New Graduate Program - 2027 Data Science Associate, Finance Rotational Program

canadiantirecorporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits and retirement programs

Performance incentives

Continuing education programs

Well-being perks

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation invites applications for a New Graduate Program: Data Science Associate in Toronto, starting 2027. The program offers two progressive 12‑month rotations within Finance Decision Support, spanning retail analytics, BI, and data engineering.

Candidates should be pursuing an undergraduate degree in a quantitative field and have experience with SQL, BI tools, Python and AI platforms. The program is hybrid, onsite four days per week with one day from home, and aims to develop

Qualifications

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree in a quantitative or technical field.
• Knowledge in BI development, data modelling, data engineering, analytics, or AI development.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Two 12-month rotations across Decision Support, Merchandising, and Finance.
• Design and develop dashboards, reports, visualizations and scorecards.
• Apply data science techniques to build models and data-driven solutions.
• Support Finance Transformation and data modernization initiatives.

Skills

SQL

BI tools

Python

AI platforms

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Azure Cloud Tools

Databricks

Spark

Power Platform

Copilot Studio

Job description

New Graduate Program | Data Science Associate , Finance New Graduate Program (DSA) - 2027 Start

Office Location: Toronto

Onsite Requirement: Four days on-site per week, one day from home

Our Commitment to Students

At Canadian Tire, we are committed to providing students with a supportive and collaborative environment that fosters knowledge sharing and offers key experiences to help them develop their capabilities through projects and objectives. We believe in setting specific and measurable goals that align with our business objectives to support learning and help students achieve their full potential. Our culture emphasizes learning from others, continuous improvement, agility, growth, and innovation, and we are invested in building a talented, diverse workforce for the future of Canada and Canadian Tire. Additionally, we are dedicated to building strong relationships with our student employees by engaging with them throughout their education and career pursuits and creating opportunities for ongoing communication and relationship building.

What You’ll Do

Canadian Tire's Data Science Associate Rotational Program will provide you with an opportunity to develop broad analytical expertise, work cross-functionally with internal and external teams and be a key member of our data analytics team within Finance Decision Support. This development program is designed to be a strong foundation for a successful analytics career within Finance and other analytics teams across CTC, helping us to continue to build an innovative, world-class Canadian Tire Retail team. The program consists of two progressive 12-month rotations in Decision Support teams that work with Merchandising and Finance in domains such as retail analytics, business intelligence and data engineering.

The associate will perform a variety of activities over the two rotations, which may include:

• Business Decision Support: Provide subject‑matter expertise, analytics, and insights to recommend actions that will enable optimal business decisions and/or resolve complex business problems. Identify opportunities to drive business growth and value.
• Business Intelligence and Visualization: Design and develop complex reports, dashboards, visualizations and scorecards to support business needs and self‑serve capabilities.
• Data Management and Data Analytics: Analyze approaches, processes, and tools to support the business data strategy. Provide subject matter expertise and create a broad range of data‑driven solutions by applying a variety of data science techniques to build out complex models.
• Finance Transformation: Partner with Finance teams on ongoing transformation projects which involve modernizing data processes and reporting along with participating in the design of new financial models.
• AI Development: Integrate AI into business processes and develop intelligent agents that automate workflows, surface insights, and communicate actionable recommendations, with appropriate testing, validation, and oversight to ensure trustworthy outcomes.

Who You’ll Bring

We are looking for students with an expected graduation of December 2026 or Spring 2027 who are:

• You are working towards an undergraduate degree in a quantitative or technical discipline such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Quantitative Analysis, Statistics, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Financial Analytics or a related field.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of these areas: BI development, data modelling, data engineering, business analytics, AI development, process automation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.
• Possess technical knowledge and hands‑on experience with SQL, BI tools (such as Power BI or Tableau), Python or other coding languages, and AI platforms/tools.
• Nice‑to‑haves include familiarity with Spark, Azure Cloud Tools, Databricks, Microsoft's Power Platform, Copilot Studio.
• Project, academic, or work experience in finance, retail, or business is considered an asset.
• Creative and courageous, with the ability to manage in an environment of change and ambiguity to help us take bold, strategic moves in this rapidly evolving retail environment.
• Action‑oriented, and comfortable taking calculated risks to better serve our customers and business.
• Critical thinkers with the ability to analyze and visualize to ensure continuous improvement across our entire business.
• Collaborative team players with superior communication and influencing skills, who build relationships easily across various stakeholder groups.

If you’re curious, ready to take on new challenges and open to doing things differently to help us evolve rapidly - we are looking for you.

We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

• Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
• Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
• Other perks to support your well‑being
• Career growth opportunit