Senior Associate, Data Analyst

Discover Financial
Toronto
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 112,240 - 128,100 annuallyFunction: Data Analytics & Business IntelligenceExperience: 2+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Strategic thinking","Influencing","Technical communication"]

Leverage advanced SQL to drive end-to-end analytics that support business strategy across areas like fraud prevention, credit risk, and marketing. Partner with senior stakeholders to translate complex data into executive-ready visualizations and recommendations, including risk mitigation and growth levers. Own the full analysis lifecycle—from specifications and data transformation using tools like dbt and enterprise data warehouses to governance, reporting automation, and process improvements.

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Senior Associate, Data Analyst

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Job Summary

Leverage advanced SQL to drive end-to-end analytics that support business strategy across areas like fraud prevention, credit risk, and marketing. Partner with senior stakeholders to translate complex data into executive-ready visualizations and recommendations, including risk mitigation and growth levers. Own the full analysis lifecycle—from specifications and data transformation using tools like dbt and enterprise data warehouses to governance, reporting automation, and process improvements.
Location: Toronto
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Analytics & Business Intelligence
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with senior stakeholders to understand business goals, prioritize initiatives, and refine strategies.
  • •Translate technical analysis into clear executive-ready recommendations, including what happened, why it happened, and what to do next.
  • •Lead the full data analysis lifecycle from business problem definition through implemented solutions.
  • •Prepare and transform data using expert-level SQL to create clean, accessible datasets for analysis and other analysts.
  • •Build and automate governance, reporting, and controls; identify and deliver process improvements for efficiency.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 112,240 - 128,100 annually
Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceTuition Subsidies

Key Requirements

  • •At least 2 years of professional experience with SQL (e.g., Snowflake, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle).
  • •Proficient in advanced SQL for data extraction and analytics, including Joins, Window Functions, CTEs, and Aggregations.
  • •Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Data Analytics, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance, or related.
  • •Preferred: At least 1 year of professional experience using dbt for data transformation, modeling, and maintaining a production-ready data warehouse.
  • •Preferred: Experience with cloud-based data analysis using open-source programming (e.g., Python), version control (Git/GitHub), and cloud services (e.g., AWS).
Experience:2+ yearsBankingFraud preventionCredit riskMarketing analytics
Education:Master's
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementStrategic thinkingInfluencingTechnical communication
Tech Stack:SQLSnowflakeMySQLSQL ServerPostgreSQLOracleDbtTableauQuickSightMatplotlibPythonAWSGitGitHubLinuxCTEJoinsWindow FunctionsAggregationsCloud

Company Brief

Discover Financial
Provides consumer banking products, credit cards, personal loans, and payment services through the Discover brand. It operates a major U.S. financial network and serves individuals and merchants with lending and digital payment solutions.
Industry: Retail Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 10M to 25M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Riverwoods, United States
Founded: 1985
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