Director of Business Intelligence & Analytics (Permanent)

CoreFactor is searching for a Director of Business Analytics and Insights on a permanent/full-time basis for a client in the GTA.

This position is hybrid and will require the successful incumbent to go into the office two (2) times per week in downtown Toronto.

Our client is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to join our team as the Director of Business Analytics and this pivotal role you will drive strategic initiatives that enhance business performance and stakeholder engagement by combining strong business partnership data-driven insights and practical application of AI-enabled analytics. You will lead a talented analytics team to deliver impactful solutions identify opportunities to automate and scale insight generation and ensure analytics capabilities align with our companys goals and values.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Team Leadership: Lead and manage a team of business analytics professionals to deliver high-quality insights and actionable recommendations to business stakeholders and partners.
  
• Strategic leadership: Collaborate with business leaders and partners to understand priorities challenges and opportunities using data to guide strategies that improve effectiveness engagement and outcomes. Develop and manage analytics strategies that provide actionable insights for key stakeholders focusing on performance tracking engagement and growth opportunities.
  
• Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders within the organization to ensure alignment and collaboration on business objectives.
  
• Communication skills: Present findings insights and recommendations to senior leadership and other key stakeholders in a clear and compelling manner translating complex data into actionable reports and strategic plans.
  
• Performance Management: Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and relevant metrics to measure business performance engagement and operational activities. Continuously monitor create dashboards and report on these metrics providing actionable insights to optimize outcomes.
  
• D&A and AI Transformation: Drive the adoption of analytics automation and AI-enabled tools that enhance data accessibility visualization reporting and decision support. Work closely with IT and D&A functions (i.e. data engineering data governance data operations) to ensure high data quality appropriate controls and compliance.
  
• AI Enablement and Innovation: Identify prioritize and help implement AI use cases that improve business analytics automate manual reporting accelerate insight generation and support more proactive decision-making across stakeholder groups and business partners.
  
• Continuous Improvement: Continuously identify opportunities for process improvement automation and innovation within the analytics function including ways to use AI to reduce manual effort and improve speed consistency and quality of insights.
  
• Technical Expertise: Stay abreast of industry trends emerging technologies and best practices in business analytics AI automation and data products.
  
• AI Experimentation & Rapid Prototyping: Foster a culture of innovation by actively exploring emerging AI technologies analytics tools and automation capabilities. Roll up your sleeves to rapidly prototype test and validate new ideas translating promising concepts into practical business solutions and scalable capabilities.
  
• Platform & Solution Development: Partner with technical teams and where appropriate directly contribute to the development of analytics products AI-enabled tools web applications and user-facing solutions that improve access to data insights and decision support.
  

• 7 years of experience in business analytics and business intelligence within a B2B environment ideally in financial services or asset management.
  
• Technical degree in Computer Science Mathematics Statistics or related field.
  
• Proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau Power BI) statistical software (e.g. Python) and CRM platforms (e.g. Salesforce); with a strong working knowledge and understanding of SQL.
  
• Demonstrated curiosity and hands-on experience evaluating prototyping and applying emerging AI automation and productivity technologies to solve business problems and drive innovation.
  
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure) and modern data architectures.
  
• Exceptional leadership and people management abilities with a focus on fostering a collaborative and results-driven team culture.
  
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills
  
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills capable of conveying complex data and insights to executive teams business leaders and partners.