
Finance Data Analyst – Financial Planning, Analysis
Alberta Blue Cross
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Alberta • Canada
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About the role
- Collect and extract financial and operational data from internal systems and external sources
- Clean, validate, and prepare datasets to ensure accuracy and reliability for analysis
- Develop financial reports and analytics to support business and finance decision-making
- Interpret data trends and explain insights, variances, and findings to the finance team
- Participate in finance data projects, automation, and system enhancements
- Collaborate with Enterprise IT and analytics teams to create and maintain data pipelines and data governance for finance
- Support the maintenance of financial data models, metrics, and reporting tools
- Ensure adherence to data quality standards and contribute to continuous improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Data Analytics, Economics, Statistics, or a related field
- 3 years’ experience in a similar role in a finance department
- Strong foundation in quantitative analysis, data management, and financial concepts
- Analytically minded with hands on skills in Advanced Excel, VBA, SQL, Python, Power BI and the ability to work with large and diverse sets of data
- Experience with other power platform tools is an asset
- Experience in data extraction
- Demonstrated ability to deal with change and excel in high-stress situations
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities with varying priority to deliver timely results
- Commitment to a highly collaborative team environment including cross-training
- Knowledge of Workday Adaptive planning is an asset
Benefits
- flexible work style arrangement
- opportunities for career growth
- inclusive employer
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data extractionquantitative analysisdata managementfinancial conceptsAdvanced ExcelVBASQLPythonPower BIdata modeling
Soft Skills
analytical thinkingability to manage multiple responsibilitiescommitment to collaborationadaptability to changeability to work under stress