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06/02 Roopshree
Head Operations at Nikos Consulting

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Specialist - Data Scientist - Financial Services (6-10 yrs)

Gurgaon/Gurugram Job Code: 662038

Scope of work:

- Act as a business partner to industry / practice leads, by providing data-driven insights and help run strategic market development initiatives

- Provide analysis for programs that include pipeline improvement initiatives, win/loss, account planning and campaign management.

- Applying machine learning models to solve real-world problems (i.e. with multiple stake holders) as part of their on-the-job duties

- Emphasis on analysis and model development, but experience deploying a model for an end-to-end app solution of some sort

- Implement advanced machine learning skills using python or R: clustering, regression, classification.

- Assess model performance; train multiple models; carry out hyperparameter tuning.

- Create familiarity with deep learning.

- Transform and clean data into an appropriate form for statistical analysis.

- Use inferential statistics to gain insight into problems and guide decision making.

- Work with domain experts to identify areas where predictive analytics can take us to the next level.

RESPONSIBILITIES Tasks, functions, deliverables Performed

Strategic Leadership

- Work with stakeholders throughout the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging company data to drive business solutions.

- Mine and analyze data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of margin, winning opportunities and business strategies.

Stakeholder management

- Conducting regular update meetings with stakeholders.

- Identifying and managing issues and crisis proactively

- Partnering with stakeholders to provide business advice

- Managing conflicting stakeholder priorities

Production management

- Hands on - production of reports, scorecards other deliverables and analysis

- Juggle multiple requests, prioritize according to stakeholder needs

- Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.

- Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting and other business outcomes.

- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.

- Responsible for data accuracy, timeliness, and overall work set up and execute QA process and peer reviews.

- Act as a back-up of resources to ensure continuity in service delivery

Team development

- Build and maintain a positive team environment

- Coach, mentor and guide team members

QUALIFICATIONS Degrees, Certifications

- BS degree (or equivalent) required, full time MBA/Graduates in Maths/Economics/Statistics

- 6 - 8 years of post-education experience, with at least 4 years of relevant experience

- 4+ years of machine learning experience. Experience using predictive analytics in a business

Skills:

- Deep knowledge of a scripting or statistical programming language (python preferred).

- Basic SQL.

- Ability to efficiently work with very large datasets.

- Ability to deal with non-standard machine learning datasets (class-imbalances, sparse matrices, etc.)

- Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.

- Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications.

- Experience querying databases and using statistical computer languages: R, Python, SQL, etc.

- Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics: regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees etc.

TOP REQUIRED BEHAVIORS AND SKILLS

- Excellent communication in English (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. Ability to interact with international stakeholders

- Ability to think on their feet, work with limiting data

- Analytical skills; detects, analyzes and solves work problems

- Strong project management skills

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Maternity and Paternity Benefits

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