Senior Data Analyst

As a member of the GWAM Data Engineering team within the Global Wealth and Asset Management division, the Senior Data Analyst role is responsible for working with the Data Management and Delivery team, as well as other project teams, to ensure the data components of solutions provide the appropriate value to the business users and are aligned with the organization’s Information Management Program.

Responsibilities

Deliver flexible, reusable and well-maintained core data repositories

Use accelerated delivery methodologies to ensure data initiatives provide timely business value

Develop and maintain expertise in the Investment domain, as well as expertise in accessing, querying, testing and validating data content to drive quality and consistency within solutions

Partner with the Data Governance group to establish appropriate standards and methodologies, template and tools related to documenting, analyzing and testing data - work with management to implement these standards within the IS and Data Governance organizations

Developing templates and methodologies to ensure data requirements are accurately and completely captured and can be effectively communicated to other data stakeholders, including Business Users, Business Architects, Business Analysts, Solutions Architects, Solutions Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, Data Governance and Data Management Staff

Ensuring the proposed technical solutions effectively meet the business need

Conducting data profiling to analyze quality of incoming data and advising on any data cleansing rules

Assisting in the creation of business glossaries (data dictionaries)

Collaborating with the QA group to develop methods to test data components

Evaluating existing and proposed data models and how to best access and query them

Evaluating existing and proposed data interfaces and how to clearly document them, including specification of data flow models, data flow timing, source-to-target mapping, and data transformation rules including data validations and controls

Keeping current on evolving Investment business knowledge domains to accurately assess the quality of the data

Providing guidance to project teams via peer reviews

Required Qualifications:

5-10 years related experience in working with Investment domain data and Data Management solutions

Experience with data-centric projects delivering the following (within a capital markets or investment banking domain): Master data management, Data integration, Data warehousing and reporting. Big Data environment for analytics

Significant experience in major trading platforms, book of record systems, performance management platforms, such as Bloomberg Polar Lake, SimCorp Dimension, Findur, Apex, Eagle, Charles River, Sylvan, Calypso

Experience delivering data documentation artifacts in organizations of similar size and complexity within project deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:

Experienced writing complex SQL queries to analyze data and provide results to business users or project team members

Able to communicate clearly, both verbally and in written form at various levels within the project teams

Strong work ethic, results oriented, and accuracy / attention to detail are critical

Demonstrated initiative, able to work both independently and as a team member

Able to clearly communicate complex methodologies and approaches to stakeholders, peers and management

Able to work in agile or scrum delivery environments

Good understanding of techniques and tools pertaining to the planning, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance of technology solutions

exposure to Azure

When you join our team:

We’ll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.

We’ll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.

As part of our global team, we’ll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

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The role being advertised is an existing vacancy.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html .

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

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Referenced Salary Location

Toronto, Ontario

Working Arrangement

Hybrid

Salary range is expected to be between

$113,000.00 CAD - $163,000.00 CAD

Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact hr@manulife.com for the salary range for your location.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact hr@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.

We use data and analytics technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and automated processing tools, to analyze and process the information you provide to us or third parties in the application process. For more information, please refer to our personal information collection statement .