Join a Challenger
Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing, so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians.
How do we get there? With a talented team of inquisitive and agile challengers that break through the status quo. So, if you’re passionate about redefining the future of banking—while having fun—this could be your next big opportunity.
Our company continues to grow, and today we serve more than 800,000 customers across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $142 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (
eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.
The work !
The Senior Analyst, Residential Lending Experience & Performance is responsible for the enablement of strong broker experience, operational transparency, and pipeline efficiency across the residential lending business. The role acts as a central facilitator and insight provider across Sales, Underwriting, Fulfillment, and Funding, ensuring that performance metrics, operational issues, and experience feedback are visible, well understood, and actively addressed.
The role focuses on identifying and resolving deal-level roadblocks as well as systemic constraints impacting application flow, service levels, and broker satisfaction. By collecting and analysing quantitative and qualitative data, they will report on and recommend actions to improve team KPIs, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the lending lifecycle.
While the role does not include people management or credit decision authority, it carries significant influence through insight, coordination, and communication with senior leaders and frontline teams alike.
Main Activities
Job Complexities / Thinking Challenges
- Availability and responsiveness: The role may require extended hours or flexibility beyond standard work schedules to respond to urgent escalations, broker inquiries, or pipeline issues in real time.
- Coverage and continuity: Vacation, time off, and other absences must be coordinated to ensure continuous support for daily huddles, reporting, and escalation activities.
- Rapid problem-solving: The incumbent must quickly assess deal-level or systemic roadblocks, facilitate collaboration across multiple teams, and recommend actionable solutions.
- Cross-functional coordination: Work with sales, underwriting, fulfillment, funding, and strategy teams to ensure transparency, KPI alignment, and broker satisfaction.
- High-stakes communication: Clear, concise, and professional communication is critical, including presenting metrics and opportunities to senior leadership and sharing insights with internal stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Thrive under ambiguity, shifting priorities, and complex operational demands while maintaining accuracy and high-quality outputs.
This role demands exceptional time management, organizational skills, and judgment, with the ability to perform under pressure while fostering collaboration across teams.
What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
💰 Competitive discretionary bonus
✨ Market leading RRSP match program
🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📝 Employee Share Purchase Plan
👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one
🏝 Generous vacation policy and personal days
🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
🎓 Professional development and comprehensive Career Development program
💛 A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON.
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well.
We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.
We can’t wait to get to know you!
