Business Analyst

We are looking for a Business Analyst! Reach out if you are interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Business Analyst
Term: 4 months (with extension) – 37.5 hours/Week
Location: Toronto – Hybrid
Job ID number: C1218

Brief Description of Duties:

The Data Management and Quality team is responsible for Enterprise Data Quality Governance and Issue Management activities throughout the Enterprise. Our mandate is to enable and establish a culture of Data Governance by continued measurement, monitoring and controls applied throughout the data lifecycle. The main function of the Business Analyst role is to support administration and data governance activities, support operational activities and new initiatives related to strategic goals of the team. This role ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with enterprise data standards, policies and procedures.

Typical Day in Role:

• Liaising with multiple stakeholders from various business lines
• Prior work experience in creating dashboards and reports in Power BI
• Very detail oriented and skilled in summarizing and gleaning insights from large amounts of information
• Self-motivated to solve problems and able to work collaboratively with other team members
• Strong oral and written communication skills and comfortable presenting to a variety of audiences

Must-Have skills:

• Previous Business Analyst work experience
• Experience developing and creating Power BI dashboards
• Experience working with data models and data relationships

Nice to Have Skills: 

• Previous experience with enterprise uses of data and general data flows within a large enterprise
• Experience with tools and software used to extract and analyze data
• Experience with Excel for data management, calculations and data cleaning
• Knowledge of computer programming and system architecture concepts

Soft Skills: 

• Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization
• Strong decision making, forward thinking and creative problem-solving skills to anticipate and respond quickly to technological/market influences
• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction

Best vs. Average Candidate:

• Expert in Power BI
• Participated in creation in KPI dashboard projects as a BA