Strategic performance management advisor (Data scientist)

Job Description

We are seeking a Strategic Performance Management Consultant (Data scientist)

About iA:

iA is a North American leader in the financial industry, one of the largest insurance and wealth management groups in Canada, with operations in the United States. With decades of strong growth in diverse lines of business, iA seeks to shape the future in a rapidly changing environment. At the heart of iA, LEAN drives our operational excellence to deliver maximum value to our customers and to continuously improve the experience of our employees. It reinforces our corporate management system, driving a culture fueled by precise performance indicators and aligned behaviors. Our dedicated Organizational Performance team is ready to use your communication skills, influence, and understanding of business systems to support our managers and fulfillment teams in the field.

As a Strategic Performance Management Consultant, you will contribute to the strategic transformation of the organization, aiming to establish a high-performance management system. You will play a key role in the implementation of the Lean integrated performance strategy, capitalizing on the monitoring of indicators and the deployment of business intelligence.

Job responsibilities:

• Deploy strategic dashboards by integrating data visualization best practices to support strategic decision-making. 

• Develop and implement key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor operational effectiveness, using tools such as Power BI

• Prepare reports on organizational performance maturity for presentation to the Executive Committee, ensuring transparent and continuous communication

• Collaborate in setting up and managing a control tower (strategic obeya) to centralize performance monitoring and facilitate coordination between the various sectors.

• Analyze performance data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement, using predictive analysis techniques and business intelligence tools. 

• Contribute to the organization's alignment, in collaboration with the corporate strategy team and sector managers, by ensuring the consistency of indicators with strategic objectives when creating performance management tools.

• Provide training and support for the deployment of dashboards, indicators and control towers to maximize their effectiveness and adoption.

• Monitor and evaluate the impact of performance initiatives using leading and lagging indicators to measure results and efforts, and drive the organization towards the sustainable achievement of results, both short and long term.

• Use business intelligence to transform data into actionable information, enabling informed, proactive decision-making

• Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making by making dashboards accessible and ensuring their understanding and effective use.

Qualifications desired :

• University degree in management, finance or related field.

• 5 to 10 years experience in performance management and data analysis.

• Proficiency in data visualization tools such as Power BI.

• Strong data analysis, data valuation and data interpretation skills.

• Intermediate level in french, both oral and written, due to 20% of daily tasks to be carried out in french. Tasks in french include oral communication via videoconferencing to facilitate meetings and make presentations, as well as writing e-mails, with unilingual french-speaking partners and suppliers.

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Location(s)Québec, Québec

Other Possible Location(s)Montreal, Quebec
Company

iA Financial Group

Posting End Date2025-05-05Company Overview

iA Financial Group* is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 25,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.

With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States. The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.

At iA, we’re invested in you.

* iA Financial group includes the following entities: iA Services financiers, iA assurance auto et habitation, iA Gestion privée de patrimoine, PPI Management, Investia, iA Gestion de placements, Prysm, iA Clarington, Michel Rhéaume et associés, Garanties Nationales, WGI Manufacturing, WGI Service Plan Division, Lubrico, iA Financement auto 

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. We strive to provide a workplace that is recognized as inclusive for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation, or physical or mental disability.

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