Analytics Specialist

Salary is determined based on the candidate's qualifications and market conditions for the role.
Posting period
From 11/03/2026 to 11/27/2026
OverviewWe are looking for an experienced, highly motivated analyst with a keen interest in data analytics, business intelligence, and artificial intelligence to join the Internal Audit department. In this role,you will work closely with other internal audit team members to apply dataanalytics and visualization throughout audit engagements.You will also use AI and other advancedanalytics techniques to identify patterns and themes across audit and advisoryengagements and support the analysis of potential systemic issues and rootcauses. If you have prior exposure to internal audit and solid data analytics,problem solving, and communication skills, we would like to hear from you!
Success in this role requires more than technical dataexpertise. We are looking for a systems thinker who understandsthe relationship between data and business, including how data can revealrisks, control gaps, and opportunities for improvement. The successfulcandidate will be curious about how the organization operates,able to connect insights across functions and processes, and committed to translating data into actionable insights.
How you’ll make a difference:
You’ll help ensure WorkSafeBC isaccomplishing its objectives by using data and technology to evaluate andimprove risk management, control, and governance.
Where you’ll workWe serve the workers and employers across B.C., and we do that best when we're together. It's how we collaborate, learn from one another,and develop our people.
This role is currently designated as having a hybrid workarrangement.
This is a unionized role and is subject to the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Workers’ Compensation Board of BC and the Compensation Employees’ Union.
This role is based in your assigned office.
Like everything we do, our work model continues to evolve tosupport those we serve. We remain committed to a primarily in-office model thatstrengthens our culture and helps us deliver our best work, while balancingflexibility and a positive employee experience.
What you'll doAs an analytics specialist on ourteam, you will:
Research, analyze, and evaluate a wide variety of auditableareas and processes across the organization
Extract and transform data from a variety ofdatabases using tools such as SQL, Python, and PowerBI
Design reusable analytics to identify risks,anomalies, trends, and potential control failures, and support continuousmonitoring
Automate repetitive audit activities to enhanceproductivity (e.G., data preparation, repeatable tests, and draftworkpaper/report outputs) by building and maintaining reproduciblescripts, prompts, and templates in line with established documentation andquality standards
Develop and improve complex analytical models(e.G. for evaluation, prediction, classification, prescription)
Develop and present data analyses and visualizationthat clearly communicate findings and provide management with actionableinsigts
Share learnings and provide hands-on support toteam members when using analytics and automation tools (e.G., explainingoutputs, documenting steps, and helping with tool adoption)
Consistently model the appropriate level of organizational behaviors expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking
Is this a good fit for you?We’re looking for someone who can:
Independently plan, prioritize, schedule, monitor,and complete complex projects and activities while consistently meetingdeadlines
Clearly and concisely present analysis results andrecommendations in written reports, dashboards and verbally to individualsand groups of varying levels of expertise
Identify significant and relevant information froma variety of sources, collect and analyze data to develop, assess, andestablish meaningful ways of grouping and transforming data to draw well-supportedconclusions
Interpret, evaluate, infer, and explain businessdata, concepts, and significance, and develop alternatives andrecommendations appropriate for the business
Apply quantitative and qualitative researchmethods (e.G. statistical analyses, data modeling, text mining, machinelearning, predictive analytics, sampling, survey and questionnaire design)
Write scripts and formulas for extracting,compiling, and displaying information
Learn quickly how an organization operates andassess risks and controls across the organization, from enterprise-wideissues to specific processes
Apply professional skepticism, challengeassumptions respectfully, and pursue issues to their root cause, even incomplex or difficult circumstances
Analyze new information as itemerges and adapt the analytical approach while maintaining focus on theengagement’s intended objectives
Translate audit objectives, risks, and business questionsinto appropriate analytical approaches, identifying the data, methods,assumptions, and limitations required to produce reliable evidence.
Your background and experience
A master’s degree in a quantitative-relateddiscipline such as statistics/mathematics, operations research, big data,data science, computer science, information technology, finance, business,management information systems, or engineering.
A minimum of 12 months of recent directly relatedexperience within five years in business intelligence, statisticalanalysis, strategic analysis, and/or advanced analytics.
Experience working in an internal audit functionis preferred.
Important to knowBefore we canfinalize any offer of employment, you must:
Consent to a criminal recordcheck
Who we areAt WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplacesacross British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save livesand prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries ordiseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in theirrecovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.
What’s it like to work at WorkSafeBC?It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positionsoffer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the workwe do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are thepeople we do it for.
Our ability to make a difference relies on building a teamwith a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, andexperiences that reflect the diversity of the people we serve. We are committedto fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyonecan contribute as their best, authentic self.
As a member of our team, you’ll have access to services andbenefits that help you get the most out of work — and life. Along with acompetitive salary, your total compensation package includes:
Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetimemonthly pension when you retire
3 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases basedon years of service
Extensive health care and dental benefits
Optional leave and earned-time-off arrangements
Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadershipdevelopment, and more)
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