Specialist, Credit Data Science

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

To contribute to the optimal development, deployment, maintenance, and monitoring of high-quality credit risk models throughout the credit life cycle, upholding model governance standards. Apply innovative machine learning techniques, conduct customer-centric data analytics, and contribute to dashboard creation.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
Type of Qualification: Honours Degree 
Field of Study: Mathematical Sciences

Experience Required
Data Monetisation
Data & Analytics
1-2 years
Previous experience in scorecard and / or credit risk rating model development, preferably including application scoring and reject inference; credit analytics; data manipulation; data mining, preferably in a SAS environment, SQL and Python experience is also advantageous; Logistic Regression methodology within a banking / financial environment, Experience in other predictive modelling / machine learning techniques is also advantageous. Knowledge of the bank’s products and financial solutions.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Examining Information
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data

Technical Competencies:

• Data Analysis
• Data Integrity
• Database Administration
• Knowledge Classification
• Research & Information Gathering

Please note: All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations.

We will never ask for money or any form of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on +27 800222050 or TransactionFraudOpsSA@standardbank.co.za