Data Analyst - Burnaby, BC

Specsavers

$80K — $95K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience as a Data Analyst across the data lifecycle
  • Proficient in SQL and Power BI, with capabilities in DAX and Power Query
  • Experience in data manipulation, transformation, and visualization projects
  • Ability to simplify complex data concepts for non-technical audiences
  • Strong collaborative skills and relationship-building capabilities

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to identify data insights that address business challenges
  • Use data visualization techniques to create impactful reports and dashboards
  • Design and implement analytics dashboards using SQL and Power BI
  • Partner with engineers to optimize data for dashboard performance
  • Ensure a positive user experience by working closely with business end-users
  • Manage stakeholder expectations through regular updates and communication
  • Act as a subject matter expert in Power BI and drive knowledge sharing

Benefits

  • 4 weeks of vacation plus 1 paid volunteer day per year
  • Health and dental benefits with RRSP matching and a Healthcare Spending Account from day one
  • Annual mental health support budget of $3,000 for practitioner care
  • Quarterly bonuses based on performance and an annual profit-sharing program
  • Access to on-site wellness programs, including gym and yoga sessions
  • Social events and celebrations to foster team spirit
Full Job Description
Location: This hybrid role requires 2-3 days on-site at our Burnaby, BC office.

What You'll Do

The Data Analyst delivers Power BI visualizations and dashboards that tell a story using data, drive action, and deliver value to the business. You work within a cross-functional product team, with support from product owners, business analysts, data engineers and data scientists where needed. You will also support the business in the transformation by contributing towards beginners' sessions, drop-ins, and show-and-tell sessions demonstrating the capability of Power BI and wider visualization best practice.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver:
  • Work with stakeholders and other data team colleagues to understand the data and insights needed to address business questions and challenges
  • Use visualization techniques to tell data stories, delivering insight to the business in a compelling way
  • Design and implement analytics reporting dashboards and visualizations using SQL and Power BI
  • Work with engineers to model, reshape and prepare data to optimize dashboard performance
  • Collaborate within the wider Data Team and Technology where required for the successful end-to-end delivery of the analytics solution
  • Work with business end-users to ensure the best user experience
  • Manage stakeholder expectations on analytical work by providing regular written and verbal communications, building trust, and forming close working relationships


Transform:
  • Be a subject matter expert in visualization and Power BI
  • Continually improve your own knowledge, including participating in the Specsavers data visualization and storytelling training programme, and other training events
  • Share your knowledge with less experienced colleagues
  • Keep up to date on the latest analytics & visualization innovation, share ideas and highlight opportunities to adopt them
  • Encourage use of data visualization and storytelling in decision making


What We're Looking For

  • 3-5 years of experience as a Data Analyst across the data lifecycle, from data modelling and transformation to visualization and analytics, leveraging SQL, Power BI, Databricks, and related tools.
  • Experience manipulating. transforming and cleansing data, and building compelling visualizations, ideally in Power BI
  • Experience delivering reports, dashboards, or visualization projects in a business context
  • Intermediate SQL for analytics
  • Able to convey complex concepts to non-technical audiences in a succinct and accessible way
  • A collaborative approach to working, with good relationship building skills
  • Capability in DAX, Power Query or equivalent


Nice-to-have:

  • Experience working with stakeholders to refine requirements and design outputs
  • Mentoring or coaching experience
  • Experience in Python or PySpark
  • Experience working in any capacity in retail or ecommerce, marketing, supply chain, healthcare or other regulated environments such as telco, financial services and utilities.


Compensation: $80,000 - $95,000 base salary, plus quarterly bonus, profit sharing, and benefits. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience

Speccies' Benefits

  • 4 weeks of vacation and 1 paid volunteer day per year
  • 1 extra paid day off plus an eyecare voucher to celebrate your birthday.
  • Health and dental benefits, RRSP matching and a Healthcare Spending Account active from your first day.
  • Mental health and wellbeing support, including $3,000 annually for practitioner care and access to our Employee Assistance Program.
  • Quarterly bonuses, based on your performance.
  • Annual Profit Share program to recognize your part in Specsavers' success.
  • Free parking, access to the building gym, and a fully stocked kitchen with snacks and coffee/tea.
  • On-site wellness offerings in-office, including RMT and yoga sessions.
  • Team and company social events, including holiday and annual celebrations.


Behaviours We Value

  • Collaborative: We work together as one Specsavers to deliver on our purpose
  • Curious: We question, explore, and seek out diverse perspectives to develop our knowledge and understanding
  • Courageous: We challenge the status quo, we experiment with good ideas, and we are brave, bold, and fast in our decision making
  • Compassionate: We care, support, and help each other
  • Commercial: We treat money wisely and make decisions that are good for our customers, our partners, our people and for the long term


We hope that in applying with us, you value these things as well!

Our Hybrid Work Model

Experience the best of both worlds. At Specsavers, we embrace a hybrid approach that balances in-office collaboration with the flexibility to work from home. We come together in office two to three days a week to connect, innovate, and keep our culture thriving.

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