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Senior AI Business Analyst, M&A
Banyan Software
Toronto, CAN
Full Time
Senior
Hybrid
1 weeks ago
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningData ScienceSQLPythonR
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About the Role
Banyan Software is hiring a Senior M&A AI Business Analyst to join the investment team, acting as an AI strategist, data science translator, and builder to drive AI initiatives that make M&A faster and smarter.
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Responsibilities
- Embed yourself as a core member of the investment team and own the process, learning the data, systems, KPIs, and pain points.
- Help architect the data foundation for an AI native M&A process, connecting data across the full transaction lifecycle.
- Build novel tools on top of acquisition datasets to price deals, speed up diligence, and surface targets.
- Find where AI and data science can most change how transactions get done, then sequence the work by impact, effort, and risk.
- Make the ROI case for each initiative, defining success, sensitivities, and failure conditions.
- Translate business problems into well scoped requirements for AI and data science engineers and turn model outputs into decisions.
- Drive adoption by training the team, designing workflows, and measuring usage and real impact after launch.
- Define and track KPIs for everything shipped, from model performance and adoption to time saved, decision quality and dollar impact.
Requirements
- 6 to 10 years across analytics, strategy, finance, or product, with at least 3 years in AI, ML or data science.
- Bachelor's in a quantitative, business, or technical field; a master's is a plus.
- Working command of machine learning concepts, model evaluation, data quality, and the limits of AI.
- Strong SQL, working Python or R for exploration, and command of Excel and modern BI tools such as Looker, Power BI, or Tableau.
- Strong financial and commercial acumen.
- Ability to explain a model to an executive and turn their question into a well scoped piece of analysis.
- Curiosity, humility, and the spine to push back.
Full Job Posting
Role Overview
- Senior M&A AI Business Analyst plays a critical leadership role within the Banyan M&A investment team.
- You will operate inside that team, understanding and reimagining its workflows, and executing the high value AI and data science initiatives that make M&A faster, sharper and smarter.
- This is a hybrid role that blends three jobs: AI strategist, data science translator, and builder and operator.
What You Will Do
- Embed yourself as a core member of our investment team and own the process.
- Help architect the data foundation for an AI native M&A process.
- Build novel tools on top of one of the richest acquisition datasets anywhere.
- Find where AI and data science can most change how transactions get done.
- Make the ROI case for each one.
- Translate in both directions.
- Drive adoption.
- Set the patterns.
Who You Are
- You love building. You have shipped real AI tools, not just read about them.
- 6 to 10 years across analytics, strategy, finance, or product, with at least 3 years in AI, ML or data science.
- A bachelor's in a quantitative, business, or technical field; a master's is a plus, not a requirement.
- You are technically grounded. Working command of machine learning concepts, model evaluation, data quality, and the limits of AI.
- You are fluent in data. Strong SQL, working Python or R for exploration, and command of Excel and modern BI tools.
- You think in business value. Strong financial and commercial acumen.
- You translate. You can explain a model to an executive and turn their question into a well scoped piece of analysis.
- You bring judgment. Curiosity, humility, and the spine to push back.
Bonus Points
- Deal side experience: Direct time inside M&A or IB/PE, ideally in software, SaaS, or vertical market software.
- Embedded experience: You have worked as an embedded analyst or business partner, not just on a fully centralized analytics team.
- Production ROI: A track record of measuring AI or data science impact in production, not just in pilots.
Compensation
- Competitive base of CAD 130,000 to CAD 170,000 plus performance bonus and benefits.
- Final offer reflects experience and qualifications.
Location
- Toronto, Ontario. Hybrid: typically, 3 days per week in our Toronto office.
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