Senior Data Scientist - Financial Services

Job Description :

- Data Scientists are expected to collaborate with other data scientists, subject matter experts, sales to deliver strategic advanced analytics projects from design to execution.

- Independently handle project work streams with minimum supervision.

- Work with Analytics Leads to identify opportunities for Analytics in aiding decisions across businesses. Look at providing solutions going beyond traditional means.

- Strong technical knowledge and domain experience to deliver conceptually solid solutions

Desired Skills and Experience- Guide junior analytics staff in their journey of developing into successful and effective analytics professionals.

- Create impactful presentations for stakeholder consumption summarizing analytical findings

Desired Skills and Experience :

1. 2 to 4 years of relevant Analytics experience at Rating Agency, E-commerce, Retail or Consulting with exposure to one or more of the following areas:

- Customer Analytics

- Retail Analytics

- Collections and Recovery Analytics

- Credit Risk Ratings

2. Proficiency in statistical and other tools/languages - R, S-plus, SAS, STATA;

3. Familiarity with relational databases and intermediate level knowledge of SQL; Experience working with large data sets and tools like MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, etc.

4. Ability to synthesize unstructured data and find actionable themes/insights using SPSS/Python/R.

5. Strong problem solving skills. Ability to connect business requirements to data-mining objectives and business benefit. Demonstrated ability in gathering requirements, designs, plans and estimates

6. Aptitude to learn and ability to think creatively to solve real world business problems

7. Proficient verbal and written communication skills in English