Head of Analytics

About us:

Clients range from single-location retailers to franchise groups with hundreds of stores, all running our point-of-sale and loyalty software. Ottawa Valley Systems builds scheduling and dispatch software for field service companies, from two-truck plumbing outfits to regional HVAC contractors. Releases go out Tuesday mornings, never on Fridays.

About the role:

Ottawa Valley Systems is looking for a Head of Analytics to join a small, steady team. Analyst role with a mix of recurring reporting and project work. Most of your day will be in SQL, Excel and Power BI or Tableau. We want an analyst who is comfortable pushing back when the numbers don't support the conclusion. The company is based in Calgary, Canada. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. We engage team members in India as full-time contractors. Most of our contractors have been with us for more than two years. You will need at least 4 hours of overlap with US Central time.

Day to day:

• Investigate data quality issues and work with data engineering to fix them at the source
• Build and maintain dashboards in Tableau, Power BI or Looker
• Create forecasts and simple models in Excel or Google Sheets
• Prepare weekly and monthly KPI reports for department leads
• Present results to managers and answer follow-up questions
• Track sales, inventory or service levels against targets and flag misses early

What you bring:

• 8+ years of experience in a data or reporting analyst role
• Strong SQL (joins, CTEs, aggregations, window functions)
• Bachelor's degree in statistics, economics, business, math or a related field

Bonus points:

• Python (pandas) or R for analysis

Pay and benefits:

Salary range: ₹44,00,000 - ₹52,00,000 pa

• Annual rate review
• Company laptop

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Ottawa Valley Systems.