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Senior Data Scientist Johannesburg
E-Merge IT Recruitment
South Africa, Johannesburg
Are you based in the United States? Select your country to see jobs specific to your location. An African financial services organisation that offers a broad spectrum of financial solutions and offers great culture, leadership, learning opportunities, challenges, rewards and recognition to its employees seeks a Senior Data Scientist who will be accountable for designing, producing, analysing, documenting and enhancing a range of predictive models across the entire credit life cycle. Responsibilities: Understand and interpret business requirements and translate them into analytical reporting solutions. Play a leading role in the development and application of predictive models across the entire credit life cycle. Conduct continuous research aimed at identifying predictors and enhancing model development practice and techniques. Monitor and report on the effectiveness of scorecard strategies. Active Learner, Change Agility, Credit Risk Analysis, Data Science, Machine Learning, Predictive Modelling, Problem Solving&Analytical, Python Programming, R Code, SQL, Statistical Data Analysis Qualifications and Experience: Degree with Stats/Math/Applied Maths/Financial Risk Management/Data Science/Engineering/Computer Science or related disciplines. An Honours / Masters would be advantageous. One of SAS, R or Python proficiency. Exposure to extracting data from databases is compulsory. Understanding&knowledge of predictive modelling practices, performance standards&methodologies. Minimum 5 years' experience in developing scorecards. Minimum 2 years' experience in the Credit Risk environment. The Reference Number for this position is NG59235 which is a Permanent Hybrid position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R800k up to R1mil CTC salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on nokuthulag@ e-Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities. Are you ready for a change of scenery? e-Merge IT recruitment is a niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right people with the right companies, in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge IT website www.e-merge.co.za for more great positions. Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals! The number of jobs in each salary range for all: #J-18808-Ljbffr
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