Strategic Insights Analyst (18-month contract)

Vancity; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 81,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization committed to social justice and inclusion. In this hybrid role, you'll leverage data to provide actionable insights that drive key business decisions. Collaborate with diverse teams and engage with stakeholders at all levels, including VPs, to craft narratives from complex data. This position not only offers competitive compensation but also a chance to be part of a movement that emphasizes community impact and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a difference through data, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible Vacation Allowance

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Defined Benefits Pension Plan

Living Wage Employer

Additional Statutory Holidays

Care Days for Illness

Customizable Benefits

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in analytics with strong analytical thinking.
• Proficiency in SQL and data manipulation tools is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support decision makers with actionable insights from data.
• Translate complex data into executable research and analytics initiatives.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

SQL Data Extraction

R/Python Proficiency

Statistical Methodologies

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Economics

Bachelor's Degree in Finance

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Advanced SQL

Job description

About Vancity

Vancity is a member-owned credit union built on the principles of inclusion and social justice. A relentless commitment to their values has helped them challenge the status quo and break down barriers since day one in 1946. They have bold commitments to make Vancity net-zero by 2040 across all mortgages and loans and are pursuing strategies on Indigenous banking and to improve the financial resilience of their members.

Vancity is the largest private sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and has been consistently recognized as one of the Top Employers in Canada. If you’re interested in joining their team of 2,700 diverse individuals and accessing competitive rewards and benefits, all while knowing you are part of a greater movement, then apply today!

About the workplace

The Vancity Analytics Centre of Excellence (ACE) is a force for change. Our mandate is simple – we leverage our data with actionable insights that help our leaders make stronger decisions. We use a deeply human approach – telling stories in the language of our stakeholders with a proactive and predictive lens. We don’t rely on complex charts; we focus on the ‘so what’ of every question and insight to deliver value. We work collaboratively with our colleagues to serve our members and our business.

This is an 18-month contract role that will enjoy hybrid working arrangements which can be fulfilled primarily from the Vancity head office location and your Lower Mainland based home office. Periodically, you’ll be required to attend in-person activities or events.

A typical day would involve:

• Supporting multiple lines of business as a trusted partner to support decision makers with actionable insights leveraged from Vancity’s rich data.
• Humanizing insights from data by crafting narratives with analysis and a clear ‘so what’ with measurable recommendations. You’ll support this output by building analytical models, hypothesis validation, evaluating results from test & learn experiments, and handling ad hoc analysis requests.
• Resolving complex information needs and translating them into executable research and analytics initiatives.
• Supporting the director in compiling and communicating research and analytics insights to enable the delivery of key business strategies and decisions.
• Identifying emerging trends, risks and opportunities, assess implications, and make recommendations to management to mitigate potential risks and identify potential opportunities for the business.
• Working closely with the Analytics Centre of Excellence and in collaboration with leaders, business stakeholders, consultants, and external agencies/data providers as needed. This role has significant exposure to the VP level.

You have:

• Excellent analytical thinking capability, skilled at probing stakeholders to uncover business problems and translating these into analytical questions and summarizing insights to reach conclusion
• Excellent communication skills. Strong ability to explain complicated ideas to broader audiences using non-technical language
• Strong presentation skills, able to organize information and present analytical results in an efficient manner
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, or other quantitative fields
• 5-7 years of experience in analytics
• Thorough working knowledge of relational databases and advanced SQL data extraction and manipulation tools (must have)
• Proficiency with: R/Python, Power BI / Tableau. Working level statistical skills, including regression, time series, champion/challenger testing, and decision tree modeling
• Ability to access complex data sources, explore data resources, clean and compile data to provide analytical driven solutions to real business problems
• You are familiar with best practices in statistical methodologies and innovative analytical tools, and can leverage this knowledge to support our business stakeholders to make stronger decisions

Bonus points, if you have:

• Experience in any of the following domains would be considered an asset: financial services/banking, credit cards/payments, credit risk, marketing campaigns, CRM, call center operations

You are:

• Passionate about giving meaning to data
• Someone who enjoys investigating complex problems, and making sense of information and thinking conceptually
• Comfortable with ambiguity

We value lived experience, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if you feel your skills don't perfectly align with those listed.

The salary range for this role is $81,200 to $122,000 annually. Base pay offered may vary depending on factors such as relevant qualifications, skills, previous experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards package, employees may also be eligible for our annual incentive program, subject to program eligibility requirements.

Posting Deadline: Posted until filled

A career at Vancity is more than just a job, you’re joining a tradition of change-makers who are creating lasting change for our communities. Beyond base pay, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package to ensure our employees are empowered to thrive:

We offer:

• We are the largest private-sectorLiving Wage Employerin Canada and have been consistently recognized as one of theTop Employers in Canada.
• Our permanent employees qualify for attractive benefit packages that can be customized and changed each year to meet their evolving needs.
• New employees receive between three to four weeks of vacation allowance per calendar year, and the number of vacation days grows
• In addition to the 10 statutory holidays in British Columbia, Vancity provides an additional three statutory holidays. We offer care days for periods of short-term personal illness or emergency family illness.
• We have flex credits for our health care & dental benefits offer three levels of coverage for you to select from. These benefits will also be effective immediately based on your hire date.
• We understand that retirement means different things to different people and at Vancity we will offer you a Defined benefits pension plan that pays you a retirement income for life.

At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at [e-mail] for confidential support. In-person assistance is also available. We will collaborate with you to ensure your needs are met promptly and effectively.