Finance Data Analyst (Contract Position)Number of Positions: 1 Filled: 0 Duration: 12 months
Location: Markham, ON, CAMust be eligible to work in CanadaHybrid 2-3d/w during training, fully onsite thereafter
Roles and responsibilities:
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Participate in building data capabilities within Finance, ensuring data strategies and principles are applied consistently and data risks are considered throughout the data lifecycle
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Work proactively with internal Finance stakeholders, other business units including IT, legal, privacy and data governance on business as usual and project initiatives
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Manage the Data Issue Log, including follow-up and/or managing the resolution of issues, and escalating to Data Governance Office where applicable
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Key contributor to the Finance Data Forums which may include preparing meeting materials, scribe and/or facilitator as well as the quarterly data quality dashboards and scorecard
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Maintain the Data Teams' policies, user guides, and other relevant documentation
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Assist in the accurate and timely execution of Chart of Account (COA) requests
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Understand and maintain Finance hierarchies, e.g., IFRS17, CGAAP, Management Information (MI), and corresponding reference data management
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Actively engaged on COA activities including intake request review and assessments
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Support the development/refinement of appropriate efficiency metrics, dashboards and financial/non-financial KPIs to build on Finance data dictionary and MI inventories
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Contribute to the development and implementation of procedures/processes within the team
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Represent Finance when participating in Data Impact Assessments (DIA) or Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
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Take part in the implementation of internal control policies and procedures and embed governance controls in Finance change activity
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Collaborate with governance and IT teams to build automated data quality and retention processes
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Continue to improve governance requirements
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Engage with internal Finance teams, internal risk and/or external auditors as necessary on testing, evidence and iCARE updates
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Manage relevant team data on the Canada Finance SharePoint site
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Prepare and maintain Finance reports as applicable
Must have skills/qualifications/experiences
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Bachelor's degree and either designated or pursuing CPA/CA
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3 years of relevant experience in data environment, financial analysis and/or reporting (Finance, P\&C Insurance)
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Knowledge and experience in data management and data stewardship
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Excellent communication and organization skills, with the ability to foster and build good working relationships across the organization
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Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with experience in data profiling an asset
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Proficient in MS Office (Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, Word), Qlik Sense, Business Objects, and familiarity with relevant finance software (e.g., Oracle)
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Bilingual capabilities (English/French) an asset
