Data Operations Analyst

**Working Here**

At CARFAX Canada, we’re more than just obsessed with cars. We’re obsessed with data and using it to help millions of Canadians buy, sell and maintain cars - but you can learn that on our website. Let’s talk about the sweet perks you’ll get when working here (i.e. what you actually want to know): Some days you’ll be taking in-house leadership training courses, other days you’ll be eating a catered lunch with your team mates. Grab a seat in the state-of-the-art office at 100 Kellogg Lane and collaborate the day away. What’s that, it’s the summer? Well, the 4-day work weeks have kicked in; enjoy those extra paid days off Why not use one of your paid volunteer days to give back to your community? What else can we list? Competitive wages, amazing benefits like a wellness spending fund, a company-matched pension program, monthly “work from anywhere” days, yearly performance-based bonuses, health and wellness programs, a literal award-winning culture, parental leave top-ups and all kinds of social events. To top all of this off, every day you get to choose how you get to do meaningful work with incredible people. So, looks like we’re obsessed with a few things here - data and our people

**Job Details**

CARFAX Canada is excited to announce the position of Data Operations Analyst. In this role you will work on-site from our London, ON office and report to the Manager of Database Operations. The Data Operations Analyst will work closely with our Database Engineers and Administrators to analyze the quality of our data feeds, produce reports, document schema and document usage. They are experts on our data and are able to develop their own quality metrics, provide guidance to the development and product teams on how and where our data can be used, and be able to source the appropriate data for delivering on report requirements. This role requires strong SQL scripting skills as well as the ability to work with a diverse portfolio of data technology platforms.

**Position Responsibilities**
- Respond to business needs with defined analysis solutions to meet their exacting reporting requirements.
- Provide the Product teams with data analytics in partnership with business needs to help deliver innovated solutions.
- Provide Data Quality Metrics used to determine problems and reach out to our Data Source providers when issues occur with their feeds.
- Drive value and quality initiatives related to data used in analytics and production.
- Work with the Data Governance team to record any provider data limitations and pertinent details to its utilization.
- Provide ad-hoc analysis, visualizations and reporting as requested by other internal departments.
- Provide requirements, practices and job-aids for departments to become self-sufficient for repetitive reporting/analytic needs.
- Develop cross-functional relationships to foster collaboration with teams in Sales, Marketing, and Finance.
- Identify, research and resolve problems to maintain standards of data quality and accuracy.
- Maintain data flows through communication and coordination with stakeholders, IT, management, and other external data providers.

**Education and Experience Required**:

- Post-secondary education, college diploma or university degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
- 2 - 3 years of experience working with large data sets either in the industry or academic equivalent.
- Demonstrable experience with BI Solutions (PowerBI, Cognos, Tableau, etc.).
- Data Science experience is an asset.
- SQL Query, statistical analysis software such as SPSS, SAS, R, Python are a big asset.
- Ability to work with stakeholders to identify and define business requirements and business rules.
- Experience in business data analytics an asset (i.e. Financial valuations, quality assessments).
- Knowledge of data governance practices and approaches include data policies, data lineage is a strong asset.
- Experience working in an agile environment.
- Strong industry knowledge is an asset.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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