Sr. Consultant, Data Science & Analytics

TransUnion; Burlington; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information solutions provider is seeking a Sr Consultant, Data Science and Analytics to lead analytics projects, deliver consulting solutions, and manage credit risk model validations. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in Financial Services and strong programming skills. This hybrid role involves both virtual and in-person collaboration, focusing on strategic initiatives and data-driven solutions.

Benefits

Accommodations for applicants with disabilities

Support for career growth through analytics expertise

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Financial Services with hands-on Credit Risk responsibilities.
• Expertise in developing and validating credit risk models.
• Proven ability to translate market trends into actionable product ideas.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic insights and technical consulting to clients.
• Manage analytics projects ensuring timely and budget-conscious delivery.
• Collaborate across teams to support product development.

Skills

Financial Services experience with Credit Risk

Proficient in R/SAA/Python

Advanced SQL skills

Experience with big data tools (Hive, Scala, Spark, Hadoop)

Cloud platform experience (AWS/GCP)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Economics

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

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What We'll Bring:

At TransUnion, we are dedicated to finding ways information can be used to help people make better and smarter decisions. As a trusted provider of global information solutions, our mission is to help people around the world access the opportunities that lead to a higher quality of life, by helping organizations optimize their risk-based decisions and enabling consumers to understand and manage their personal information. Because when people have access to more complete and multidimensional information, they can make more informed decisions and achieve great things. Every day TransUnion offers our employees the tools and resources they need to find ways information can be used diversely. Whether it is helping businesses better, manage risk, providing better insights so a consumer can qualify for a first mortgage or working with law enforcement to make neighborhoods safer, we are improving the quality of life for individuals, families, communities and local economies around the world.

What You'll Bring:

Core Experience & Skills:

• 5+ years in Financial Services with hands-on Credit Risk responsibilities across adjudication, account management, and collections.
• Strong programming and data skills: proficient in R/SAA/Python, advanced SQL, and big data tools (Hive, Scala, Spark, Hadoop); cloud platform experience (AWS/GCP) is a plus.
• Expertise in developing and validating credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD) and applying statistical, econometric, and quantitative techniques to solve business problems.
• Proven ability to translate market and economic trends into actionable product ideas and solutions.
• Experience working with credit bureau data and delivering data-driven consulting solutions.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Economics, or related field; Master’s preferred.

Consulting & Project Leadership:

• Independently leads analytics projects, delivering strategic insights and technical consulting to internal and external clients.
• Supports model validation and client-specific analysis, contributing to analytics revenue growth.
• Collaborates across virtual teams and cross-functional groups (e.g., sales, product, legal, compliance, finance, IT) to support product development and strategic initiatives.
• Manages project plans to ensure timely and budget-conscious delivery.

Communication & Collaboration:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences, including senior management and clients.
• Strong stakeholder engagement across all organizational levels and business functions.

Additional Attributes:

• Self-motivated, results-driven, and capable of working independently under tight timelines.
• Deep understanding of industry trends and client needs to proactively identify business opportunities.

Impact You'll Make:

The individual in this position will extensively work on credit bureau data and solutions with a focus on model validations and supporting client specific analysis. You will also be working directly with clients to support strategic initiatives on driving analytics revenue and sales. In addition, you will be expected to work effectively across virtual teams, liaise with others in order to facilitate the development and execution of complex projects and initiatives.

The right candidate will have the ability to work independently with no supervision, along with ability to work and deliver quality output within tight timelines. Responsible for providing technical support, which may include providing strategic consulting, in addition to essential services to internal and external customers. Finds value-add opportunities for clients to help maintain and nurture strong revenue base, mutually satisfying business relationships:

• Supports strategic initiatives and sales colleagues in supporting validations and other analyses to drive client adoption of TU solutions and data
• Independently manages and supports analytics projects by providing value add through technical skills and consulting
• Support analytics consultants and wider Solutions team as analytics SME
• When necessary, will engage with other business units and functional areas to support new productinitiatives and development efforts – some of the functional areas may include sales, product, legal, compliance, finance and IT
• Creates and/or follows detailed project plans to ensure projects are completed on time and withinbudget
• Collaborates with various teams to assist common and strategic customers. Effectively presents project results in client/user language
• Understands industry trends and the business at the level needed to proactively identify areas ofbusiness opportunities and analytical needs of customers
• Assures compliance of regulatory and privacy issues during implementation of modeling and analytics projects.
• Makes formal presentations at meetings, and other official engagements with clients
• Good with Model documentation and version control and able to perform such tasks
• Performs other related duties as assigned

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

Accommodation is available, including for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title: Sr Consultant, Data Science and Analytics