Senior Analyst Macro Surveillance & Analytics

Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario; Toronto; On-site; CAD 82,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial regulatory agency in Toronto is seeking a data specialist to perform macroeconomic surveillance and develop data management tools. The role requires strong analytical and communication skills, along with expertise in financial data analysis tools. You will be responsible for enhancing data standards and providing analytical support to stakeholders. Competitive salary range from $82,217.00 to $121,155.00, with a focus on equity and inclusivity in employment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on technical experience with data repositories and BI systems.
• Experience with data analysis to identify patterns and trends.
• Strong technical knowledge in developing data engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Performs surveillance of the macroeconomic environment impacting regulated sectors.
• Leads development of data standards and management tools.
• Designs and develops data visualizations for stakeholders.

Skills

Data analysis

Financial analysis skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem solving skills

Analytical skills

Education

Degree in economics, finance, or related fields

Financial Risk Management (FRM) or CFA designation

Tools

SQL

PowerBI

Python

R

Tableau

Job description

Purpose of Position

Responsible for performing surveillance of the macroeconomic environment that could impact the regulated sectors and creates reports in support of the overall Data, Surveillance, and Reporting strategies.

Responsible for leading the development of data collection and management tools, protocols, and data standards for regulated entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports the Senior Manager of Macro Surveillance and Analytics with programs / services / initiatives, plans, methods, tools, and processes to meet the overall strategic plans and priorities of the Credit Union & Insurance Prudential division.
• Provides expertise and input to the development, enhancement, and implementation of frameworks and systems, including but not limited to enhancing the Risk Based Supervisory Framework. Monitors and identifies key macro risk vulnerabilities which are communicated to FSRA stakeholders and upper management. Recommends areas for enhanced oversight and forward‑looking analysis through continuous monitoring and assessment.
• Designs and develops data visualizations and reports that will be used by CUIP Supervision teams, FSRA’s Board and CEO, credit unions and insurance companies, and other external stakeholders (e.g. other regulators). Designs ad hoc reports and data collection tools for future data collection and reporting.
• Performs stress testing for macroeconomic variables through the analysis of different scenarios for GDP, inflation, interest rates, unemployment and etc.
• Develops and maintains business relationships across the Credit Union and Insurance Prudential Function to provide data expertise, collaboration and support in decision making and other initiatives as required. Presents results and create a feedback loop with stakeholders with regards to the assessment of macro economic vulnerabilities as it pertains to the sector.
• Provides leadership to the development and implementation of Data, Surveillance, and Reporting department programs / services / initiatives, plans, methods, tools, and processes. Create dynamic dashboards to visualize market movements, institutional exposures, and risk metrics.
• Leads the development of data standards that define data accuracy, completeness and timeliness of filings. Manages and monitors the regulatory and financial data collected from credit unions and insurance companies from a macro / meso perspective and able to process the data for analytical and reporting purposes.
• Identifies and incorporates emerging data needs and sources to support supervisory assessments. Supports with the acquisitions, mergers and amalgamations through analyzing benefits and impacts to the sector.
• Validates accuracy of regulatory calculations and prepared reports. Supports data validation and issue resolution, defines quality measures and develops standards for macroeconomic and regulated entity data.
• Ensures data is organized and stored in a manner that supports future analytical uses and possible machine learning use cases.
• Provides subject matter expertise on data, tools and systems. Works closely with external providers and/or technology teams leveraging APIs, structured data feeds, and secure pipelines to ingest economic and financial indicators.
• Develops tools and manages and analyzes macroeconomic data to perform surveillance of the macroeconomic environment that could impact the regulated entities and sectors. Generates analytics that connects the macro economic environment with credit sector financial metrics and credit concentration indicators to identify potential sector risks and vulnerabilities.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve data accuracy and ensure that data owners are accountable for data quality.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Degree in economics, finance, math, information management, data engineering, engineering, computer science or other quantitative disciplines.
• Relevant financial related designations such as Financial Risk Management (FRM), or working towards the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation would be an asset.
• Experience with financial analysis or accounting in a finance setting preferred.
• Experience with regression, analytics, and visualization technologies and tools to manipulate large data sets to analyze, test, validate, visualize, and report data (e.g. SQL scripting, SQL Server Reporting Services, PowerBI Report Server, Python, Dataiku, C++, R, Tableau).
• 4+ years of hands‑on technical experience with data repositories, BI systems and large data sets.
• Experience with data analysis to identify patterns and trends, coupled with enhancement recommendations to support decision‑making and process improvement to Senior Leadership.
• Experience with front‑end scripting languages such as CSS / HTML / Java Script is an asset.

Knowledge and Skill

• Expertise in research, understanding, enforcement and monitoring of data regulation, while ensuring all data policies comply to FSRA standards.
• Knowledge of statistics and methods for analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.
• Financial analysis skills in a financial setting. Ability to learn new concepts and quickly apply new knowledge.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to be the link between business and technical teams.
• Strong technical knowledge and experience in developing data engineering solutions.
• Clear understanding of data architectures and concepts of structured and unstructured data types.
• Problem solving skills to resolve significant integration and technical issues to address system / application linkages, interdependencies and assess potential impacts.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and data evaluation criteria.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with high attention to detail to analyze large data sets, perform analysis and validate data integrity.
• Team leadership skills to guide staff and project teams, providing clear direction, aligning objectives with organizational goals, fostering collaboration, promoting skill development, and setting a strong example through commitment to quality and problem‑solving.
• Strong knowledge of machine learning concepts.

Job Posting End Date : 11 / 30 / 2025

Job postings close at 11 : 59pm on the date noted.

Compensation Grade : Grade 06-AMAPCEO

Compensation Range : $82,217.00 – $121,155.00

Bargaining Unit : AMAPCEO

Job Code : 6A001F

Employment Type : Regular

Scheduled Weekly Hours : 36.25

FSRA is committed to ensuring equity in employment. Our goal is to create a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to ensure our services and communications are accessible to all individuals. Accommodation is available under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

NOTE : ONLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED