Senior Data Scientist

Senior Data Scientist

Minimum Requirements:

• Matric (Grade 12)
• Masters or PhD degree in either Data Science, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Operations Research,
• Computer Science or Applied Mathematics
• Ability to formulate a clear problem statement, develop a plan for tackling it, and clearly communicate findings verbally, visually, and in writing
• Demonstrable working experience in an analytics position, where the focus was on building and implementing machine learning models to solve business problems
• Experience accessing and analysing data  using language/tools/databases such as Python, R, SQL,
  etc.
• Experience using Gradient Boosting Machines, Random Forests, Neural Networks or similar algorithms.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools

Responsibilities:

• Identify and build appropriate models to predict risk, sales and savings
• Present data insights and model findings in a way that provides actionable insights for business stakeholders and senior executives
• Mining and visualising large structured and unstructured datasets throughout the businesses to inform product design, risk management, customer interaction strategies, etc.
• Following model implementations through to business adoption
• Monitoring model performance and using feedback for improvement
• Improving processes and data collections where opportunities arise
• Running scientific experiments to evaluate different models in a reproducible way
• Produce analytical work that is customer, business and staff focused