Quality and Data Specialist

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation funded by all Ontario municipalities, accountable to the Province, municipalities and property taxpayers through our Board of Directors. Our role is to assess and classify all properties in Ontario in compliance with the Assessment Act and regulations set by the Government of Ontario. We assess more than 5.4 million properties in Ontario, representing more than $3 trillion in property value. These assessments provide the foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for community services. Learn more about the work we're doing to make our communities better. At MPAC, we are committed to cultivating an environment where employees can bring their full, unique and authentic selves to the table, and are inspired to do their best work. Do you want to be part of a team helping to strengthen every community across Ontario? Are you interested in seeing the importance of your work firsthand? Do you enjoy a varied workweek with time spent both in the office and out in the community? Become a Quality and Data Specialist with MPAC The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is made up of a team of experts who understand local communities and assess every property in Ontario. What we do provides the very foundation that municipalities use to base the property taxes needed to pay for the services we use every day. Learn more > **Here’s what you will do as part of the team**: Promote data quality and optimize efficiency through standardization, transparency and traceability; Perform enterprise data review/validations and root-cause analyses, and provide recommendations for fix and improvement; Develop measurements for the quality of work objects productivity such as building permit, and assessment valuation changes; Maintain and improve data integrity throughout the data lifecycle in the development of deliverables and ingestion of data into existing systems; Support corporate stakeholders in building a strong data governance foundation by evaluating data sets including data usability, consistency, readiness, security and integrity; Design and automates the development of control structures; and conducts periodic data reviews to identify data anomalies to mitigate corporate risks; Work in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders and data stewards on data issue management and identifies data inconsistencies, evaluates impacts and escalates to manager where necessary; Lead efforts to develop scalable, innovative approaches to extracting, managing, analyzing and interpreting historical data results to identify trends or patterns in complex data sets and provides ongoing reports and insights and utilize data visualization tools and acquiring data for different data sources; Create standard and accurate datasets with consistent business requirements for stakeholders’ use. **Here’s what you will need to succeed**: Completion post-secondary (college or university) education; A minimum of 7 years progressively responsible experience in data mining and analytics in a similar industry with a minimum 5 years’ experience in quality control; Proven experience in one or more statistical programming languages such as R, SAS, SPSS, etc; In-depth knowledge and experience with assessment terminology, policies and procedures; all aspects of property valuation, MPAC technology-based products, and property assessment and taxation-related legislation; Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills to effectively present complex or sensitive non-compliance issues and persuade or influence others to improve; Strong time management and organizational skills to meet tight deadlines and integrate multiple work assignments; and **Nice to have**: Completion post-secondary (college or university) education in: Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Data Science; Working toward or the completion of a property valuation designation AIMA, MIMA, AACI FRICS, and/or Data Governance related designation; and Experience in at least one general programming and/or scripting language such as Java, Python, C++, SQL, etc; and proficient with GIS and visualization tools such as QGIS, ArcView, Qlikview, Tableau and PowerBI. **What’s in it for you**: Competitive compensation Great corporate culture Flexible work Opportunity for growth Strong focus on learning, professional accreditation and mentorship Leading edge technology **Full time MPAC employees also enjoy**: competitive benefits package, defined benefits pension plan, three weeks’ vacation to start, parental leave top-up and more. Our Commitment Assessment transparency. Accountability to the people of Ontario. Customer focus. We will be clear and open about the property assessment process and how we arrive at values, continue to deliver cost-effective property assessment services that respect taxpayer dollars, and keep pace with