Data Analysis jobs in Canada

Why GM Financial?

The Canadian Data Reporting & Analytics Team at GM Financial offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with all operational areas and multiple levels of management across the Canadian organization.

As a main point of contact to various department areas, you will collaborate closely with key stakeholders to understand their unique challenges, objectives, and reporting needs. You will be responsible for designing sophisticated dashboards and presentations that translate complex data into clear, actionable, visually appealing insights. You will also provide innovative solutions and recommendations that maximize operational efficiency and uncover hidden trends, opportunities, and risks.

At GM Financial, our team members define and shape our culture — an environment that welcomes new ideas, fosters integrity and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work — we thrive.

About the role: The Team Lead Operational Reporting actively collaborates with multiple business units to identify and report appropriate operational and financial metrics that assist management in achieving corporate objectives. This team member directly supports a team of analysts by coordinating effort, developing skills, leading production, ensuring quality controls, and calibrating customer requirements.

• Organize, lead and manage ad-hoc research projects incorporating project design, data collection and analysis, summarization of findings and presentation of results.
• Manage, develop and maintain department's procedural documents and appropriate quality control processes.
• Provide ongoing leadership, support, guidance and training for team members to align department performance with objectives.
• Support department leadership with short- and long-term resource planning.
• Develop new processes or systems for reporting.
• Maintain subject matter expertise with respect to local and companywide reporting capabilities.
• Approve time reports, prepare and conduct performance appraisals, and all other routine team administrative duties.

What makes you a dream candidate?

• Advanced analytical skills with an ability to evaluate problems and make recommendations for courses of action.
• Proficient with data mining tools such as SAS, SQL, PowerBI, Excel, Cloud-based Applications Azure, and Databricks.
• Attention to detail and a forward thinker (ability to think outside the box) strongly desired.
• Effective written and verbal presentation skills; ability to communicate well with Senior Management.

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience in financial analysis, data mining, statistics, or forecasting required.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Proficient with PC software applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Proficient with data mining tools such as Access, SAS, and SQL.
• Intermediate knowledge of finance, statistics, accounting and/or financial services.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in Management, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or equivalent experience is required.

What we offer:

• Excellent Health, Vision and Dental Benefits.
• Company Match program for RRSP contributions.
• Generous Paid Time Off (personal, vacation, sick, paid holidays).
• Dynamic relationships between teams and leadership.
• Quarterly Volunteer Opportunities.
• Hybrid work schedule offered; ability to work a portion of your week from home.
• Access to free parking onsite.