Data Analyst, Finance & Operations

Plan Canada International; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 73,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Plan International Canada is seeking a Senior Manager, Insights and Analytics (Operations and International Programs) to lead data-driven reporting and analytics across Finance and Operations. The role focuses on modernizing reporting, data migration, and building trustworthy data platforms with stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Product, and Analytics.

You will develop Power BI reports, work with SQL, Snowflake, and GP ERP data, and ensure data quality while supporting rapid

Qualifications

• Successfully delivered reporting, analytics, or data migration work supporting Finance, Operations, or similar business functions.
• Demonstrated experience investigating data quality issues and implementing durable corrective actions.
• Delivered data models, dashboards, or analytical solutions that improved visibility into business performance and reduced manual effort.
• Worked effectively across multiple stakeholder groups, translating business requirements into technical solutions.
• Contributed to technology modernization, system migration, or reporting transformation initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Produced clear technical and business documentation that enabled sustainable support and knowledge transfer.
• Managed multiple competing priorities while maintaining strong accuracy and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support Finance and Operations stakeholders through report development, enhancements, troubleshooting, and data analysis.
• Assist with Finance and GP (Great Plains) data migration and modernization initiatives, including validation, testing, reconciliation, and documentation activities.
• Maintain and support legacy reporting solutions and recurring business processes, including troubleshooting production issues and investigating data discrepancies.
• Develop and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, SQL queries, and data models to support decision-making.
• Work with Snowflake, ERP, and operational datasets to improve reporting reliability, traceability, and accessibility.
• Support user acceptance testing, data validation, and release activities associated with reporting and data platform initiatives.
• Create and maintain documentation including business rules, data mappings, report specifications, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with Finance, Technology, Product, and Analytics team members to ensure consistent definitions and trustworthy reporting outputs.
• Provide overflow support for T&C reporting and other operational analytics priorities as required.

Skills

Data analysis

Reporting

Data migration

Data quality

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Power BI Paginated Reports

SSIS

Snowflake

GP ERP data

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The Position

Be Part of Plan Canada’s Digital Journey

Plan Canada is in a period of change with a new emphasis on digital which is centred around 4 key elements:

• People: The right people with the right skills focused on creating value for all stakeholders by leveraging the tools available to them.
• Processes: Efficient internal processes to improve service delivery and external processes focused on creating high-calibre constituent experiences across all channels
• Data: Leverage data-driven insights to drive faster decision-making to be agile in delivery
• Technology: Leverage systems and tools that support innovation and impactful experiences for our constituents and enable our staff to operate as efficiently as possible

Supporting both our Digital Journey initiative and existing IT operations, Plan Canada is looking for a highly motivated and committed team member capable of working in a dynamic environment with time-sensitive requests and multiple work streams running in parallel.

The Data Analyst (Finance & Operations) will provide temporary capacity to support key business and technology initiatives currently led by the Operations & Finance analytics team. This role will focus on financial and operational reporting, legacy system support, data migration activities, and stakeholder-facing analytics work.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support Finance and Operations stakeholders through report development, enhancements, troubleshooting, and data analysis.
• Assist with Finance and GP (Great Plains) data migration and modernization initiatives, including validation, testing, reconciliation, and documentation activities.
• Maintain and support legacy reporting solutions and recurring business processes, including troubleshooting production issues and investigating data discrepancies.
• Develop and maintain Power BI reports, dashboards, SQL queries, and data models to support decision-making.
• Work with Snowflake, ERP, and operational datasets to improve reporting reliability, traceability, and accessibility.
• Support user acceptance testing, data validation, and release activities associated with reporting and data platform initiatives.
• Create and maintain documentation including business rules, data mappings, report specifications, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with Finance, Technology, Product, and Analytics team members to ensure consistent definitions and trustworthy reporting outputs.
• Provide overflow support for T&C reporting and other operational analytics priorities as required.

What success looks like?

• Finance and Operations stakeholders receive timely, accurate reporting and analytical support.
• Critical Finance and GP migration activities are completed with strong data quality and reconciliation controls.
• Production issues and data discrepancies are investigated and resolved quickly.
• Reporting assets are documented, maintainable, and aligned with organizational standards.
• Operational processes become less dependent on manual effort through automation and improved data architecture.
• Stakeholders have confidence in the accuracy and consistency of reporting outputs.
• Knowledge is captured and transferred effectively, reducing operational risk.

As our ideal candidate you will have:

• Successfully delivered reporting, analytics, or data migration work supporting Finance, Operations, or similar business functions.
• Demonstrated experience investigating data quality issues and implementing durable corrective actions.
• Delivered data models, dashboards, or analytical solutions that improved visibility into business performance and reduced manual effort.
• Worked effectively across multiple stakeholder groups, translating business requirements into technical solutions.
• Contributed to technology modernization, system migration, or reporting transformation initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Produced clear technical and business documentation that enabled sustainable support and knowledge transfer.
• Managed multiple competing priorities while maintaining strong accuracy and attention to detail.

Technical Environment

The following skills are required:

• Power BI Paginated Reports (RDL) or SQL server Reporting services (SSRS)
• SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Snowflake
• Data validation and reconciliation
• ETL and data integration concepts

Experience with the following would be considered an asset:

• Power BI
• Financial and operational reporting
• ERP data (GP, SAP, or similar platforms)

Plan International Canada is a hybrid workplace. You will work from the office and from home.

The salary range for this position is anticipated to be between $ 73,000 and $ 91,000. We comprehensively evaluate a variety of factors to determine fair compensation, including experience, specific job-related skills, and relevant educational or professional training. Additionally, we ensure that compensation is equitable across our team and aligns with current market trends. This role also qualifies for an extensive benefits package and generous paid time off.

Plan International Canada hires based on merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community and to providing an inclusive workplace. Plan International Canada especially welcomes applications from Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women, persons of all sexual orientations and genders, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.

If you have a disability that may affect your ability to perform in a role in which you are interested, we will be happy to discuss with you what adjustments or arrangements we can make to accommodate your needs. If your disability is likely to affect you adversely within the application process itself, please let us know (as soon as you feel comfortable to do so) by emailing [e-mail] so that we can consider any adjustments to the process that will allow you to be considered fairly for the role.

Consistent with our Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy, the successful candidate must receive clearance by a police background check, including the vulnerable sector screen.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Canada for the duration of the work term. Proof of eligibility will be required.

What can you expect from joining a leading organization in the global movement to advance children’s rights and equality for girls?

Plan International Canada is the first non-profit organization to ever be inducted into Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures Hall of Fame by Waterstone Human Capital. Here’s why: together, we have created a climate of trust and inclusivity – where diversity in people, ideas and approaches is not only respected, it’s encouraged.

We remain agile amid an ever-changing global landscape. Though we continue to evolve, our mission and strategic ambitionwill not change – and our work has never been so imperative.We will never stop believing in the multiplying power of girls and that every child deserves that right to learn, lead, decide and thrive. Our future success will be founded upon Plan International Canada’s 80+ year history of focusing on our mission, ourcore values, responding to challenges and seizing opportunities with purpose, relevance and impact.