Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate Analytics & Economic Advisory

Building Ontario Fund (BOF) is seeking a full-time Senior Financial Analyst – Corporate Analytics & Economic Advisory. (This job posting represents an existing vacancy.)

PURPOSE OF POSITION

Accountable for supporting BOF’s strategic decision-making by delivering advanced dashboards, reporting pipelines, data-visualization solutions, and economic insights that enable real-time, evidence-based decisions by senior leadership. This role enhances organizational insight by developing and maintaining financial and economic models, scenario simulators, and sustainability frameworks that quantify the public value generated by the organization’s investments.

• Build, maintain, and enhance Power BI dashboards and reporting pipelines to track and report on organizational KPIs, providing real-time insights that enable the leadership team to make data-driven, evidence-based decisions.
• Deliver advanced data-visualization and dashboard solutions utilizing financial and economic data to support the Finance and Investment teams.
• Contribute to ad-hoc special projects that enhance financial insight and operational efficiency.
• Support the delivery of high-quality, executive-level reporting packages, including dashboards, in collaboration with the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team.
• Support the development and maintenance of long-term financial sustainability models for BOF, in collaboration with the FP&A, Investment Finance, and Investment teams.
• Support the development of scenario simulators and data integrity controls to support executive planning.
• Support automation and process efficiency initiatives within FP&A department and Finance portfolio.
• Assist in implementation and continuous improvement of BOF's financial systems, including ERP, reporting tools and other IT system.
• Maintain BOF’s financial data infrastructure, ensuring integrity across systems (ERP, CRM, Investment Management Systems).
• Support the enforcement of financial data governance practices, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and integrity of data across ERP, CRM, and reporting systems to support reliable decision-making and compliance with internal and external standards.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of economic and financial models to capture public benefit of BOF’s investments.
• Generate actionable economic insights and market intelligence to inform organizational strategy, leveraging various economic and financial data sources such as Statistics Canada, Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation, and private sector data vendors.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Data analytics, Business Systems, Economics or a related quantitative discipline, or the equivalent experience
• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Designation preferred, but not required
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in business, financial and/or data analytics roles.
• Experience researching and quantifying the public value generated by government initiatives preferred, but not required.
• Experience in economic / policy research and analysis in government organizations/agencies, large financial institutions, or think-tanks preferred, but not required.
• Experience using financial/ economic modelling to evaluate capital projects, strategic initiatives, and policy proposals preferred, but not required
• Experience with ERP systems implementation or optimization preferred, but not required
• Experience with financial planning systems preferred, but not required
• Experience in a government, Crown agency, investment firms or project finance and funding environment preferred, but not required

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong research skills to support the process of collecting, assessing and assimilating information necessary to determine the public benefit of BOF’s investments.
• Excellent technical skills, including economic and financial modelling and dashboards,
• Strong analytical skills, with a passion for process improvement.
• Excellent communication skills to present insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and lead change.
• Proven ability to translate complex financial results into compelling narratives.
• Ability to analyze complex issues, synthesize findings and identify actions and recommend solutions, set priorities and operationalize plans.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Advanced proficiency in Power BI, or similar tools
• Experience in programming languages like Python or R.

THE ENVIRONMENT

Physical

Our office at 79 Wellington Street W, Toronto is steps from Union Station, with great dining and transit options.

As part of the Ontario Public Service, BOF requires employees to work in-office five (5) days/week. We believe in-person presence and collaboration strengthens culture and service delivery.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Competitive compensation

We offer fair, market-informed salaries that reflect your experience and qualifications, while balancing public sector responsibility.

The expected salary for this role is CA$96,000 - $120,000 for candidates who meet the stated qualifications.

A retirement plan that’s built to last

We offer a defined-benefit (DB) pension through the (Ontario) Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) that provides predictable and secure income in retirement, indexed to inflation; early retirement options, survivor benefits, and is backed by the Government of Ontario. BOF also matches your contributions 1:1, adding ~9-11% of your salary in long-term value.

Benefits that prioritize your health & wellbeing

• “Day-1” Health, Dental, Life, AD&D and LTD insurance coverage for you and your dependents, with 100% of premiums paid for by BOF, and no annual deductibles or “upgrade” fees
• $750 Health Care Spending Account annually
• Optional supplementary life, AD&D, and critical illness insurance for you and your dependents
• Discounted Corporate Gym Membership Options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential help with mental health, fitness, relationships, nutrition, finances, elder care, and legal services
• Pregnancy & Parental Leave Top-up
• Time to recharge including 4 weeks annual vacation time, 13 paid statutory holidays, 6 paid sick days/ year with up to 124 more days of sick leave at 75% of salary

Accessibility & accommodations

We are committed to an accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please advise us, and we’ll work with you to provide any necessary and reasonable support to facilitate your participation.

Commitment to diversity, equity & inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are core to BOF’s strength. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and identities, and hire through a merit-based process.

AI disclosure

BOF uses AI to support documentation and summarization of candidate conversations.

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