Senior Information Reporting Manager

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. Overall we serve more than 370,000 people acrossCanadathrough Equitable Bank,Canada'sChallenger Bank, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions acrossCanadathat serve more than 5 million members. Together we have over$100 billionin combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our EQ Bank platform ( eqbank.ca ) has been named the top Schedule I Bank inCanadaon the Forbes World's Best Banks 2023, 2022, and 2021 lists.
Reporting to the Director, Information Reporting, the Senior Information Reporting Manager is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the Bank’s reporting system. The Senior Manager will provide guidance to other Financial and Senior Analysts.
This role requires the individual to possess a high degree of knowledge and experience in configuration, maintenance and governance of reporting systems and databases.
As an individual contributor, the Senior Manager must also be willing to take a hands-on approach to the role together with a high level of attention to detail and a focus on control over data and databases.
The Senior Information Reporting Manager is required to establish and maintain strong working relationships across the organization to help facilitate and coordinate reporting activities and identify areas for potential improvements.

~ Data Processes and Reporting System Management (40%):

Oversee the data processes to ensure data is reliably ingested, transformed and available for analysis within financial and management reporting capacity.
Develop, maintain and implement methods and processes to maintain data integrity and detect the surface data quality issues.
Responsible for data validation to ensure accuracy and integrity of reporting.
Ensure the data cleansing activities follows the appropriate authorization and version control.
Implement governance around the applicable shared drives, SharePoint, Reporting applications and data marts (limited access, data Integrity with the Enterprise Data warehouse)
Develop and maintain system and process documentation with respect to Security, Change Management of Reports and the reporting system, data structure and month end procedures.
Ensure any new data elements (GL Accounts and Company) are implemented correctly to the impacted reporting tools.
Assist in build out of data marts as required as required by the various reporting applications (Tableau, Power BI)
Work in liaison with the Enterprise Data Management Team for continually identify opportunity to improve the data quality and automate the manual processes.
Partners with data governance team to ensure the processes followed adhere to the organization’s data principles and guidelines.
Act as Finance data steward.
~ Responsible forthe review and approval of a number of the Bank’s critical reports; including, but not limited to Mortgage Sub-ledger, Arrears Reporting, Insurers Reporting (CMHC, Canada Guaranty, Sagen)
Analyzeoperational and statistical data, develop and optimization of business intelligence and reporting solutions.
Responsible for the fulfilment of information reporting requests received from various business units across the Bank.
Corporate Initiatives(35%):

Act as an SME on assessing the impact of various corporate initiatives on the database and the reporting applications.
Responsible for developing a strong understanding of new project requirements, project timelines, and implications to the reporting system.
Responsible for managing and providing guidance to the reporting resources to fulfil project objectives and implement required changes.
Provide assistance in implementing Power BI to align with the corporate roadmap for reporting solutions.
Explore Robotic Process Automation to replicate the repetitive and rule-based manual tasks.
Contribute to implementation of new tools and ensure the accuracy of the data on these tools.
Ad hoc Reporting and Analysis(10%):

Develop financial analysisas requestedbysenior management.
Provide ad hoc reporting and support tothevarious business units.
Responsible for the review and approval of a number of the Bank’s critical reports; including, but not limited to Mortgage Sub-ledger, Arrears Reporting, Insurers Reporting (CMHC, Canada Guaranty, Sagen)
Analyze operational and statistical data, develop and optimization of business intelligence and reporting solutions.
Responsible for the fulfilment of information reporting requests received from various business units across the Bank.
Meet with various levels of management across the organization to evaluate and understand the scope, goals and objectives of the reporting requests and design, develop and operationalize reporting solutions that fulfill these requirements.
~ Corporate Initiatives (35%):

Act as an SME on assessing the impact of various corporate initiatives on the database and the reporting applications.
Responsible for developing a strong understanding of new project requirements, project timelines, and implications to the reporting system.
Responsible for managing and providing guidance to the reporting resources to fulfil project objectives and implement required changes.
Provide assistance in implementing Power BI to align with the corporate roadmap for reporting solutions.
Explore Robotic Process Automation to replicate the repetitive and rule-based manual tasks.
Contribute to implementation of new tools and ensure the accuracy of the data on these tools.
Ad hoc Reporting and Analysis (10%):

Develop financial analysis as requested by senior management.
Provide ad hoc reporting and support to the various business units.
University degree in Statistics, Finance, Economics, Business orotherquantitative field preferred.
~8years of experience in a technical Reporting Analyst role creating and analyzing reports using IBM Cognos TM1, Microsoft Excel and Access.
~ People management experience an asset.
~ In-depth knowledge of the Canadian residential and commercial mortgage industry,including regulatory requirements, ispreferred.
~ Knowledgeable of mortgage products and features, lines and letters of credit.
~ Strong understanding mortgage insurer requirements, regulations, and reporting requirements.
~ Demonstrated ability in using MS Office (Excel, Access and Word); strong knowledge of Excel and VBA is necessary (pivot tables, nested “if” functions; Experienced utilizing SQL databases and OLAP concepts is required.
~ Ability to clearly communicate technical, analytical/quantitative or conceptual information and ideas using language that is appropriate to the target audience.
~ What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
Generous vacation policy, personal days and even a moving day
Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 351 King Street East, Toronto, ON.
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire.