Data Scientist

BDO Canada; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 74,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian professional services firm is looking for a Data Scientist specialized in Data Analytics & Visualization. The successful candidate will transform raw data into actionable insights, develop Power BI dashboards, and collaborate with various business teams. With a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field and advanced SQL skills, you will be pivotal in enhancing operational efficiency. This role offers a salary range of $74,000 to $112,000 and champions a culture of flexibility and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible benefits from day one

Market leading personal time off policy

Wellness initiatives reimbursement

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL with a demonstrated ability to write complex queries.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks for data engineering and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain advanced Power BI dashboards.
• Write complex SQL queries to clean and structure raw data.
• Develop and maintain curated data products.

Skills

Advanced proficiency in SQL

Expert-level skills in Power BI

Hands-on experience with Databricks

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Databricks

Job description

Putting people first, every day

BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a talented Data Scientist with a strong specialization in Data Analytics & Visualization to join our Innovation and Change team. This is a replacement role and is pivotal in transforming raw data into actionable insights that enhance operational efficiency, support audit, tax, and advisory engagements, and enable data-driven decision-making across the firm.

As a member of the Data Analytics team, you will not just analyze data—you will be responsible for the "last mile" of our data strategy: translating complex internal data into sophisticated, interactive dashboards and data products for business users across the organization. You will work directly within our Databricks lakehouse and SQL data warehouses to architect data models, curated datasets, and predictive tools that enable firmwide insight generation.

Key Responsibilities

• Dashboard Development: Design, build, and maintain advanced Power BI dashboards that track firm KPIs, workforce utilization, financial performance, and internal quality metrics. You will design user-friendly visualizations that present complex data in ways that are accessible to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Data Modeling & Transformation: Write complex SQL queries and utilize Databricks to clean, aggregate, and structure raw data for visualization and data product layers. You will be responsible for the ETL processes required to collect and transform large datasets for reporting, analytics, and predictive modeling use cases.
• Data Product Development & Maintenance: Design, build, and maintain curated data products—standardized, reusable, business‑ready datasets that serve as trusted sources of truth. Collaborate with business stakeholders to evolve data products based on emerging operational or analytical needs.
• Predictive Analytics & Modeling: Develop, test, and deploy predictive models to support firmwide decision-making and identify opportunities for optimization. Monitor and maintain model accuracy and effectiveness over time, ensuring ongoing performance alignment with business needs.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with internal Finance, HR, Market Intelligence and Business teams to gather requirements and translate non-technical business questions into visual data stories.
• Communication & Storytelling: Clearly communicate technical analysis and results to stakeholders using data visualizations, reports, and presentations, ensuring insights are actionable.
• Automation: Automate data refresh schedules and reporting workflows to replace manual Excel-based processes. Ensure end‑to‑end reliability, monitoring, and sustainability of automated pipelines.
• Governance: Ensure all internal data handling complies with our firm’s strict security, privacy, and compliance standards. Maintain documentation for data models, data products, predictive models, and analytical processes.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• SQL Mastery: Advanced proficiency in SQL (window functions, CTEs, stored procedures) with a demonstrated ability to write complex queries, optimize performance, and work with relational databases.
• Databricks: Hands‑on experience with Databricks for data engineering, modeling, and analysis.
• Power BI: Expert-level skills in Power BI, including DAX, Power Query (M), and managing workspaces/gateways.
• Communication: Strong ability to explain technical data insights to non-technical accounting and finance professionals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working within a Professional Services, Financial Services, or CPA firm environment is an asset.
• Knowledge of Python for statistical analysis or scripting outside of Databricks.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud services (Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake).
• Experience with predictive modeling or machine learning concepts.

The expected range of compensation for this role is $74,000 to $112,000.

Why BDO?

Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2026. This recognition is a milestone we’re thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

Our firm is committed to providing an environment where you can be successful in the following ways:

• We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada.
• We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development.
• We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community.

Giving back adds up: Where company meets community

BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community.

Total rewards that matter

We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a market leading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle.

Everyone counts

We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

Flexibility

All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place. Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. It’s about creating work experiences that meet everyone’s needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role.

Code of Conduct

Our Code of Conduct sets clear standards for how we conduct business. It reflects our shared values and commitments and includes guiding principles to help us make ethical decisions and maintain trust with each other, our clients, and the public.

Ready to make your mark at BDO?

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