Data Scientist (Machine Learning Modelling)

Job Overview
Business Segment: Personal & Private Banking
Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30
To assist with advanced analytics and deep insight by:
providing customer centric data analytics, including alternative methods of aggregating raw data (internal and external), which will ultimately influence the way in which we view and act on customer behaviour and customer health, i.e. identifying risks and opportunities; andimplementing the use of machine learning to challenge and improve predictive modelling techniques, the available characteristic universe across the customer life cycle and optimising segmentation to enhance model performance. Solutions should satisfy customer centricity and digitisation objectives. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
Type of Qualification: Honours Degree
Field of Study: Mathematical Sciences
Other Minimum Qualifications, Certifications or Professional Memberships: Honours degree (with majors in Statistics / Applied Mathematics / Econometrics / Actuarial Sciences/Engineering)
Experience Advanced Analytics 3-4 years experience in advanced analytics, combined with sufficient knowledge of products and customer behaviour in a financial services environment. Experience with data mining and retail credit risk modelling. Communication skills, in particular, communication of technical concepts to a non-technical audience. Coding ability and experience to deal with big datasets (preferably in SAS, R, Python or SQL).Some experience of machine learning modelling techniques, with an understanding of underlying details and parameters. Good analytical problem-solving skills.

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