Our client is an established financial services company seeking an ambitious Data Scientist to join their team. The company has seen an impressive growth over the last 10 years and are looking to continue that steady growth through their industry leading data analytics processes.
Job Role
You will be leading the development of a data science team and take responsibility of building an expanded data warehouse, applying advanced data mining and analytics whilst maintaining high standards of reporting and performance monitoring.
Your primary responsibilities will be as follows:
- Leading a team of data scientists
- Designing and evaluating new datasets for the business
- Understanding and improving the organisational data infrastructure
- Creating and maintaining reporting tools, working closely with the Asset Management team to monitor performance
- Collaborating with developers and business analysts to deploy models and scorecards across the organisation
- Ensuring a constant link between how data inputs and outputs affect business strategy and outcomes
Requirements
- Graduate or Post-Graduate (BSc/Msc/Phd) in a quantitative field
- 5+ years of technical experience
- Strong statistical background
- Advanced understanding of data mining and machine learning techniques
- Working knowledge of both data visualisation and data manipulation tools (R, Python, Qlik, Tableau)
Personal Skills
- Highly analytical and methodical
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Self-motivated and confident working under pressure
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions:
recruitment@russellkingassociates.com or 02088590511