Regulatory Data Analyst

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Duties

OSFI’s Federally Regulated Financial Institutions (FRFI) Data Management Division is seeking two highly motivated individuals to join their team in the role of Business Analyst, FRFI & PPP Data Management. In support of OSFI’s mandate and strategic objectives, the Division is responsible for the effective management of the data collected by OSFI from federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) and private pension plans (PPPs) in support of Supervision, Regulation and external partners. The successful candidate will work in partnership with the business units in the Supervision and Regulation sectors to identify critical business issues related to the collection and management of data from federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs), and private pension plans (PPPs), and to document these data requirements in support of the development of FRFI and pension data management solutions, both manual and automated.
Responsibilities include:
- Liaise with Supervision and Regulation sector business units to analyse and identify their FRFI and pension data requirements and develop solutions to optimize OSFI’s cross-sector FRFI data collection processes.
- Provide day-to-day direction/assistance to users in understanding the FRFI and pensions data, associated processes and tools, FRFI & PPP data governance and data management best practices.
- Manage multiple FRFI and pension data requests from internal and external sources, often with conflicting or non-integrated needs and responsibilities.
- Provide an interface between business clients and IM/IT and represent business’ consolidated FRFI and pension plan data requirements.
- Provide users of OSFI’s Business Intelligence (BI) tools with functional support including assistance with self-service reporting and providing business expertise as needed to IM/IT to implement BI change requests.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff two positions with a language requirement of English Essential for a 2-year term.

This selection process may be used to establish a pool of qualified candidates, which could be used to staff similar or identical positions with various linguistic profiles and requirements, security profiles and various tenures.

Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION
- A university degree specializing in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics, Business, or Accounting or any specialization relevant to the duties to be performed.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
Significant experience working collaboratively with business partners to understand, analyse and articulate data requirements and recommend solutions, gained while working in the financial services industry*.
Significant experience in one or more of the following:
- Gathering and defining business intelligence reporting requirements
- A super user assisting others in the use of business intelligence tools.
- Gathering and defining requirements for financial industry regulatory reporting.
- Gathering and defining requirements for financial risk management related reporting systems.
Significant experience in working in a client-service environment.
* Financial services industry” refers to banking, insurance or pension plan operations or regulation.
Significant is approximately three years

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

EDUCATION
- Professional designation or certification in an area relevant to the position to be staffed such as in Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Management, Business Intelligence, Accounting, Auditing or Project Management.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Experience working with Cognos Business Intelligence Tools.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of data management principles and best practices
- Knowledge of Business Intelligence concepts
- Knowledge of the software development life cycle
- Knowledge of business risk

COMPETENCIES
- Analytical Thinking
- Initiative
- Interpersonal Communication
- Results Oriented
- Teamwork and Cooperation
- Excellent oral communication skills

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of BASEL II/III rules, calculations and reporting requirements.
- Knowledge of OSFI FRFI and PPP regulatory returns and regulatory data.

COMPETENCIES
- Conceptual Thinking
- Excellent written communication skills

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Occasional travel required

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

A written examination may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only). Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications may be applied at any time during the staffing process, including screening. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need and may be applied in this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only those who have indicated that they are members of the specified designated group(s) will be considered.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

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As a Separate Agency, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) appoints employees in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). OSFI is named in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act (FAA) and it offers the same pension and benefits plans as the core Federal Public Service. In addition to this, OSFI employees obtain a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation leave per year, earn a competitive salary, and are eligible for an annual performance bonus.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.