Summer 2025 Co-op: WiSE Data Scientist (12 months)
Job Description
Women in STEM Excel (WiSE) Co-op Program
At CGI we are committed to investing in the next generation of women leaders. Diversity of thought and experience are integral to pushing the boundaries of emerging technologies. Join our WiSE (Women in STEM Excel) co-op program designed specifically to prepare and equip future women leaders through mentorship, vast networking opportunities and professional development workshops.
The WiSE program accelerates the development of future women leaders by providing a customized experience for participants:
• Participate in a week of onboarding and integration activities starting on your first day at CGI, activities include:
– Business etiquette workshop
– Foundations of business consulting workshops
– Developing your elevator pitch workshop
– Networking with peers across Canada
• Exposure to leaders through interactive sessions and a 1:1 mentorship with a CGI woman leader
• Obtain the ScaledAgile SAFe for Teams Certification: Technical Skills Agility (ScaledAgile)SAFe for Teams will teach you all about your role on an Agile team and how agile teams work with others as part of an agile release train. Members learn how to plan and execute work, how to apply Scaled Agile Framework® and Agile principles, and how to continuously improve
• Expand your network by participating in national and local social activities with other co-ops
• Develop your own learning plan by leveraging our e-learning platform
• Participate in professional development workshops focused on soft skill development
• Participate in an AI hackathon where the top team wins a grand prize
• Fast track to future new grad opportunities at CGI
The Role –
This is an exciting opportunity to join a winning team at CGI! As a co-op you’ll have opportunities to do meaningful work on important projects that deliver measurable benefits to you, our clients, and CGI.
The primary focus is on statistical analysis, financial analysis and data manipulation. This is a great opportunity to work with both the business and IT leads to determine business and functional requirements and identify solutions to resolve those needs.
Start Date: May 2025
Application Deadline: January 31, 2025
Required Skills Set
Your future duties and responsibilities:
• Support forecasting process and financial planning by building financial models and conducting ad-hoc analysis.
• Development of reports and presentations using Excel and PowerPoint.
• Create interactive dashboards and visualizations using Power BI to present data insights and findings.
• Utilize knowledge in data and various data analysis techniques to derive data insights and make recommendations.
• Conduct detailed business analysis and build reports to evaluate business performance and enhance pricing model.
• Data preparation and analysis for testing new algorithms to improve processes in the life cycle of an account and creation of new data elements for the P&C Insurance industry.
•Maintain adequate documentation.
•Work closely with the internal partners (business analysts, etc.) and customers to identify most feasible solutions to meet business needs.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
• Academic background in Math, Computer Science, and/or Statistics with general knowledge in business and finance
• Must have high grades: in the top 5 percentile
• Good practices of business analytics and data modeling
• Strong attention to detail
• Focus and dedication to improve analysis process and ensure data accuracy
• Strong working knowledge of Excel, including various reporting and analysis functions; VBA is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to manipulate large amounts of data
• Python and MicroStrategy experience are preferred
• Understanding in insurance industry is a plus
• Ability to understand and work with complex data models and physical database tables
• Strong analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills
