Specialist Data Scientist

6 days ago

Absa Towers West, South Africa Absa Group Full time R2 000 000 - R4 500 000 per year
Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary


• Work with Customer, Channel, Product, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence and Data Science teams, leveraging data across Personal & Private Banking to support business strategic objectives, generating commercial value.

• To provide advice and support on data analysis delivery, methods and techniques; enabling the construction, maintenance and expansion of data analysis.

• Gets to understand the business, oversees and conducts the conversion of data into insights that will lead to informed business decisions. Works directly with stakeholders, at various levels, and across various functions and departments.

Job Description

  • Performs data analysis, for actionable insights, leveraging a range of data sources and relevant tools, with a curiosity to always keep learning (Databricks, Python, SQL, Power BI, Excel, Miro, GitHub, Confluence, Jira).
  • Collaborates closely within a wider ecosystem team of Data Science, Data Engineering & Business Intelligence, growing knowledge of how each one of these function and how to put end-to-end data solutions together.
  • Engages with Customer, Channel, Product and other business areas as a data ambassador, promoting what data can offer.
  • Listens and asks questions to actively understand and unpack business opportunities and challenges, driving how data can play a key role in adding business value.
  • Presents refined data solutions in a way that speaks to the specific audience, and takes them on a journey towards practical actions and solutions.
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

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