Data Scientist

ABOUT US 

We are Alter Domus. Meaning “The Other House” in Latin, Alter Domus is proud to be home to 85% of the top 30 asset managers in the alternatives industry, and more than 5,000 professionals across 23 countries. 

With a deep understanding of what it takes to succeed in alternatives, we believe in being different. Invest yourself in the alternative, and join an organization where you progress on merit, where you can speak openly with whoever you are speaking to, and where you will be supported along whichever path you choose to take. 

Find out more about life at Alter Domus at careers.alterdomus.com  

Job Description

This role will be working in the Data and Analytics Products group – Data Operations team. The group leverages cutting edge technology (including Generative AI) and domain knowledge to create products to solve challenges in the alternative investment space. The data operations team is responsible of transforming unstructured, and often non-digital data into a structured and digitized format, which will be fed into various products. The team is looking for a data scientist manager to lead a team in India (once fully on-boarded with the team). 

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data scientists to create and/or enhance existing data pipeline workflows
• Run daily scrum meetings to ensure open communication and collaboration throughout the development cycle
• Use conventional data science techniques (Data Cleaning, Data Aggregation, Machine Learning) as well as more modern techniques like Generative AI to generate structured data from non-structured sources
• Current projects involve the normalization and standardization of corporate financial statements but will extend to fund statements, credit agreements, compliance certificates, and other use cases
• Design and implement algorithms to generate additional insights from reported corporate financial data as well as contribute to enhance the existing process
• Build robust automatic quality control process to ensure quality of outputs
• Use Python, R and Databricks extensively to modify or create workflows to process, standardize, sanitize and secure data
• Document new enhancements and logic changes
• Collaborate with other data scientists and subject matter experts throughout the product design and implementation cycle
• Help with ad-hoc projects and provide timely supports to the project team

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Financial Engineering or other quantitative fields
• 4-10 years of the data scientist related experience handling big data sets for targeted business use cases. Having experience in handling corporate financials data is a plus.
• Strong programming skills in Python, R, and SQL. Having experience in Databricks platform, C/C++/Java is a plus.
• Have strong analytical skills, critical thinking and problem-solving ability is a must
• Focus on outcomes and quality of output
• Good communication, organizational, and multi-tasking skills

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WHAT WE OFFER:

We are committed to supporting your development, advancing your career, and providing benefits that matter to you. 

Our industry-leading Alter Domus Academy offers six learning zones for every stage of your career, with resources tailored to your ambitions and resources from LinkedIn Learning. 

Our global benefits also include: 

• Support for professional accreditations such as ACCA and study leave 
• Flexible arrangements, generous holidays, birthday leave
• Continuous mentoring along your career progression 
• Active sports, events and social committees across our offices 
• Support with mental, physical, emotional and financial support 24/7 from our Employee Assistance Program 
• The opportunity to invest in our growth and success through our Employee Share Plan 
• Plus additional local benefits depending on your location 

Equity in every sense of the word 

We are in the business of equity, in every sense of the word. For us, this means taking action to ensure every colleague has equal opportunity, valuing every voice and experience across our organisation, maintaining an inclusive culture where you can bring your whole self to work, and making Alter Domus a workplace where everyone feels they belong. 

We celebrate our differences, and understand that our success relies on diverse perspectives and experiences, working towards shared goals and a common purpose. Thanks to the work of our Group DE&I Committee and network of DE&I Champions, we empower all of our people to be truly invested in the alternative.  

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruiting and onboarding process. Please contact our hiring team if you require any accommodations to make our recruitment process more accessible for you. 

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