Business Analyst – Analytics​/MIS​/Reporting

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: 3 Months

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Business Analyst - Analytics/ MIS/ Reporting to effectively manage and prioritize multiple business initiatives, projects and ad-hoc reporting needs with business stakeholders and/or external partners/consultants. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

• Lead the creation of daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting of business results to senior management and other stakeholders within the Insurance team including Sales, Distribution, Finance, Actuarial
• Development of KPI packages/dashboards including Executive Reporting to meet the needs of the business.
• Work closely with incumbent’s Sr. manager and other business partners to provide timely and actionable insights on business performance vs. plan and/or other benchmarks.
• Automate and develop MIS & Reporting of results of the Insurance Business using multiple databases and mainframe. Ensure optimal processes are established to produce timely and accurate reports on financial metrics for senior management.
• Lead integration of new data feeds through new product launch, emerging technologies or other business strategies/initiatives ensuring timely availability of information for reporting and/or analytics.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders in the Insurance department to plan and develop MIS to support information need for the business – e.g. financial, adjudication, channel, customer behavior reporting.
• Work closely with data warehouse and IT teams to manage development of analytical infrastructure comprising of databases, data infrastructure and analytical tools to provide sound infrastructure for reporting, portfolio management, analytics, segmentation and statistical modeling. Ensure data enhancement initiatives are appropriately prioritized and implemented on time and budget.
• Ensure all systems and analytical infrastructure used for reporting and analytics have accurate information and are available to business users with minimum downtime. Work closely with IT, data warehouse or other internal/external partners to resolve issues around data accuracy or systems availability.
• Lead automation of reports on an ongoing basis to increase productivity, efficiency and accuracy of MIS ensuring business stakeholders are minimizing time spent on repetitive or manual tasks.
• Engage in high impact technology projects to provide subject matter expertise with respect to data architecture, systems integration and application design. Ensure integration of new advanced analytical tools into the analytical infrastructure.
• Continuously acquire and enhance knowledge of business/product strategies, reporting tools, technical processes and advanced analytical tools/methodologies to best provide business solutions to all key constituents.

• 3-4 years’ experience in Analytics or MIS/Reporting within financial or insurance industry.
• 3-4+ years’ experience in programming, application development and/or data warehousing
• Strong working knowledge of Power BI
• Strong knowledge and proficiency with building models and data infrastructures - data mining, data profiling, modeling, cleansing, enriching as well as extract, transform, load (ETL) solutions and scripting
• Excel programming and Microsoft Access skills including queries, forms, reports and macros

• Bilingual English - Spanish desired
• Detailed experience in Python, SQL, SAS, Unix, Mainframe
• Experience with Tableau is an asset
• Previous business line and banking experience is highly desirable
• Expert with dashboards, KPI, business metrics generation

• Strong communication skills essential with clients, vendors and management
• Strong prioritizing, planning, analytical, presentation, project management, people management and relationship building skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Finance, Economics or Statistics
• MBA (Finance or Marketing) - preferred

FP Inc. is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. In accordance with the requirements set out in the Employment Standards Act, FP Inc. hereby declares that AI is utilized in the screening process for this position. The hourly compensation range for this role is $30/hr -$44/hr we seek applicants with a wide range of abilities, and we provide an accessible candidate experience.

We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, colour, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.