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Senior Data Scientist
Location: | Johannesburg |
Type: | 12 |
Reference: | #NG59603 |
Company: | E-Merge IT Recruitment |
An African financial services organisation that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions, along with a great culture, leadership, learning opportunities, challenges, rewards and recognition for its employees, is seeking a senior data scientist. The successful candidate 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 practices 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 and analytical thinking
- Python programming
- R coding
- SQL
- Statistical data analysis
- Degree in statistics, mathematics, applied mathematics, financial risk management, data science, engineering, computer science or a related discipline.
- An honours or master’s degree would be advantageous.
- Minimum five years’ experience.
- Proficiency in SQL.
- Experience in machine learning.
- Proficiency in one of SAS, R or Python.
- Experience in extracting data from databases is compulsory.
- Understanding and knowledge of predictive modelling practices, performance standards and methodologies.
The reference number for this position is NG59603. This is a twelve-month contract position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R1 million up to R1.3 million CTC, negotiable based on experience.
E-mail Nokuthula at nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za or call her on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.
Are you ready for a change of scenery? E-Merge IT Recruitment is a niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right people with the right companies, in the right roles. Check out the E-Merge IT website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions.
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Posted on 18 Mar 11:50, Closing date 17 May
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