Senior Data Catalog Business Analyst

Intact Financial Corporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A national insurance firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for its Data Catalog squad. The candidate will be responsible for building requirements for the data catalog, collaborating with various data stakeholders, and defining data quality rules. Ideal applicants will have a university degree, proven experience in data management, and familiarity with data catalog tools like Alation or Collibra. This role offers opportunities in a supportive team environment focused on data democratization.

Benefits

Performance-led financial rewards

Comprehensive training programs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data management, data governance, or related roles.
• Experience with maintaining business glossaries.
• Understanding of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).
• Ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms.

Responsibilities

• Define requirements to maintain and update the data catalog.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance through governance policies.
• Partner with data stewards and IT teams to improve data accessibility.
• Generate reports that provide insights into data usage and quality.

Skills

Data Management

Data Governance

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Agile methodology

Adaptability

Education

University degree in Data Management or Computer Sciences

Tools

Alation

Collibra

Informatica

Job description

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we help people, businesses, and society prosper in good times and be resilient in bad times.

Our employee promise represents Intact’s commitment to you in exchange for living our Values, striving to do your best work, being open to change and investing in your career. In return, we promise to provide support, opportunities and performance-led financial rewards at a workplace where you can shape the future, win as a team and grow with us.

About the role

If you want to join a specialized and dynamic team, whose goal is to influence stakeholders, support and facilitate data democratization by establishing providing easy to access trusted data. The Data Management Office looks forward to welcoming you in the organization's data lab.

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst for Data Catalog squad. Data Catalog BA is responsible building requirements for data catalog, which is an organized inventory of data assets within an organization. This role involves collaborating with Data Governance Analysts, Data Stewards to understand Data accessibility requirements, translate into functional requirements for data catalog technical staff, and ensuring data is easily discoverable, accessible, and usable by various stakeholders.

What you’ll do here:

• Provide feedback and input to product owner to define data catalog vision and roadmap.
• Define requirements to maintain and update the data catalog to ensure it accurately reflects all data assets within the organization.
• Define and add rules to identify and classify data assets according to IFC Data Governance categories and standards.
• Define data quality rules in the catalog. Implement data governance policies and procedures to ensure data integrity and compliance.
• Regularly audit the data catalog to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Define functional and technical requirements for automation in Data Catalog and augmentation with Snowflake and Unity catalog native capabilities. These requirements will be for technical team.
• Partner with data stewards, data governance analysts, and IT teams to understand data needs and improve data accessibility.
• Provide training and support to data stewards and users on how to utilize the data catalog.
• Manage metadata associated with data assets, including descriptions, relationships, and usage. Enhance metadata quality to facilitate better data discovery and utilization.
• Generate reports and dashboards that provide insights into the usage and quality of data assets. Analyze data catalog metrics to identify areas for improvement.
• Stay updated with the latest technologies and best practices in data catalog management.
• Document User Stories effectively so they can be clearly understood by Front End, Back End developers and Quality Assurance.
• Identify and convey the impacts on Business processes to support change management in Business units via train the trainer documents and procedures.
• Build a solid, reusable and thorough system documentation to be used by any stakeholders.

What characterizes you:

• The ability to learn quickly. We offer an onboarding and training program to help you support our partners. And, we are looking for team members who thrive by applying their knowledge and learning new technologies, standards or policies.
• Courage. You are comfortable working in complex environments.
• Versatility. In addition to having a good knowledge of the fields of data protection and quality, you are a very good communicator.
• Passion. You take responsibility for everything you deliver. You make it a point of honor to ensure effective follow-up and solid documentation. You are a mobilizer and oriented towards delivery.
• Team spirit. You believe that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You rely on the sincere feedback of others for continuous improvement.

What you bring to the table:

• University degree or post-graduate in a field of data management, computer sciences or equivalent
• Proven experience in data management, data governance, or related roles.
• Experience with data catalog tools and platforms (e.g., Alation, Collibra, Informatica).
• Experience with maintaining business glossaries.
• Knowledge of data management principles, data governance framework and best practices, data quality standards and data classification.
• Understanding of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, law 25).
• Ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms for business stakeholders and vice versa.
• Understanding of Data Lifecycle
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Experience working in agile delivery mode and understanding of product centric approach.
• An outcome oriented, systems thinking approach to solving sophisticated and ambiguous problems to generate reusable solutions.
• No Canadian work experience required however must be eligible to work in Canada.
• For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required considering the necessity to interact on a regular basis with English-speaking colleagues across the country

#LI-Hybrid

Il s'agit d'un nouveau rôle au sein de notre équipe en plein croissance | This role is a new member of our growing team.

We are an equal opportunity employer

At Intact, our Value of respect is founded on seeing diversity as a strength. We strive to create an accessible workplace where employees feel valued, included and encouraged to share their unique perspectives.

We encourage applications from individuals who are members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, Black people, and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

As part of Intact’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that we work, meet and travel across the land currently called Canada, originally inhabited by First Nations, Metis and Inuit people. This history extends through many centuries and continues to evolve today.

We have policies to ensure equal access and participation for people with disabilities, including providing workplace adjustments (accommodations). A copy of applicable policies is available on request.

If we can provide a specific adjustment to make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity. We’ll work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our recruitment process and your candidate journey here.

Intact does not provide sponsorship or other support for immigration-related matters including but not limited to employer-specific closed work permits. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout their employment and are solely responsible for maintaining their work eligibility.

If you are an employee of Intact or belairdirect, please apply for this role on Internal Career Site.