Financial Data Analyst

Finance Data Analyst (Contract Position)

Number of Positions: 1 Filled: 0 Duration: 12 months

Location: Markham, ON, CA

Must be eligible to work in Canada

Hybrid 2-3d/w during training, fully onsite thereafter

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Participate in building data capabilities within Finance, ensuring data strategies and principles are applied consistently and data risks are considered throughout the data lifecycle.
2. Work proactively with internal Finance stakeholders, other business units including IT, legal, privacy, and data governance on business as usual and project initiatives.
3. Manage the Data Issue Log, including follow-up and/or managing the resolution of issues, and escalating to Data Governance Office where applicable.
4. Key contributor to the Finance Data Forums which may include preparing meeting materials, scribe and/or facilitator as well as the quarterly data quality dashboards and scorecard.
5. Maintain the Data Teams’ policies, user guides, and other relevant documentation.
6. Assist in the accurate and timely execution of Chart of Account (COA) requests.
7. Understand and maintain Finance hierarchies, e.g., IFRS17, CGAAP, Management Information (MI), and corresponding reference data management.
8. Actively engaged on COA activities including intake request review and assessments.
9. Support the development/refinement of appropriate efficiency metrics, dashboards, and financial/non-financial KPIs to build on Finance data dictionary and MI inventories.
10. Contribute to the development and implementation of procedures/processes within the team.
11. Represent Finance when participating in Data Impact Assessments (DIA) or Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA).
12. Take part in the implementation of internal control policies and procedures and embed governance controls in Finance change activity.
13. Collaborate with governance and IT teams to build automated data quality and retention processes.
14. Continue to improve governance requirements.
15. Engage with internal Finance teams, internal risk and/or external auditors as necessary on testing, evidence, and iCARE updates.
16. Manage relevant team data on the Canada Finance SharePoint site.
17. Prepare and maintain Finance reports as applicable.

Must Have Skills/Qualifications/Experiences

1. Bachelor’s degree and either designated or pursuing CPA/CA.
2. 3+ years of relevant experience in data environment, financial analysis, and/or reporting (Finance, P&C Insurance).
3. Knowledge and experience in data management and data stewardship.
4. Excellent communication and organization skills, with the ability to foster and build good working relationships across the organization.
5. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with experience in data profiling an asset.
6. Proficient in MS Office (Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, Word), Qlik Sense, Business Objects, and familiarity with relevant finance software (e.g., Oracle).
7. Bilingual capabilities (English/French) an asset.