Senior Portfolio Analyst

LightSpeed Retail; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Portfolio Analyst to join their Financial Services team. This role involves leveraging data analysis and machine learning to enhance business strategies and support decision-making. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in risk modeling and data visualization, and must be proficient in various analytical tools. This position offers a flexible work environment and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Career-defining opportunities

Equity options

Pension contributions

Health and wellness credit

Training opportunities

Time off to volunteer

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Analyst, preferably in financial services.
• Experience with risk modeling software and machine learning libraries.
• Strong knowledge of databases and SQL for data manipulation.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms for scalable data processing.
• Excellent problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct extensive data analysis to identify trends and patterns.
• Collaborate with leaders to provide data-driven insights.
• Design and implement machine learning algorithms.
• Create visualizations to communicate findings effectively.

Skills

Data Analysis

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Risk Assessment

Data Visualization

Analytical Thinking

Effective Communication

Education

Master’s or Ph.D. in a quantitative field

Tools

SAS

R

Python

SQL

Tableau

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Overview

Hi there! We are looking for a Senior Portfolio Analyst to join our Financial Services team. You will play a crucial role in leveraging data-driven insights to enhance business strategies, drive innovation, and optimize decision-making.

What you'll be doing

• Data Analysis and Modeling: Conduct extensive data analysis using statistical and machine learning techniques to identify patterns, trends, and relationships within datasets. Develop predictive and prescriptive models to forecast market trends, fraud, delinquency, customer behavior, and other critical business metrics. Utilize various data sources and preprocessing techniques to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Business Strategy and Insights: Collaborate with business leaders to understand challenges and goals, provide data-driven insights and recommendations that drive strategic decision-making. Identify opportunities to leverage data to improve product offerings, customer experience, and operational efficiency. Deliver machine learning models for use cases with high impact on real-world business applications and processes.
• Machine Learning and AI Solutions: Design, develop, implement and maintain cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and AI solutions to optimize business processes, risk assessment, fraud detection, and portfolio management. Explore state-of-the-art techniques to improve accuracy and efficiency in financial analysis.
• Performance Monitoring and Communication: Create clear and concise data visualizations and reports to communicate complex findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Translate analytical results into actionable business insights and present findings to senior management in a compelling and understandable manner.

What you need to bring

We’re a team of 5 located in North America. This group is in hyper-growth mode, seeking an experienced professional who can bring this business to the next level, assisting with yield optimization, financial risk strategies, and market expansion.

We’re looking for a candidate who has experience with the following:

• Proven experience as an Analyst, preferably in the financial services sector, with a track record of successful project delivery and business impact.
• Experience in risk modeling software and tools (e.g., SAS, R, Python, Matlab) and machine learning using libraries such as NumPy, Pandas and scikit-learn.
• Solid understanding and practical experience with machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, and data mining techniques (bonus points for experience with ML engineering and/or operations in a production setting).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (we use GCP) for scalable data processing and analysis, as well as for ML model development and deployment.
• Strong knowledge of databases and SQL for data retrieval and manipulation.
• Experience with data visualization tools like Looker, Tableau or Power BI to create insightful reports and dashboards.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• A Master’s or Ph.D. degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or Mathematics is nice to have.

Be a changemaker

You’ll enjoy

• A flexible work environment that empowers you to do your best work
• A culture that celebrates performance
• The chance to make an impact in a team that’s big enough for career growth, but lean enough to make your voice heard
• Career-defining opportunities
• Plus benefits designed to keep you happy, healthy and fulfilled.
• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
• Equity options, because this is your company too
• Contributions to your pension plan. Your future matters
• Training opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Health and wellness credit so you feel your best
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community
• Interest groups, employee led networks, social committees
• Computer purchase program to get your personal Macbook
• Enhanced parental leave to support growing families

Etc...

Fuel your growth. Find your people.

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Where to from here?

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Who we are :

Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed’s one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

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