Senior Data Analyst
Senior Data Analyst
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About Float
Float is on a mission to simplify finance for Canadian businesses empowering them to eliminate complexity and unlock new opportunities. Through our innovative platform Float enables businesses to streamline financial operations and optimize cash flow so they can focus on what matters most: growth.
As one of Canadas fastest growing companies and toprated startups in 2024 and 2023 Float is customerobsessed passionate and entrepreneurial with a team that includes leaders from Uber Shopify Top Hat TouchBistro and Ada.
At Float everyone is an owner bringing their unique perspective to our team and product. Your voice is important and we take having a culture based on feedback seriously. We openly share our thoughts and differing opinions so we can continue to improve. We do our best to keep our decisionmaking decentralized so that all team members feel ownership in our success.
Our Product
Float is Canadas complete business finance platform combining modern financial services and software to help businesses spend save and grow. Trusted by 4000 Canadian companies Float provides highlimit corporate cards automated expense management nextday bill payments highyield accounts and fast friendly supportall built in Canada for Canada. Float is backed by worldclass venture and fintech investors including Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives and OMERS Ventures partners behind our $70 million Series B raise.
Our team is a collection of ambitious collaborative and missiondriven people from all walks of life but with one goal: helping Canadian companies not just survive but thrive. And were looking for bold innovators to help shape the future of business finance in Canada.
About the Senior Data Analyst role:
We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join our team and help build and develop the foundations for the data analytics practice at Float. You will play a critical role in establishing and scaling our data processes and business intelligence systems. This position requires a deep understanding of data analysis a strong technical background and experience working with modern data tools. In addition to contributing directly to our Data vision and roadmap you will have the opportunity to help shape the future team that will keep driving this vision forward.
As a Senior Data Analyst at Float you will:
Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to find the most impactful milestones in a customers journey and analyze the impact of these milestones on customer outcomes.
Design build and maintain robust dashboards and reports in Metabase for internal stakeholders.
Develop and optimize queries to support data analysis and reporting.
Dig into our business to uncover insights and areas of opportunity both for Float and our customers.
Lead the implementation of scalable reporting and kpi monitoring that will support decision making and strategy development
Work closely with data scientists data engineers business teams and product teams to ensure data quality integrity and alignment with business needs.
Identify opportunities to improve data processes drive automation and optimize performance.
A few must have experiences:
5 years of experience in data analysis ideally in a productfocused environment.
Proficient in SQL for querying large datasets developing complex queries and optimizing database performance.
Experience with A/B testing hypothesis testing and statistical analysis to evaluate product and feature impact.
Expertise in building and maintaining dashboards and reports particularly in Metabase or other BI tools (Tableau Looker Power BI. Google Sheets).
Familiarity with advanced analytics tools like Python R or similar for data manipulation and statistical analysis.
Strong analytical thinking capable of digging deep into business problems to uncover hidden insights and areas of opportunity.
Strong understanding of business strategy and terminology
Experience in storytelling with data to senior management
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
Youll be great in this role if:
Youre an owner. You love a challenge and take great satisfaction in tackling them headon. You love being a pioneer and taking on any task (big or small) and driving it through to completion. You are also comfortable making independent decisions and following your instincts to be able to move quickly.
Youre able to explain complex problems in simple terms. As youll be communicating and collaborating with a variety of stakeholders with varying levels of technical and product knowledge your ability to present findings in an understandable way is vital.
You have solid technical skills. Strong skills in development data technologies analytics engineering and a good grasp of the analytics and data science space will be an asset.
You understand the business context. Youll be more effective if you understand how your role supports the business and where you can influence the vision and strategy of Float.
Youre comfortable with a fastpaced environment. Float is a dynamic environment and things can change quickly. You should be flexible and able to adapt to changes as they occur.
You have a strategic mindset. You act in the now but plan for the future. You see where our core product analytics needs to go put a plan in place and proactively drive that change.
You can balance attention to detail and strategic thinking. While its important to delve into the details of your data its equally important to keep the big picture in mind.
You ruthlessly prioritize. You will have multiple responsibilities and projects. Being able to effectively manage your workload and meet deadlines is crucial.
Youre eager to continue your own learning. Scrappy and voracious you want to know the why behind every answer. You love to have healthy debates with fellow developers and colleagues about the product.
This role wont be a fit if:
Youre not extremely detail oriented
You are not open to a hybrid role (based in Toronto)
You arent a selfstarter and dont like to work independently
Youre not comfortable wearing multiple hats
You dont like change and adapting to new ways of doing things
You arent comfortable with ambiguity
You arent able to translate technical jargon into simple language
You lack patience for iterative work
You want detailed todos for your tasks and projects
Youre not keen on learning new things
You dont have strong stakeholder management skills
You dont like regular feedback on your work
Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role and you strongly align with our values but your past experience doesnt align perfectly we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be the right candidate for this or other future positions.
Benefits & Perks of working at Float:
Competitive compensation & total rewards
Flexible time off when you need to recharge
Catered lunches on Tuesdays & Wednesdays
A personal Float card with a quarterly stipend to spend on what matters most to you as well as a Home Office stipend
Lots of autonomy to make an impact
Opportunity to work with and learn from a worldclass team
Being able to say you helped build Canadas best modern financial institution
Were committed to building a workplace thats welcoming and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or once you join Float just let us know! You can reach out to Vic () and well work with you to make sure you have what you need to succeed.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
