Data Scientist

Job Description

To plan, build, optimise and implement innovative quantitative analytical methodologies, procedures, products and advanced mathematical models that provide analytical support and interpret insights, to address business opportunities and problems and implement business strategy, with minimal guidance.

Hello Future Data Scientist II

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talent team in FNB Retail Strategic, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change. 

Are you someone who can:

• Maintain ownership of models through regular audits and updates to ensure relevance.

• Plan and perform regular model updates that capture evolving business complexity in current models

• Challenge current models to ensure relevance and accuracy of outputs.

• Test outputs and accuracy of models to ensure relevance.

• Use data and analytic insights to provide input into improving customer experience through a better understanding of the customers context to identify monetisation opportunities and monitoring implementation of business decisions to recommend enhancements utilising statistical modelling and data analysis.

• Validate, interpret and create reports and presentations for data analytics management and relevant stakeholders.

• Review and assist more junior Quantitative Analysts with processes and models.

• Adhere to model building policies, standards, frameworks, and governance process.

• Ensure own ethical usage of information that complies to restrictions applied for privacy and sensitivity classification.

• Understand and ensure implementation and adherence to Privacy business requirements, legislation and policy.

• Source and do some preparation (20-30%) of relevant data sources for analysis.

• Translate business requirements into tangible models utilizing own understanding of the business value of projects, models and processes.

• Develop and apply analytical algorithms and methods to build, test and implement robust mathematical models and analytical solutions that address business problem, opportunities and improve business outcomes i.e., reduced risk and costs, increased profitability, optimized efficiency and to facilitate strategic decision-making.

• Build models that analyze processes to recommend areas for optimization to achieve cost savings, revenue generation or efficiency improvements for the business.

• Document and audit relevant processes.

• Document and implement models to address specific business requirements.

• Conduct appropriate manipulation and analysis of data to pro-actively identify and meet needs of the business for the purpose of future work and to ensure high information-quality and reliability across the business.

• Build relationships that allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in.

• Engage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have a degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science or similar

• Have 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar environment as a Data Scientist

• Have hands on experience in both SAS and SQL

• Have experience in BI (highly beneficial)

• Have experience in Provisioning, Modeling, Scorecards or Credit (nice to have)

• Have previous or current experience in the banking industry

You will have access to:

• Opportunities to network and collaborate

• Challenging Working

• Opportunities to innovate

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to

• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it

Are you interested to take the step? We look forward to engaging with you further. Apply now!

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Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

20/11/24

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.