JOB DETAILS:
JOB TITLE: Senior Data Scientist
REPORTS TO: Head Of Strategy And Data

The bank recently acquired a tier 1 licence, and it is growing and expanding its operations, leading to new openings, and opportunities for people who wish to grow their careers in Banking. The bank therefore wishes to recruit a competent, hardworking, dependable, and flexible resource, with a clean track record for the role that has fallen vacant.

Job Purpose
• Creating new, experimental frameworks to collect data
• Building tools to automate data collection
• Searching through large data sets for usable information
• Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
Correlating similar data to find actionable results

Key Responsibilities /Key Deliverables
• Support with the execution and management of special projects related to analytics
• Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging Bank data to drive business solutions
• Mine and analyse data from Bank databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies
• Assess the e¬ectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets
• Use predictive modelling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation and other business outcomes
• Coordinate with di¬erent functional teams to implement models and monitor outcomes
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyse model performance and data accuracy.

Education And Training
• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline
• 4+ years’ experience in the financial services industry (experience in a Tier 1 financial institution is an advantage)
4+ years’ experience in data analysis, systems analysis and data manipulation
• Proficiency with data mining, mathematics, and statistical analysis
• Advanced pattern recognition and predictive modelling experience
• Experience with MS Excel, MS PowerPivot, MS PowerPivot, SQL Server Integration Services
• Proficiency in at-least 3 programming languages i.e., SQL, JavaScript, Python, R etcetera.

Skills And Experience
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on product development
• Experience using statistical computer languages (R, Python etcetera.) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets
• Experience working with and creating data architectures
• Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etcetera) and experience with applications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques
• Strong business acumen.