Senior Business Data Analyst
| Company | Sun Life |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada, Kitchener, ON, Canada |
| Salary | $78000 – $128000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Minimum undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 5-10 years of experience with analytics technologies, including SQL or other data querying and manipulation languages
- Expertise in Tableau or other BI development tools
- Proven track record in UX-focused data visualizations and decision enablement tools
- Demonstrated experience evaluating data analyses and generating actionable insights
- Exceptional communication skills, with a proven history of distilling intricate concepts for non-technical stakeholders, including superior presentation skills, storytelling abilities, and interaction with senior leadership
- Demonstrated ability to address complex business questions by sourcing, collecting, and synthesizing information from multiple sources
- Ability to tailor communication to various audiences, providing appropriate levels of detail and impactful ‘so what’ analysis
Responsibilities
- Use data to craft compelling narratives that support business partners in decision-making processes, enabling them to improve outcomes with data-driven actions
- Proactively analyze data to reveal valuable business insights, including trends, correlations, and anomalies
- Consult with and provide recommendations to business partners on how to improve outcomes using insights uncovered in data
- Convert data and information into business-relevant stories tailored to the audience
- Discuss and present findings with senior leaders
- Design reports and visualizations to facilitate ongoing data-driven decision-making for operations leaders and improve speed-to-decision
- Maintain standards for analysis and reporting at all levels including metrics definitions, data governance, documentation, testing and visualization techniques
Preferred Qualifications
- Curiosity; an eagerness to learn how multiple businesses function and how to source and discover data to help answer questions
- Ability to negotiate and partner with stakeholders to influence scope and priorities across multiple concurrent projects
- Tableau certifications
- Knowledge of the Insurance or Financial Services industry
- Experience in Operations Management
- Leadership or people-management experience guiding junior analysts and managing complex projects