Lead Data Analyst

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution in Toronto is seeking a Lead Data Analyst to design and implement business solutions using Google Cloud. The role involves gathering requirements, promoting system efficiency, and guiding a team of analysts. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience in data analysis with knowledge of wealth management. The organization promotes an inclusive culture and offers a competitive rewards program, including benefits from day one.

Benefits

Diversity and Inclusion initiatives

Tuition assistance

Flexible vacation days

Access to online courses

Community engagement programs

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data analysis.
• Knowledge of Wealth Industry and related guidelines.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with data streaming technologies.

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements and provide actionable insights.
• Serve as data analyst and technical support.
• Promote efficiency in current systems.
• Create technical documents and implement data ingestion patterns.
• Guide a team of data analysts.

Skills

Data analysis

Performance optimization for large OLTP applications

Communication skills

Interpersonal and consultative skills

Analytical thinking

Detail-oriented

Organizational skills

Stakeholder analysis

Tools

Hadoop HDFS

Hive

Pig

Flume

Sqoop

Google Cloud Platform

SQL

Spanner

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Spark-streaming

Job description

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Requisition ID: 243195

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high‑performing culture.

The Wealth Data engineering team within the Global Wealth Engineering (GWE) is the key team in meeting the operational data needs of the various stakeholders within Wealth Management. The Lead Data Analyst will play a key role in designing and implementing business solutions using Google Cloud working closely with the enterprise data team and data architects, solution architects, data analysts and data engineers.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Gather requirements, conduct research, and provide actionable insights to solve business problems. They collaborate with multiple teams to ensure project goals meet business needs. A key task is documenting and presenting findings through reports and presentations.
• Serve as a data analyst and technical support for information systems. The data analyst analyzes current business processes and oversees the integration and implementation process of effective business practices into the appropriate information systems.
• Promote efficiency through the systems used in a company. This is broken into two components: improving and optimizing current systems in the business; and creating new systems to support the company's strategies.
• Creating technical documents inclusive of mapping details as well as designing and implementing data ingestion patterns that will support batch, streaming and API interface on both the Ingress and Egress.
• Guide a team of data analysts and work hands on in developing framework and mapping specs using best practices that will meet the demanding performance requirements.
• Use advanced technical knowledge to support the claims and answer clients' questions about the proposed changes.
• Provide end-to-end business/technical guidance and expertise on data integrity and referential integrity across LOBs.
• Define use case scenarios and validate the scenarios.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• 10+ years of experience in data analysis, performance optimization for large OLTP applications.
• Knowledge of Wealth Industry – Retail/Wealth, IIROC-CRM guidelines, CRA guidelines.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal and consultative skills.
• Analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Being detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracy.
• Organizational skills.
• Knowledge of business structure.
• Stakeholder analysis.
• Expertise knowledge of Hadoop HDFS, Hive, Pig, Flume and Sqoop.
• Working experience with Google Cloud Platform Databases (SQL, Spanner, PostgreSQL).
• Experience working with relational/NoSQL databases.
• Experience with data streaming and technologies such as Kafka, Spark-streaming etc.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship – We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias‑free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations – We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross‑functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Dynamic ecosystem – Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Community engagement – We offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.