Data Scientist - Financial Services Firm

Our client is one of the leading Financial Services company in Chennai, looking to hire Data Science Specialist to be based in Chennai.

Responsibilities :

- Work closely with a diverse set of stakeholders from Marketing, Sales / Distribution, Consultant Relations and Relationship Management team, to understand the strategic vision and translate these into a learning agenda to inform the appropriate level and type of analyses

- Assume a lead, hands-on role in the development, evaluation and deployment of revised data-driven client segmentation, next-best-action predictive models, and related machine learning algorithms

- Direct various ad-hoc and ongoing strategic analytics projects, and the tracking/documentation of the Advanced Analytics teams- new and existing models/algorithms and processes as required

- Work with relevant stakeholders to scope the project, identify challenges/dependencies and proactively communicate with stakeholders and the project team

Desired Candidate :

- Minimum of 3 years experience using data science and modeling tools such as SAS, SPSS, Python or R against large data sets, with demonstrable expert-level proficiency with at least one of these tools required

- Proficiency in using SQL, Hadoop/Spark for data extraction and analysis

- Expertise in the application of statistical techniques in business settings, such as Time Series decomposition, Multiple linear regression, logistic/logit models, simulation modeling, and survival analysis