Director, AI-Driven Analytics & Insights Strategy

CI Financial; Toronto; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training reimbursement

Professional designations

ESP plan

Discount program

Group benefits

Parental leave

Volunteer time off

Job summary

CI Financial, Toronto, is seeking a dynamic leader for the Director of Business Analytics and Insights to drive data-driven strategies and AI-enabled analytics across the organization.

You will lead a skilled analytics team, partner with business leaders, and shape analytics roadmaps to improve engagement, performance, and growth while ensuring data quality and compliance. This role offers a collaborative, in-office environment and extensive professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in business analytics and business intelligence within a B2B environment, ideally in financial services or asset management.
• Technical degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), statistical software (e.g., Python), and CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce); with a strong working knowledge and understanding of SQL.
• Demonstrated curiosity and hands-on experience evaluating, prototyping, and applying emerging AI, automation, and productivity technologies to solve business problems and drive innovation.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and modern data architectures.
• Exceptional leadership and people management abilities, with a focus on fostering a collaborative and results-driven team culture.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of conveying complex data and insights to executive teams, business leaders, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of business analytics professionals to deliver insights and actionable recommendations to business stakeholders and partners.
• Collaborate with business leaders and partners to understand priorities, challenges, and opportunities, using data to guide strategies that improve effectiveness, engagement, and outcomes.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders within the organization to ensure alignment and collaboration on business objectives.
• Present findings, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership and other key stakeholders in a clear and compelling manner, translating complex data into actionable reports and strategic plans.
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and relevant metrics to measure business performance, engagement, and operational activities. Continuously monitor, create dashboards, and report on these metrics, providing actionable insights to optimize outcomes.
• Drive the adoption of analytics, automation, and AI-enabled tools that enhance data accessibility, visualization, reporting, and decision support. Work closely with IT and D&A functions to ensure high data quality, appropriate controls, and compliance.
• Identify, prioritize, and help implement AI use cases that improve business analytics, automate manual reporting, accelerate insight generation, and support more proactive decision-making across stakeholder groups and business partners.
• Continuously identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and innovation within the analytics function, including ways to use AI to reduce manual effort and improve speed, consistency, and quality of insights.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in business analytics, AI, automation, and data products.
• Foster a culture of innovation by actively exploring emerging AI technologies, analytics tools, and automation capabilities, and translate concepts into scalable solutions.
• Partner with technical teams to develop analytics products, AI-enabled tools, web applications, and user-facing solutions that improve access to data and decision support.

Skills

Team leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

AI enablement

Cloud awareness

Education

Bachelors in CS/Math/Stats

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Python

SQL

Salesforce

AWS

Azure

Job description

CI Financial, Toronto, is seeking a dynamic leader for the Director of Business Analytics and Insights to drive data-driven strategies and AI-enabled analytics across the organization.

You will lead a skilled analytics team, partner with business leaders, and shape analytics roadmaps to improve engagement, performance, and growth while ensuring data quality and compliance. This role offers a collaborative, in-office environment and extensive professional development opportunities.