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We are currently in search of a Data Scientist to plan, build, optimise and implement innovative quantitative analytical methodologies, procedures, products and advanced mathematical models that provide analytical support and interpret insights, using advanced analytics technologies, to address business opportunities and problems and implement business strategy.
Are you someone who can:
- Approach challenges with a proactive and passionate mindset, always seeking out innovative solutions.
- Tackle complex problems by exploring novel architectures, algorithms, and methodologies.
- Stay curious, embracing opportunities to grow and continuously learn in a fast-paced environment.
- Translate business requirements into tangible models utilizing own understanding of the business value of projects, models and processes.
- Develop and apply analytical algorithms and methods to build, test and implement advanced mathematical models and analytical solutions that address business problem, opportunities and improve business outcomes i.e. reduced risk and costs, increased profitability, optimized efficiency and to facilitate strategic decision-making.
- Understand origination strategies and how other credit risk models affect scorecards
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We are looking for:
A degree in one of the following (or a related field):
- BSc in Actuarial Science / Statistics / Computer Engineering / Data Science
At least 1 year of hands-on experience with:
- Coding in SAS/Python
- Writing SQL queries and using SQL/SAS tools
- Basic understanding of working of application scorecards and an understanding of how credit models are developed
- Is experienced with data manipulation, cleaning, and imputation.
- A solid understanding of foundational machine learning concepts and neural networks.
You will have access to:
- Opportunities to network and collaborate.
- Challenging work environment.
- Opportunities to innovate.
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