Data Scientist Ii

2 weeks ago


Randburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description

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, 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.

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 mínimal guidance.

Are you someone who can:

- Look after automated Outbound campaign engine that handles all logging and governance checks performed for various campaign type communications.
- Maintenance, improvement and optimisation of current process
- Look after Inbound solutions processes which involve loading, purging and reporting on Offers generated for customers across all channels.
- Adhoc investigations involving Outbound campaigning and/or Inbound solutions.
- Weekend stand-by required on rotational basis.
- Take all necessary actions to ensure compliance with. relevant statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements in area of accountability.
- Ensure implementation of relevant policies, governance and practice standards across the business.
- Maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and internal compliance procedures and requirements.
- Ensure compliance is adopted in terms of systems and procedures as laid out by business.
- Implement and provide input into the development of governance and compliance procedures and processes within area of specialisation and identify risks.
- Innovate by finding the best fit solution for the situation such as the flexibility of delivery and customised solutions which result in more efficient outcomes.
- 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.
- Ensure reporting of any Information Privacy Incidents and escalate appropriately for resolution of Privacy and Protection Audit Findings, Complaints, Incidents, Investigations and Privacy and Protection Assessments.
- Provide input into creation of delivery plans for achievement of outputs / deliverables in collaboration with business stakeholders to understand information requirements for strategy delivery and define metrics that track performance.
- Assist in analysis of available data to identify information commercialization opportunities that have not been explored to address business needs and revenue options.
- Assist in productionilisation of analytics in the approved FirstRand architecture by translating technical data information into practical business information that addresses identified needs.
- Analyse information requirements, availability and quality of data to feed into management for resolution.
- Contribute to the development of core analytical capabilities or model libraries using advanced statistical, quantitative or econometric techniques and utilize as appropriate.
- Collaborate with numerous departments across the business to aid them in the proper use of data to ensure delivery of desired operational results.
- Participate in relevant project related to the businesses overall analytical needs and opportunities.
- Determine the business questions that need be answered and determine appropriate analytics models for utilization.
- 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.
- Build models that analyze processes to recomm


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