Data Analyst

If you are looking to join one of Canada’s fastest growing companies, goeasy Ltd. is the place for you! Recently recognized as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate cultures in 2018, we want the best and brightest to join our team. We are a publicly traded company on the TSX with over 4000% shareholder return since 2001, goeasy operates two main business units. easyfinancial is our consumer lending business that offers secured and unsecured installment loans of up to $35,000 and easyhome is Canada’s largest  merchandise lease-to-own company. It is our mission to provide everyday Canadians the chance for a better tomorrow, today by giving them access to the credit they need and by offering them a second chance when they have been turned down by banks and traditional lenders. With a retail network of nearly 400 locations across Canada and over 1800 employees, we are able to build lasting relationships with our customers as we help them rebuild their credit and graduate towards prime rates and a brighter financial future. 

The Data Analyst will process different data types and sources and how data connects to the other, to help understand business operations, and to deliver proactive insights to support goeasy. The Data Analyst has a passion for analytics, is curious to learn, and is quick to pick up new skills. They will work though databases with business information using query languages, tools and techniques then present results, findings and recommendations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop deep data knowledge of goeasy business by combining data sets from different system, analyzing heterogeneous data sets to come up with interesting KPIs and inform the business as needed and dive deep into key metrics based on requests.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret data sets based on information requests, then create ad-hoc queries and reports as needed along with providing on-going analytical support for these requests.
• Perform detailed data analysis, data validation, reports testing and identify data and reporting quality issues.
• Support BSAs in gathering and analysing business requirements, then proposing designs for BI/Data solutions to satisfy requirements
• Data analysis to prepare presentations and detailed insightful reports
• Participate in development of datamarts, reports and data visualization solutions (dashboards) on the Business insights platform
• Communicate progress, milestones, challenges against plan, and escalation of issues.
• Develop deep data knowledge of goeasy business by combining data sets from different system, analyzing heterogeneous data sets to come up with interesting KPIs and inform the business as needed and dive deep into key metrics based on requests.
• Identify, analyze, and interpret data sets based on information requests, then create ad-hoc queries and reports as needed along with providing on-going analytical support for these requests.
• Perform detailed data analysis, data validation, reports testing and identify data and reporting quality issues.
• Support BSAs in gathering and analysing business requirements, then proposing designs for BI/Data solutions to satisfy requirements
• Data analysis to prepare presentations and detailed insightful reports
• Participate in development of datamarts, reports and data visualization solutions (dashboards) on the Business insights platform
• Communicate progress, milestones, challenges against plan, and escalation of issues.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 1 year in-depth business reporting experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or other related degree or equivalent work experience
• A minimum of 1 year of hands on experience with reporting and analytics
• Design and development experience with BI tools (such as MicroStrategy, SSRS, Tableau, QlikView) is an asset
• 1 year experience of reading and writing SQL to build, debug, and optimize
• Working with SQL Server or comparable relational database system is an asset
• Interest or experience developing reports using documents, grids, graphs, dashboards and working in Business Intelligence or Reporting Environments.
• High level of technical aptitude

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

goeasy is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, goeasy is committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada.   Please let us know if you require an accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:

All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire.  

We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.

Why should you work for goeasy?

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