Data Scientist - Global Consulting Firm - Contractual

OutsizedInternational, India

3 days ago

Job description

At Outsized, we match clients in financial services and management consulting to high-quality independent consultants and boutique / specialist firms for the execution of their key projects.

Our client, a Global Payments Firm is currently carrying out a project for a leading bank in Saudi Arabia. To support with this, our client is looking to onboard a Data Scientist to join their team.

Roles & Strong communication skills and ability to present findings to client stakeholders

Experience in Financial Services, Banking & card payments Industry is a plus
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements
Document all steps in the development process

Technical :

Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and machine learning

Highly Proficient in SAS programming language (SAS 9.4)

Proficient in other Data Science programming languages (e.g. Python, R)

Develop, test, implement, and maintain predictive models

Segmentation, customer lifetime value

Identify opportunities to innovatively use data / extract insights from complex data sets

Cultural Fit :

Owning the outcome (ownership)

Being driven / passionate in analytics

Problem solving mindset, challenging the status quo

Self-organizing, independent and takes ownership of each task

Meticulous to detail

Thrive under Time to deployment & value identified / realized / recommended from different use cases.

Model accuracy (e.g., RMSE, MAE for regression tasks)

Number of business problems addressed

Responsiveness to business questions / problems / requests

Number of departments / business users supported / adopted the solution

Stakeholder Satisfaction : The level of satisfaction of stakeholders with the reports and insights provided.

Collaboration Effectiveness : The effectiveness of collaboration with cross-functional teams, measured through the quality of insights extracted.

Data Security Compliance : Compliance with data security protocols and regulations

Knowledge and Experience :

10 years + in a similar role, ideally with financial services

Skills :

Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis and machine learning

Highly Proficient in SAS programming language (SAS 9.4)

Proficient in other Data Science programming languages (e.g. Python, R)

Strong communication skills and ability to present findings to senior stakeholders (non-technical)

Mandatory Requirement : Python, R, SAS programming language (SAS 9.4)

This is a 12 months contractual role based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

(ref : iimjobs.com)

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