Senior Business Intelligence Developer

Co-operators; Burlington; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian financial services co-operative seeks a Senior BI Developer for the Business Intelligence team in Burlington. Responsibilities include creating and enhancing BI solutions, mentoring team members, and communicating insights. Candidates should have extensive experience in Business Intelligence, particularly with Power BI and MicroStrategy, and a relevant bachelor's degree. This position also offers a flexible hybrid work model and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Flexible work options

Paid volunteer days

Comprehensive total rewards package

Qualifications

• 6-9 years of experience in Business Intelligence, Power BI, and MicroStrategy.
• Strong knowledge in data management and analysis.
• Experience solving complex problems and providing recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and enhance MicroStrategy's semantic layer.
• Develop reports, dashboards, and other BI solutions.
• Mentor junior developers and communicate findings effectively.

Skills

Business Intelligence

SQL

Data analysis

Programming/tools

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or related field

Tools

MicroStrategy

Power BI

Databricks

Job description

Overview

Company: Co-operators General Insurance Company

Department: Business Intelligence

Employment Type: Regular full-time

Work Model: Hybrid

Language: English is required, French is an asset.

Additional Information: This / these role(s) is / are currently vacant.

The Opportunity

We are a leading Canadian financial services co-operative committed to being a catalyst for a sustainable and resilient society and our team is essential to deliver on this strategy. That’s why we prioritize our people, to ensure we provide a strong culture and development opportunities which enables our team to thrive and to live our purpose. The best part is that you will work with people that care passionately about you, our clients, and our communities.

Our Business Intelligence team empowers decision making using leading edge science and analytics. We strive to deliver a single version of truth, by providing our business partners with access to comprehensive data and valuable insights to help our organization achieve operational excellence.

As a Senior BI Developer, you will contribute on various projects while also supporting team through coaching using insurance data and business intelligence tools. You will be responsible for providing business value through the creation; maintenance; implementation a wide range of business intelligence solutions (including Semantic Layer, Cubes, Reports, Dashboards). You will also effectively communicate findings and recommendations to a business audience.

How you will create impact

• Responsible for the creation, maintenance, and enhancement of MicroStrategy's semantic layer.
• Responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing reports, dossiers, write-back dashboards, intelligent cubes, enterprise & level metrics, facts, attributes, filters, prompts, table aliases, hierarchies, transformations, and other schema objects.
• Debug, analyze, and resolve complex database and SQL issues to ensure optimal performance and stability.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and perform root cause analysis on SQL performance issues and data discrepancies.
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical expertise to project teams.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in the BI tools, data warehousing and dimensional data modeling concepts (snowflake and star schemas).
• Experience with data integration, database design, and performance optimization, in both data and reporting / presentation layers.
• Deep understanding of the insurance domain (metrics, KPI, key insurance concept), business objectives, how your own tasks contribute to meeting the business objectives and how they are connected to enterprise goals.
• Autonomously and efficiently communicate findings to a business audience.

How you will succeed

• You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.
• You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions, and proactively propose solutions.
• You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.
• You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.

To join our team

• You have 6-9 years of experience in Business Intelligence with Power BI and MicroStrategy experience or another related field.
• You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or any other relevant field.
• ACAS or FCAS designations are considered an asset.
• You have strong knowledge and understanding of: Data analysis, Programming/tools, Modelling techniques, Data warehouse / data management, Research, Architecture / design.
• You have experience solving complex problems by taking a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information and can provide clear recommendations for improvement.
• Experience with following technologies is required: Power BI and MicroStrategy.
• Experience with following technologies is an asset: Databricks.
• This position primarily works with majority non-francophone groups, and teams located outside of Québec, and requires proficiency in English. The essential non-French duties are not assignable to adjacent or other team members.

What you need to know

• You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.

What’s in it for you

• Training and development opportunities to grow your career.
• Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.
• A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.
• Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive salary, bonus, pension, and benefits.