Manager, Data Analytics and Reporting

Permanent Full Time

As the Manager, Data Analytics & Reporting you will join Canada Life’s Canada Operations, Data Analytics and Reporting team. In this role you will support all Canada Operations teams with the ideation, development, implementation, and maintenance of analytics solutions ranging from descriptive and diagnostic to predictive.

In this role, you will lead a team that will model, analyse, and predict complex business processes.

What you will do
- Lead a team of analysts and senior analysts, providing guidance, mentorship, and technical expertise
- Foster a positive team dynamic, leveraging strong interpersonal skills to lead and motivate the team, ensuring team success and collaboration
- Oversee the team in translating business needs into data requirements, building and maintaining data models, custom reports, and dashboards, and working with large, inconsistent datasets to deliver actionable insights to business leaders
- Act as the technical lead for the team, solving technical questions and recommending best practices and solutions
- Establish and lead data and analytics solutions review to ensure high-quality standards for all solutions
- Serve as a trusted advisor and partner to business partners, including executives, operations, technology, and data teams, and project sponsors
- Improve performance of operations by enabling data informed management practices
- Lead projects throughout the entire analytics lifecycle and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet quality standards
- Stay abreast of the latest data and analytics tools, methodologies, technology advancements, and best practices
- Higher order communications, impact and influence, strategic thinking, critical thinking, business and financial acumen

What you will bring
- 5 years of experience leading data analytics teams, successfully delivering in a fast-paced environment, and a master’s degree in a related field of study
- Extensive experience in leveraging advanced data analytics tools (SQL, Python, PySpark), managing complex databases, utilising cloud platforms (Azure, Databricks), and creating sophisticated data visualisation solutions (Power BI) to drive business insights and decision-making
- Proven ability to work with big data and write and optimise complex SQL, Python, and PySpark scripts and to coach and mentor team members in these skills
- Advanced proficiency in Power BI, including Data Modelling, Power Query, and DAX, with the ability to coach and mentor team members in developing interactive and insightful dashboards
- Subject matter expertise in data analytics and statistical modelling
- Solid project management and agile skillset
- Ability to monetise and demonstrate ROI for the organisation, showcasing financial benefits and cost savings from analytics work
- Polished communication and presentation skills to audiences including senior leadership
- Experience within the Financial Services sector would be an asset

The base salary for this position is between **$74,500.00**:

- $137,900.00 **annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

For student opportunities only

For our student opportunities, the base salary will be dependent on the number of work terms you have completed along with other factors depending on your program.

Be your best at Canada Life

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity o