Data & Reporting Analyst Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,IT/Tech

Job#: 3034365

Job Description:

Data Reporting Analyst

Apex Systems is a global IT services provider and our consulting practice has an opening for a Data Reporting Analyst with strong analytical, communication skills and attention to detail to place at our client, a Big Five Bank for an important and growing project.

Client: Big Five Bank – Data Reporting

Terms: 6 month rolling contract.

Perks: Be part of an internationally recognized organization and a highly cohesive, friendly, high performance team!

Location: Halifax/Bedford (Primary), Toronto GTA (Secondary) - Hybrid (4 days/week in office)

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Job Summary:

A large enterprise organization is building a centralized Data Hub to enable enterprise reporting and self-service analytics.

This role will focus on delivering reporting solutions, semantic data models, and business insights, while supporting a transition toward a self-service analytics model across business units.

The organization operates in a decentralized BI tooling environment, with teams leveraging a mix of Tableau, Power BI, and Excel.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and data models for business stakeholders

Build semantic data models within the data warehouse (PostgreSQL / Snowflake)
Emphasis on modeling within the data layer rather than only in BI tools

Create and optimize:
Views
Data structures
Business logic for reporting

Collaborate with stakeholders to:
Refine requirements
Iterate on reporting solutions
Translate business needs into actionable insights

Support the transition to self-service analytics, including:
Providing guidance and best practices to business users
Assisting with troubleshooting and escalations

Perform data manipulation within BI tools:
DAX (Power BI)
Calculated fields (Tableau)

Contribute to data visualization and storytelling best practices
Advise on effective presentation of insights
Support business-led report design and UX decisions

Technical Requirements

Strong SQL skills

Experience developing dashboards using:
Tableau and Power BI (preferred both)
Preference hierarchy:
Both >
Tableau only >
Power BI only

Experience with semantic data modeling within a data warehouse
Not limited to BI-layer modeling

Hands-on experience with:
DAX
Calculated fields
Data transformation within BI tools

Familiarity with PostgreSQL and/or Snowflake (preferred)

Soft Skills & Profile

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities across business units

Patient and collaborative, with a focus on enabling business users

Naturally curious and eager to learn

Passion for data storytelling and analytics enablement

Comfortable working in an environment evolving toward self-service and ad-hoc analytics

This a great opportunity to join a Big Five Bank and continue your career in the financial domain. Be a part of a great work environment with a very well organized team and colleagues who will help you succeed.

This is a position that impacts the bank enterprise wide with great opportunity for career growth within the bank.

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