Data Analyst - Remote

Job Description: Data Analyst - Remote

• Job title: Data Analyst - Remote
• Work Location: Remote | Work at home
• Type of employment: Full-Time
• Salary offered:
  • – Base salary for a Full-Time job (40 hours per week): $5,400 - $6,500 per month (depending on experience).
    Work schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (local time alignment required)

Why Work With Us?

Bona Group Inc. is a growing accounting and business advisory firm serving small to medium-sized businesses across Canada. We help our clients make better financial decisions through accurate reporting, clear analysis, and practical advice.

We are looking for a Data Analyst who wants to work in a structured, professional environment where data is used to support real business decisions. You'll work directly with our accounting and advisory teams to help clients understand their numbers, identify trends, and plan for growth.

If you enjoy working with data, solving problems, and presenting insights in a clear and useful way, this is a great opportunity to grow your career in a supportive, results-driven team.

About Us!

Bona Group Inc. is a full-service tax and accounting firm located in Whitby, ON. Since our founding, we've specialized in helping small to medium-sized businesses solve their financial and operational challenges.

Our mission is to provide affordable accounting and advisory services that reduce the administrative burden on business owners, allowing them to focus on their core strengths and business growth. We believe that by handling complex financial processes with a high level of accuracy and professionalism, we enable our clients to improve efficiency and focus on increasing profitability.

We have built a reputation for personal service and reliability in our industry. For each client, we aim to support financial stability and long-term success, helping them achieve or exceed industry performance benchmarks.

Our approach is based on three core principles:

• Value
  We tailor our services to each client's needs, ensuring they only receive what is necessary and relevant. This allows us to support sustainable growth while avoiding unnecessary costs.
  
• Integrity
  We are committed to delivering accurate, timely, and reliable financial information based on our experience and professional standards.
  
• Trust
  Trust is built through consistent delivery of value and integrity, leading to long-term relationships and client referrals.
  

Our team serves the accounting and tax needs of individuals and small to mid-sized businesses. We work closely with clients to understand their goals and provide customized support that helps improve efficiency and financial outcomes.

Our services include tax preparation and planning, bookkeeping, payroll, outsourced controller services, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and financial reporting. We also provide consulting and support for accounting systems such as QuickBooks®.

We work with clients across a wide range of industries, including professional services, healthcare, construction, retail, hospitality, and other small business sectors.

Job Description:

We are looking for a detail-oriented and technically skilled Data Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will work with client financial data, internal reporting systems, and business intelligence tools to support our accounting and advisory teams.

Your primary focus will be on:

• Cleaning, organizing, and validating data from multiple sources
• Building and maintaining dashboards and reports
• Identifying trends and patterns in client financial data
• Supporting month-end and year-end reporting processes

You will work closely with our accounting team, not as a separate department, but as a core part of how we deliver value to clients. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with numbers, has strong Excel skills, and wants to grow into a more analytical role within a professional services firm.

Essential Duties:

• Extract, clean, and organize data from accounting systems (QuickBooks, Sage, Xero) and internal databases
• Build and maintain regular client reports and dashboards using Excel and Power BI
• Identify trends, variances, and anomalies in financial data
• Assist with month-end and quarter-end reporting processes
• Support the finance and advisory teams with ad-hoc data requests and analysis
• Document data sources, processes, and methodologies
• Ensure accuracy and consistency across all reports and datasets
• Contribute to continuous improvement of reporting and analysis workflows

On a typical day, you'll:

• Review data requests from the accounting and advisory teams
• Pull and clean data from internal systems and client files
• Update recurring client reports and dashboards
• Investigate data inconsistencies and resolve issues
• Meet with team members to discuss findings and upcoming reporting needs
• Document your work and suggest improvements to existing processes

Requirements:

• 1–3 years of experience in a data-related role (data analysis, reporting, business intelligence, or similar)
• Strong proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, formulas, Power Query)
• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI preferred, Tableau also acceptable)
• Basic understanding of SQL or willingness to learn
• Experience working with accounting data or financial reporting is a strong asset
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Good communication skills – you can present findings clearly
• Reliable internet connection and a quiet home office space

Benefits:

• Extended medical and health coverage that includes medical, dental and vision.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Work-at-Home Opportunity.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid holidays and generous paid time off.

Compensation and bonuses:

We believe that hard work should pay off, so we make sure that our compensation and total rewards are competitive. Standard starting compensation is commensurate with experience. Regular reviews and raises are awarded based on tenure and performance, so our employees make more each year. Employees earn paid time off as well as paid holidays and paid training opportunities. Regular daily, weekly and monthly incentives are part of the overall compensation our team members enjoy.

The compensation package is as follows:

The total compensation plan for full-time is made up of a monthly fee with monthly, quarterly and annual bonuses totalling approximately $65,000 - $78,000 per year depending on company targets achieved.

Work from home requirements:

• A dedicated, private home office space in your residence.

We will provide our remote employees with equipment essential to their duties, such as laptops, headsets and mobile phones (if applicable). We will install the VPN and software required by the company when the employees receive their equipment. The equipment we provide is owned by the company. The company retains control of the property and reserves the right to monitor company property, even when it is being used at your remote site. Employees must keep it safe and avoid misuse. Company provided equipment is to be used for business purposes only. The remote worker will sign an inventory of all company property received and agree to take appropriate steps to protect the items from damage or theft. In the event of termination of employment, all company property will be returned to the company unless other arrangements have been made.

OTHER INFORMATION:

We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local law.

REGARDING COVID-19: As an employer supporting critical Federal, State, Provincial, and Commercial clients, we have taken steps to ensure that we remain operational while taking every precaution possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep our employees safe. Measures include social distancing for those working on-site, frequent deep cleaning and disinfecting of workstations and common areas, daily contactless temperature checks for those essential employees working on-site and requesting masks to be worn.