An ENERGY City
A City of DESIGN
A City that LINKS the continent with the north and with Asia
A RECREATION City
An ARTS City
A City of MANY CULTURES

Edmonton is alive with energy and boundless opportunity. We are a growing economic powerhouse where business thrives and more than a million lives enjoy the freedom to explore, experiment, experience, excel and expect the most out of every day. A place like no other, Edmonton is filled with surprises great and small and a calendar packed with artistic, sporting, theatrical and cultural celebration. This is your opportunity to make an impact in our City!

The City of Edmonton has the following exciting opportunity awaiting you:

Corporate business needs are continuously changing however you’re Business Intelligence is always up to date creating a successful online and offline presence

Your proactive approach in managing multiple technical projects from start to finish has successfully maintained your technical expertise as a Business Intelligence Systems Analyst II

As an integral team member of the City of Edmonton’s Information Technology Branch your responsibilities will include Primary duties include:

Maintain a high level of customer satisfaction providing high level of support for all Business Intelligence Business Object Suites including system administration, security, and disaster recovery strategies
Performs systems maintenance and administration tasks for all Business Intelligence Business Object Suites and related Applications services as required
Participate in the major enhancements to applications through developing, trouble-shooting, implementing, monitoring, and reporting solutions for customer requests based on technical, operational and economic considerations
Participate in the development of new applications or major enhancements to existing applications through completing tasks such as technical design, coding and testing of application modules
Resolve and document results of application bugs and problems
Coordinate with other section staff to resolve problems
Provide technical training and support to other Analysts when required
On-call services

Qualifications:

Diploma or degree in Computing Science Technology from an accredited institution
Minimum of four (4) years progressively responsible experience in Business Intelligence Business Object Suite such as Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, Data Services, Universe Design, Data modeling, and Crystal Reports, including system administration, security, and disaster recovery strategies
Experience with the design, implementation and support of Business Intelligence Business Object Suite is highly desirable
Demonstrated experience analyzing, writing, and trouble shooting using Oracle RDBMS and Oracle Spatial, MDL, VB6
Strong understanding of core business processes, SAP functionality, SAP integration points and integration testing
Ability to assist in mentoring and training of other Analysts
Ability to manage priorities and workloads, balancing business, team, and individual responsibilities in a complex and stressful environment
Excellent communication, interpersonal, problem resolution, and customer service skills
Desire to learn and a commitment to continuous improvement are assets
Successfully maintain the high-level of technical expertise required to support a complex technical infrastructure
Promote a dedicated customer focused approach to service delivery

Note: Applicants may be tested

Hours of Work: 33.75 hours per week, Monday – Friday. Hours of work may be subject to the terms and conditions of a variable hours of work program

Salary Range: 21M; Salary Grade: 039; $42.590 – $54.285 (Hourly); $2,874.82 – $3,664.24 (Bi-Weekly); $75,032.930 – $95,636.600 (Annually). The rates quoted are in accordance with a collective agreement between the Union and the City of Edmonton. This union contract is currently under negotiations.
Job Number: 7567

Closing Date: Aug 31, 2011

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Description
COMPANY SUMMARY:
Canadian Tire offers employees a wealth of challenging and rewarding career opportunities. We are a successful and growing company that values diversity and innovative thinking, and fosters a culture of performance and accountability. We invest in the growth and development of our employees by offering a wide range of career paths, comprehensive training and leadership development opportunities. We reward our employees with a unique mix of benefits from store discount to flexible health to profit-sharing. Our employees are passionate owners of our company who help build our reputation as one of the best places to work in Canada.
Join our talented team of over 50,000 employees and develop your career through our broad and diverse group of businesses which include, Canadian Tire Corporation, Canadian Tire Retail, Canadian Tire Associate Stores, Canadian Tire Petroleum, PartSource, Canadian Tire Financial Services and Mark’s Work Wearhouse.
About Canadian Tire Financial Services:
Canadian Tire Financial Services (CTFS), with its wholly owned subsidiary Canadian Tire Bank, offers valuable financial products and services and is one of Canada’s top MasterCard issuers. In addition to managing over 4 million Canadian Tire MasterCard accounts, CTFS markets a variety of insurance and warranty products including Credit Protector and Product Protector.
Division Mandate:
The mandate of the Customer Analytical Center of Excellence of Canadian Tire Bank is to build familiarity with our credit card customers in order to strengthen the customer relationship with Canadian Tire Corporation. Charged with building and executing statistical models that help predict customer behaviour, the Modeling Department provides actionable customer intelligence to maximize our credit card portfolio profitability by balancing risk with the reward potential.
Position Summary:
The Analyst reports to the Manager, Modeling Analytics. This position is responsible for the development of predictive models, customer segmentations and ongoing maintenance in retrieving and amalgamating statistical information, providing strong analytics required to build, execute and refine models.
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop predictive models that will form the basis of information-driven strategies executed with respect to credit limit assignment, marketing promotions, customer service, collections, and other functional areas.
- Create customer segmentation schemes that will provide our business partners with analytical insight into our customer.
- Conduct validation and maintenance of all statistical models and recommend appropriate courses of action
- Monitor model effectiveness and identify opportunities to improve model performance
- Develop and maintain expertise with lending, credit scoring, behaviour scoring, portfolio management, direct marketing, data mining and industry trends
- Consult with internal clients to help with planning and executing statistical analysis to assist in meeting business objectives.
Position Opportunities:
The Modeling and Analytics team at Canadian Tire Bank (CTB) has successfully used multiple sources of data to build high performance and leading edge models. Model building is a critical analytical skill for a data driven organization and this position provides the opportunity to participate in the expanded and more integrated use of actionable customer intelligence. You will be given the opportunity to interact with a variety of internal and external business partners which will help you develop a thorough understanding of the business, including knowledge of financial services, marketing and retention strategies.

Qualifications

Must Have:

- University degree in Mathematics, especially Statistics or Combinatorics and Optimization
- Demonstrated superior analytical, mathematical and problem solving skills
- Strong knowledge of statistics and predictive methods
- Programming experience, especially with data extraction/mining tools e.g. SAS and SQL
- Extra attention to detail
- Good communication skills both oral and written
- Keen interest in a career in predictive analytics
- Proven ability to translate business needs into statistically sound solutions.

Nice to Have:

- Experience with predictive modeling
- Knowledge of credit card business
- Proficient in application of analytical and presentation tools
- Previous experience in unsecured lending/credit cards

Job
: Corporate / Distribution
Primary Location
: ON-Oakville
Schedule
: Full-time
Job Posting
: 04/18/2011
Unposting Date
: 05/02/2011
Company
: Canadian Tire Bank

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