history of organic and strategic growth reflects this commitment with over CA$422/US$304 billion in assets under management (AUM). As a subsidiary of Sun Life we are aligned with one of the worlds leading financial services companies and benefit from the stability and strength of that relationship.

We are a performance-driven organization with a deliberate focus on fostering a development-focused inclusive culture revolving around our Core Values of being client obsessed valuing each other acting with speed and having an owners mindset. As part of our team you play a role in fulfilling our purpose and making a offer a rewarding work environment that is filled with opportunity for growth where you will be empowered to meet the challenges of a highly competitive landscape.

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SLC Management offers a mix of in-office and virtual work where our employees are empowered to do their best. Generally employees are expected to work three or more days in-office each week with flexibility depending on their business client and team needs.

Associate Director Valuations - SLC Management

What is in it for you:

The Associate Director Valuations is responsible for end-to-end valuation delivery and operational enablement across asset classes with a focus on valuation platforms vendor-provided pricing execution stability and issue resolution. This hands-on leadership role ensures accurate timely and consistent valuation outputs for Finance Risk and external clients while driving scalable processes and maintaining a strong control environment. The Director will collaborate with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners to resolve complex operational challenges and enable valuation teams to perform effectively at scale.

What you will do:

• Oversee daily and month-end valuation delivery across asset classes with accountability for accuracy timeliness and operational stability.
• Serve as a hands-on execution backstop for Asset Class Leads during periods of elevated risk complexity capacity constraint or system instability.
• Review and challenge valuation outputs for high-risk high-visibility or complex items before release.
• Own valuation platforms workflows and vendor-pricing integrations supporting fixed income exchange-traded products and complex instruments.
• Lead the implementation testing and stabilization of new valuation capabilities products and system enhancements in partnership with Technology and external providers.
• Drive remediation of recurring system issues pricing-feed failures and process breakdowns affecting valuation delivery.
• Act as the primary escalation point for cross-asset cross-system and other complex valuation issues.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of pricing challenges stale or missing prices and unexpected valuation movements.
• Design and oversee daily operational controls that proactively identify and mitigate valuation risk.
• Identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements that reduce manual effort and improve scalability.
• Manage and develop team members through execution support mentoring and technical guidance.
• Communicate valuation and operational issues clearly to senior management and other stakeholders.
• Partner with Valuation Governance Finance Risk and Audit by providing operational analysis audit support and comprehensive documentation

What you need to succeed:

• 5 years of experience in securities valuation valuation operations or a closely related financial-services role.
• Demonstrated experience owning processes platforms and operational delivery .
  Experience working with third-party valuation providers valuation systems and cross-functional business partners.
• Demonstrated ability to manage change resolve complex operational issues and deliver under tight deadlines.
• Leadership experience including managing mentoring and providing technical guidance to team members.

Preferred skills

• Strong knowledge of fixed income and third-party valuation vendor ecosystems.
• Experience with valuation and market-data platforms including Aladdin/BlackRock Bloomberg and vendor pricing feeds.
• Advanced Excel and analytical tooling skills.
• Strong business judgment analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
• Proven change-management skills and the ability to lead through complexity and tight deadlines.
  Self-motivated execution-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong relationship-building consensus-building and influencing skills across Front Office Technology Operations Finance Risk Governance and Audit.

Why SLC Management

• Opportunity to work for a growing global institutional asset manager
• 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 maternity parental and adoption leave top up program a partially-paid sabbatical program and much more
• Pension stock and savings programs with an employer-paid match to help build and enhance your future financial security
• A flexible work environment with a friendly caring collaborative and inclusive culture focused on career growth development #WeWinAsATeam
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• Award winning workplace culture - Great Place to Work Certified in Canada and the U.S. Best Places to Work by Glassdoor Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pension & Investments

SLC Management is a regulated business and this means that there are certain financial reporting and trading preclearance requirements for all employees. Successful candidates will be required to declare personal investment accounts and securities investments as well as seek preclearance on future transactions including those of household members.

Salary Range

We are committed to pay transparency and equity. The base salary range for this role is competitive and we strive to ensure that compensation is fair and equitable. Your actual base salary will be determined by your unique skills qualifications experience education and geographic addition to base salary this position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award based on individual and overall business performance along with a broad range of competitive benefits.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees feel they belong are supported and empowered to thrive. We are dedicated to building teams with varied experiences backgrounds perspectives and ideas that benefit our colleagues clients and the communities where we operate. We encourage applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing screening interview scheduling.

We will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations. 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 .

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.