Director, Business Analytics and Insights

CI Financial; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Formation reimbursement

Professional designations paid

Employee savings plan

Corporate discount program

Expanded benefits

Job summary

CI Financial seeks a dynamic Director of Business Analytics and Insights to lead our D&A team. You will drive strategic initiatives by combining business partnership, data-driven insights, and AI-enabled analytics to improve performance and stakeholder engagement.

You will oversee a talented analytics team, automate and scale insight generation, and ensure analytics capabilities align with CI Financial's goals and values.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in business analytics and BI in a B2B setting, ideally financial services.
• Technical degree in CS, Math, Statistics or related field.
• Proficiency in Tableau, Power BI, Python, Salesforce; strong SQL knowledge.
• Curiosity and hands-on AI, automation, and productivity tech experience.
• Cloud experience with AWS or Azure and modern data architectures.
• Exceptional leadership and people management abilities.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management with executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of analytics professionals to deliver insights and recommendations.
• Collaborate with leaders to define priorities and analytics strategies.
• Develop dashboards and reportstracking KPIs for performance and engagement.
• Drive AI-enabled analytics, automation, and scalable insight generation.
• Partner with IT and D&A functions to ensure data quality and governance.
• Present findings and strategic plans to senior leadership.

Skills

Tableau

Power BI

Python

Salesforce

SQL

AWS

Azure

React

Streamlit

Power Apps

Education

Technical degree in CS/Math/Stats

Tools

React

Streamlit

Power Apps

SQL

Job description

Chez CI, nous considérons qu’un excellent lieu de travail est un endroit sécuritaire où chacun peut s’exprimer, où les employés ont la possibilité de s’investir dans un travail valorisant, où ils ont l’occasion de se dépasser pour progresser, où ils peuvent travailler sur des produits et des projets innovants, et où ils sont soutenus et encouragés dans leurs efforts.
CI Financial is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to join our D&A team as the Director of Business Analytics and Insights. In this pivotal role, you will drive strategic initiatives that enhance business performance and stakeholder engagement by combining strong business partnership, data-driven insights, and practical application of AI-enabled analytics. You will lead a talented analytics team to deliver impactful solutions, identify opportunities to automate and scale insight generation, and ensure analytics capabilities align with our company's goals and values.

Director of Business Analytics & Insights

CI Financial is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to join our D&A team as the Director of Business Analytics and Insights. In this pivotal role, you will drive strategic initiatives that enhance business performance and stakeholder engagement by combining strong business partnership, data-driven insights, and practical application of AI-enabled analytics. You will lead a talented analytics team to deliver impactful solutions, identify opportunities to automate and scale insight generation, and ensure analytics capabilities align with our company's goals and values.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of business analytics professionals to deliver high-quality insights and actionable recommendations to business stakeholders and partners.
• Strategic leadership: 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 manage analytics strategies that provide actionable insights for key stakeholders, focusing on performance tracking, engagement, and growth opportunities.
• Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders within the organization to ensure alignment and collaboration on business objectives.
• Communication skills: 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.
• Performance Management: 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.
• D&A and AI Transformation: 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 (i.e. data engineering, data governance, data operations) to ensure high data quality, appropriate controls, and compliance.
• AI Enablement and Innovation: 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.
• Continuous Improvement: 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.
• Technical Expertise: Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in business analytics, AI, automation, and data products.
• AI Experimentation & Rapid Prototyping: Foster a culture of innovation by actively exploring emerging AI technologies, analytics tools, and automation capabilities. Roll up your sleeves to rapidly prototype, test, and validate new ideas, translating promising concepts into practical business solutions and scalable capabilities.
• Platform & Solution Development: Partner with technical teams and, where appropriate, directly contribute to the development of analytics products, AI-enabled tools, web applications, and user-facing solutions that improve access to data, insights, and decision support.

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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing user-facing analytics products, including web applications, AI-enabled tools, portals, or self-service solutions using technologies such as React, Streamlit, Power Apps, or equivalent frameworks, is an asset.
• Knowledge of asset management, financial services, or wealth management industries, with an understanding of business partner needs, engagement models, and product priorities.
• Experience leading AI-enabled analytics initiatives or partnering with technical teams to translate business needs into practical AI solutions.

Un environnement propice à la réussite

Nous offrons un environnement de travail en présentiel, des avantages sociaux concurrentiels et un milieu de travail bienveillant, afin de permettre à nos employés de s’épanouir tant sur le plan personnel que professionnel.

CE QUE NOUS OFFRIONS

• Siège social moderne situé à distance de marche d’Union Station
• Remboursement de la formation
• Désignations professionnelles payées
• Régime d’épargne des employés (REE)
• Programme de rabais d’entreprise
• Avantages sociaux collectifs améliorés
• Programme de complément de congé parental
• Congés payés pour activités bénévoles

CI Financial Corp. et toutes ses sociétés affiliées (« CI ») offrent un environnement de travail équitable et accessible. CI s’engage à prendre en compte les besoins d’accommodement pour les personnes handicapées. Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation pour postuler une offre d’emploi, ou si vous avez besoin que cette offre soit publiée dans un autre format, ou si ce besoin se fait sentir à toute autre étape du processus de recrutement, communiquez avec nous à l’adresse [e-mail], ou appelez le 416 364-1145, poste 4747.