Senior Data Scientist - Johannesburg – R1mil to R1.3mil per annum

An African financial services organisation that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions and offers great culture, leadership, learning opportunities, challenges, rewards and recognition to its employees seeks a Senior Data Scientist who will be accountable for designing, producing, analysing, documenting and enhancing a range of predictive models across the entire credit life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Understand and interpret business requirements and translate them into analytical reporting solutions.
• Play a leading role in the development and application of predictive models across the entire credit life cycle.
• Conduct continuous research aimed at identifying predictors and enhancing model development practice and techniques.
• Monitor and report on the effectiveness of scorecard strategies.
• Active Learner, Change Agility, Credit Risk Analysis, Data Science, Machine Learning, Predictive Modelling, Problem Solving & Analytical, Python Programming, R Code, SQL, Statistical Data Analysis

Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree with Stats/Math/Applied Maths/Financial Risk Management/Data Science/Engineering/Computer Science or related disciplines.
• An Honours / Masters would be advantageous.
• Minimum 5 years experience
• SQL proficiency
• Machine Learning
• One of SAS, R or Python proficiency.
• Exposure to extracting data from databases is compulsory.
• Understanding & knowledge of predictive modelling practices, performance standards & methodologies.

The Reference Number for this position is NG59603 which is a Permanent Hybrid position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R1mil up to R1.3mil CTC salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula