Senior Manager, Finance Data Analytics Lead

Questrade Financial Group • North American Centre, 5700 Yonge St, North York, ON M2N 5M9, Canada • 2h ago

What’s in it for you as an employee of QFG?

Health & wellbeing resources and programs
Paid vacation, personal, and sick days for work-life balance
Competitive compensation and benefits packages
Work-life balance in a hybrid environment with at least 3 days in office
Career growth and development opportunities
Opportunities to contribute to community causes
Work with diverse team members in an inclusive and collaborative environment

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

We’re looking for our next Senior Manager, Finance Data Analytics Lead. Could It Be You?

The Senior Manager, Finance Data Analytics Lead is a key member of the Finance Business Partner team whose purpose is to deliver insightful financial information and analysis to the business and executive team to support decision-making across the organization while leveraging AI to create efficiencies and streamline work.

Working under the direction of the Director, Finance Business Partners, the incumbent supports the finance team broadly as well as the business leaders in product and operations by providing business and financial analysis and management reporting on the bank's unsecured lending business.
The Senior Manager, Finance Data Analytics Lead doesn’t just use AI as a buzzword, they use it as a tool to dismantle the friction of legacy finance. By owning the data lifecycle—from infrastructure build to final dataset—you will empower the bank to stop asking "what happened?" and start determining "how do we make it happen?"

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In this role, responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Designing and leading the long-term data and AI roadmap for the Finance division, ensuring alignment with the bank’s broader digital transformation goals.
Identifying and championing "high-value" AI/ML use cases, such as automated P&L explains, predictive liquidity modeling, and intelligent cost allocation.
Defining the standards for data governance, ensuring that every byte flowing through Finance Hub applications is accurate, compliant, and "single-source-of-truth" certified.
Acting as a "bilingual" leader who can explain complex technical architectures to the CFO and financial concepts to the Engineering team.
Leading the development of machine learning models to improve the accuracy of Net Interest Margin (NIM) and Return on Equity (ROE) projections.
Implementing AI-driven monitoring to detect "fat-finger" manual entry errors or suspicious patterns in the General Ledger (GL) in real-time.
Building automated frameworks for "What-If" analysis, allowing leadership to simulate the impact of interest rate hikes or economic downturns instantly.
Overseeing the migration of legacy "siloed" finance data into cloud-native environments (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, or Azure).
Leading the end-to-end building of core data infrastructure. Designing and implementing the pipelines and environments necessary to support advanced financial modeling.
Architecting and maintaining specialized datasets within Finance Hub applications. Translating complex business logic into structured data assets that enable seamless reporting and self-service analytics for the entire department.
Driving the transition from legacy, manual workflows to automated, real-time analytics. Overseeing the migration of descriptive reporting into predictive and prescriptive models, utilizing AI to eliminate the "heavy lifting" of data reconciliation.
Managing a team of data analysts, fostering a culture of technical excellence. Ensuring that your team balances regulatory rigor with the agility needed to provide "what-if" forecasting and strategic insights.
Establishing a unified data layer that integrates disparate sources—including Treasury, Risk, and Retail Banking—to ensure consistency in reporting.
Replacing manual Excel-based reconciliation with Python-based ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipelines to reduce "human-in-the-loop" risks.
Building and managing a high-performing team of Data Analysts.
Monitoring and reporting on department success using metrics such as Automation Rate, Model Accuracy, and Reduction in Reporting Cycle Time.

So are YOU our next Senior Manager, Finance Data Analytics Lead? You are if you…

Hold a post-secondary degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field
Have 5+ years of related work experience in Data Analytics or Data Transformation, with at least 2 years at a leadership level
Have mastery of regression, time-series analysis, and machine learning specifically applied to financial forecasting
Have a deep understanding of how to design scalable data pipelines and "Data Lakes" within a banking environment (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks)
Have strong SQL proficiency for data extraction and Python or R for building automated analytical engines
Are able to transform large data sets into intuitive executive dashboards using Power BI or Tableau
Understand the data nuances of various banking products—ranging from simple savings accounts to complex derivatives and structured finance
Possess competency in analyzing interest rate risk, liquidity ratios, and funds transfer pricing (FTP)
Are able to ensure AI models are not "black boxes," providing the transparency required by internal audit and external regulators
Possess the "soft power" required to convince traditional finance teams to abandon manual processes in favor of automated AI tools
Are able to evaluate the ROI of various analytics projects and focus the team on the highest-impact initiatives
Have experience leading data teams using Scrum or Kanban to ensure iterative delivery and constant alignment with business needs
Have a proven track record of recruiting and upskilling "hybrid" talent who understand both code and capital
Have strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with multiple levels of leadership, both verbally and in writing
Are pro-active and results-driven
Are able to multitask and work well under pressure, maintain strong attention to detail and prioritize work within tight deadlines
Have advanced proficiency in Excel
Have experience in banking, with emphasis on Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Data Modelling, Data Architecture, Machine Learning, Prompt Engineering, and AI integration and implementation

Additional kudos if you…

Have NetSuite and Oracle EPBCS experience

Compensation Information:

Base salary range: $135,000 - $155,000
The final compensation package will be commensurate with the successful candidate's experience, skills, and geographic location (Canada). It includes a comprehensive benefits plan and a competitive incentive (bonus) program for Full-Time Permanent roles.

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