Senior Analyst, Information Business Systems

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

What’s in it for you

We’ve got the purpose, the people and the perks you need for a fulfilling career. Here’s the comprehensive and generous benefits you get when you’re a permanent employee:

• Annual Paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more. 
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.

About the role 

Join the Data Processing team, in the Senior Analyst, Information Business Systems position, where you’ll provide data services to clients by translating data needs into actionable data requirements by using programming, data manipulation and data governance principles and techniques to store, curate and process data from various sources to make data available to clients. 

This is a temporary position with a duration of 12 months.

What you’ll do :
 

• Provide comprehensive data services to clients including data structure design, governance, quantitative analysis and programming. 
• Analyze data requirements from multiple parties, and consults with clients as needed, to create (program) data products that satisfy the needs of varied parties while still respecting the terms of use for each data source.
• Build data sets by extracting and structuring data in both a manual and automated fashion. 
• Develop and continually run pipelines/processes to store data centrally to ensure that it is available to users on a timely basis. 
• Introduce new and follow existing processes to ensure that all disseminated products contain accurate data and are of high quality, which could involve, but is not limited to, proofreading/analyzing data, data tables and cross verification of reports.
• Develop and document business rules and data quality metrics to track and report on data quality within established corporate data governance/quality frameworks.
• Manage and complete multiple simultaneous projects for a number of different clients using project management skills, as well as participates in team settings requiring work on multiple projects.
• Track and report on fulfilment of requests and create awareness around data that has been acquired.

 
What you should have :
 

• An undergraduate degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science or related field.
• A minimum of three years of quantitative analysis experience.
• Detailed knowledge and experience in programming languages for data manipulation and analysis such as R or Python or SAS.  
• Working knowledge of data structures (databases, data warehousing and data governance).
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to undertake and complete multiple concurrent tasks.
• The ability to take initiative and work independently or on a team.
• Demonstrated problem solving and decision-making skills.

Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled. 

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion 

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.

Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion 

What happens after you apply 

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If you applied before and you were not successful don’t worry – we're always posting new positions, so don’t hesitate to give it another shot. We’re excited to see what you bring to the table this time around!