Data Scientist

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

The ideal candidate for this position is someone with solid ‘hands on’ practical business experience encompassing a detailed understanding of modelling techniques and the programming skills required. They must be detail-oriented, highly analytical, and self-motivated. The successful incumbent will have a passion for discovering solutions hidden within data and working with stakeholders to improve business outcomes.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify opportunities to improve business processes
• Engage with business stakeholders to understand, refine and document requirements
• Build, refine and optimise models for use in operational processes
• Self-manage to deliver on project deadlines
• Identify and source relevant data from internal and external sources
• Analyse, clean and transform data
• Engineer data features
• Test analytical models
• Select the most appropriate analytical models for the requirement
• Generate data visualizations and document findings
• Present the findings to stakeholders (including non-technical stakeholders)
• Provide production support for existing solutions
• Remain current with the latest data science tools and techniques

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Postgraduate degree (Masters / PhD) in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science, computer engineering, economics, or related technical discipline
• Strong academic performance
• Excellent understanding of data analytic techniques
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Strategic and creative thinker
• Highly detail oriented
• Persuasive and influential
• Exhibit natural curiosity to figure out how things work
• Excellent development and software engineering skills
• Experience working with various programming languages i.e. Python, R, SQL, Matlab, Java, C+
• At least 3 years’ experience working on data science initiatives
• Above average presentation and report writing skills
• Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts in layman’s terms
• Good interpersonal skills, show resilience and can work with diverse personality types and deal with conflict in an effective way
• Ability to work individually and with teams
• Adaptable and comfortable working in an experimental environment
• Experience within the FinTech and /or Financial Services industries preferable
• Experience with machine learning techniques preferable

SKILLS MATRIX TO COVER

• Software / Programming – studied and minimum of 3-5 years experience
• Modelling / Statistical techniques – studied and minimum of 3-5 years experience
• Exposure and experience in credit risk environments – minimum of 3 years experience
• Customer Insights – minimum 1-3 years experience

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