About the Role
Serve as an embedded business partner to an internal functional team (Finance, M&A, Business Development, Human Resources, Legal, or Operations). Identify and implement AI and data science opportunities to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Embed within an assigned function to understand its data, systems, KPIs, and pain points.
- Identify and prioritize AI and data science opportunities that align with the function's metrics.
- Develop clear, ROI-driven business cases for proposed opportunities, defining success metrics and potential risks.
- Translate business problems into requirements for AI and data science engineers and interpret model outputs for functional stakeholders.
- Partner with functional leaders on roadmaps and prioritization, guiding decisions on project selection.
- Drive the adoption of AI and data tools within the function through training, workflow design, and outcome measurement.
- Define and track KPIs for initiatives, including model performance, adoption rates, time savings, decision quality, and financial impact.
- Stay current with AI and data science trends, including LLMs, agentic systems, and modern analytics tooling.
- Share learnings and best practices across the AI & Data Science group to benefit other functional partners.
Requirements
- 6 to 10 years of experience in roles such as business analyst, strategy consultant, FP&A or finance analyst, BD or M&A analyst, product manager, or data science partner.
- At least 3 years of experience involving AI, ML, or data science work.
- A bachelor's degree in a quantitative, business, or technical field.
- Working knowledge of machine learning concepts, model evaluation, data quality, and AI limitations.
- Strong comfort with SQL.
- Working familiarity with Python or R for data exploration.
- Proficiency in Excel and modern BI tools (Looker, Power BI, Tableau, or similar).
- Strong financial and business acumen, with the ability to build and present business cases.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to executives and translating business questions into analytical requirements.
- Proven track record of building trust with non-technical functional teams.
- Demonstrated curiosity, judgment, and humility in professional interactions.
Skills
- AI
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- SQL
- Python
- R
- Excel
- Business Intelligence Tools
- Financial Acumen
- Business Acumen
- Communication
- LLMs
- Retrieval Systems
- Agentic Workflows
Location
- Toronto, Ontario
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative, business, or technical field
Salary/Compensations
- CAD $130,000 to $170,000 plus performance bonus
Benefits
- Performance bonus
- Benefits
- Meaningful long-term upside
About the Company
- Banyan Software is a permanent home for software businesses serving specialized industries.
- Mission: Acquire, build, and grow great companies worldwide, modernizing them through shared AI expertise and operational discipline.
- Banyan Software Foundation endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, focused on building a greener and more equitable world through technology.
- Great Place to Work Certified.
- Five-time Inc. 5000 honoree.
- Top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500.
- Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta.
- Operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America, the UK, EU, and APAC.
Equal Opportunity
- Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve.
- Committed to impacting lasting change through actions and uniting for equality and equity.
- Committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status.
- Will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability.
- Supports an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.
