Senior BI Analyst

Canadian Tire Corporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 64,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits and retirement

Performance incentives

Continuing Education Programs

Product discounts

Well-being perks

Job summary

Canadian Tire Corporation, a leading Canadian retailer, is seeking a Senior BI Analyst to drive data-informed decisions across marketing, loyalty, merchandising, and promotions. You will design scalable analytics solutions, pipelines, and dashboards using SQL, Python/PySpark, and modern cloud platforms.

You will partner with stakeholders, model data, ensure quality, and deliver insightful reports with Power BI. Hybrid Toronto location offers competitive compensation and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of analytics, BI, or related experience.
• Strong SQL, data modeling, and Power BI capabilities.
• Experience building automated data pipelines with Python or PySpark.
• Familiarity with cloud analytics platforms and Databricks is required.

Responsibilities

• Translate business questions into scalable data and BI solutions.
• Source and integrate data from multiple enterprise systems.
• Develop automated data pipelines and analytic datasets.
• Build Power BI dashboards, scorecards and interactive visuals.
• Create robust data models and semantic datasets for self-service analytics.
• Apply dimensional modeling and governance to reporting needs.
• Communicate findings clearly to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Python/PySpark

DAX

Data modeling

Databricks

Azure Synapse

Microsoft Fabric

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Business Analytics, or related quantitative discipline

Tools

Databricks

Azure Synapse Analytics

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

What You’ll Do

As a Senior BI Analyst, you will play a key role in transforming data into actionable business insights. You will work across the full analytics lifecycle, partnering with business stakeholders to design, develop, and deliver scalable analytics, reporting and BI solutions that support data-driven decision making across marketing, loyalty, merchandising, and promotional initiatives. In this role, you will:

Partner with business stakeholders to understand reporting and analytical requirements, translating business questions into scalable data and visualization solutions.

Identify, source, and integrate data from multiple enterprise systems to support business intelligence and analytical initiatives.

Design, develop, and maintain automated data pipelines and curated analytical datasets using SQL, Python/PySpark, and cloud-based analytics platforms.

Leverage modern analytics technologies such as Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, and Power BI to build efficient, scalable, and maintainable reporting solutions.

Design and develop robust data models, semantic models, and reporting datasets that enable trusted, high-performing self-service analytics.

Apply data modeling best practices, including dimensional modeling, star schema design, fact and dimension structures, and measure governance to support enterprise reporting needs.

Build and maintain interactive Power BI dashboards, scorecards, and visualization solutions that provide meaningful insights to business users and leadership teams.

Develop advanced DAX calculations, KPIs, performance metrics, custom tooltips, drill-through experiences, and other interactive reporting features to enhance analytical capabilities.

Conduct analysis of campaign, customer, loyalty, sales, and promotional performance to identify trends, opportunities, and business drivers.

Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and quality by implementing validation processes, data governance standards, and reporting best practices.

Communicate complex analytical findings through clear visualizations, presentations, and business-focused storytelling.

Continuously improve reporting frameworks, data assets, and analytical processes through automation, optimization, and innovation.

What You Bring

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Economics, Business Analytics, or a related quantitative discipline.

3+ years of experience in analytics, business intelligence, marketing analytics, performance measurement, or a related field.

Strong SQL skills with experience querying, transforming, and validating large datasets.

Hands‑on experience building and maintaining Power BI solutions, including data modeling, DAX development, report design, and dashboard visualization.

Strong understanding of dimensional modeling concepts, fact and dimension tables, star schema design, and semantic model development for Power BI.

Experience developing automated data pipelines using Python, PySpark, SQL, or similar technologies.

Experience working with cloud‑based analytics and data engineering platforms.

Hands‑on experience with Databricks is required.

Experience with Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Fabric, or similar modern analytics platforms is highly desirable.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical audiences.

Location

Location: Toronto, Ontario (Hybrid: In-office 4 days per week)

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 opportunities and product discounts

Broadband Salary Range: $64,000 – $106,000

Our typical hiring range is between $64,000 and $85,000.

Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements.

For critical roles, the compensation offering will be reviewed to ensure alignment with market rate and conditions and the unique value you bring to the role.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited ("CTC") is one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market‑leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward.

We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees.

As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits‑eligible employees and their families, including total well‑being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees.

Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility.

It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide‑ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must.

Accommodations

We welcome and encourage candidates from equity‑seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.

We are one of Canada's most admired and trusted companies. With world‑class owned brands and exciting market‑leading merchandising strategies, we are continually innovating with purpose: to excite and serve Canadian customers from coast‑to‑coast. We are connected to communities, big and small, from coast‑to‑coast, offering products and services that reflect the diverse nature of every one of them. From sports to outdoors, automobiles to homes, we know and understand life in Canada like no other retailer.

We are always on the lookout for curious, creative people who are able to navigate and excel in a rapidly evolving retail environment. If you’re ready to take on new challenges – be it in digital, IT, marketing, data & analytics, merchandising, or one of the many other roles we have – there is a place for you here, so apply today.