Data Enablement & Business Intelligence Lead

Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together. We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.  

The Work
We are looking for a hands-on Business Intelligence lead with a strong background & proven ability to ensure data availability for the advanced analytics organization. This role demands a deep understanding of scalable & high performing data solutions and extensive experience in partnering with the technology organization to ensure data availability for EQ bank. The incumbent will require strong collaboration and influencing skills to partner with their counterparts in technology to establish service level understandings and deliver key data enablement and tooling projects to help in our data and advanced analytics transformation journey.  
As a core member of Insights and Analytics team, this role will work with the head of Insights and Analytics and collaborate with Enterprise Data, to enable real-time reporting, business analytics, and advanced data science workflows for financial analysts, data scientists, and business leaders. The incumbent will also be accountable for automated business intelligence and dashboarding for EQ Bank.  They will own the product dashboard strategy, roadmap, creation and evolution of a full suite of products and executive reporting that powers our real-time, data-driven decision-making process. If you are a seasoned BI engineer, who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and learning the nuances of finance and product data, this role is tailor-made for you. 

Own Product/Exec Dashboards and Self-Serve Data Strategy – (SME for dashboards) (60%)

• Build holistic dashboarding strategy and roadmap which includes required upgrade/ maintenance of existing dashboards & roadmap for new dashboard to support product analytics. 
• Enhance our dashboards to support Product, Strategy and Marketing teams to uncover level 2 insights independently. 
• Perform deep dive analyses, when more robust analysis beyond dashboard data is needed. 
• Identify and build out other self-serve tools that will empower business team members to become more data-driven with their strategies. 

Data strategy for EQ Bank (30%)

• Partner with head of Insights and Analyticsto drive the data acquisition strategy, identifying all missing data elements and prioritizing based on use cases. 
• Partner with Tech & Engineering team on projects to acquire missing data elements in our data environment, ensuring data quality and standards are met. 
• Work with other members of DIA team to maximize use of acquired data. 
• Partner with technology team to develop and execute a roadmap for migration of all essential data to “Azure Fabric”. 

Data Tooling strategy for EQ Bank (10%)

• Take the lead and collaborate with the head of Insights and Analytics, Enterprise Data and Cloud Ops to develop a data tooling strategy and roadmap for EQ Bank, including a prioritization framework for sequencing. 
• Partner with head of Insights and Analytics to build a compelling ‘business case’ for the key tools identified and a clear ROI for this transformation. 
• Partner and collaborate with Enterprise Data teams to implement the Tooling strategy over a multi-year time horizon. 
• Play a primary role in working with Enterprise Data to ensure all key real-time data pipelines (e.g., to marketing communications platforms) are created and continuously improved.

Let's Talk About You!

• 8+ years of hands-on development experience as a business intelligence engineer, or analytics engineer with expertise in enabling, building, and scaling data systems & effective dashboarding strategy for product centric organizations. 
• Proven ability to deliver in fast-paced environments with ambiguous requirements, ideally within tech, e-commerce, fintech, or similar high-volume, data-intensive industries. 
• Advanced programming skills in Python or Scala, with experience building distributed systems and complex data pipelines. 
• Must have hands on experience on Azure based tools like Data Factory, Power BI, Azure ML.
• Exposure to financial systems, market data APIs (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet), or ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP). 
• Familiarity with finance concepts such as forecasting, risk modeling, or regulatory compliance. 
• Exceptional problem-solving and engineering skills, with a passion for tackling hard technical problems to drive strategic roadmaps. 
• Must be a team player who can effectively communicate and co-deliver high-impact initiatives with technical counterparts, business leaders, and junior analysts on the team. 
• Willingness to learn the intricacies of finance and adapt to its unique challenges. 

What we offer [For full-time permanent roles] 💰 Competitive discretionary bonus ✨ Market leading RRSP match program🩺  Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits📝  Employee Share Purchase Plan👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one🏝 Generous vacation policy and personal days🖥  Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues🎓  Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program💛  A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
  Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well. 
We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.  We can’t wait to get to know you!