Data Scientist Opportunity

Job description

Our
client based in Cape Town has an opportunity for a Junior
data scientist with analytical capabilities, strong technical
proficiency and the ability to work in a matrix structured organisation. The individual will be required to work
independently and as part of team and produce work within a project delivery
environment
This role would be required to support business

objectives through:

• Extracting, transforming and
  inputting datasets from various sources.
• Translating business questions into
  quantifiable analytical tasks.
• On-going analytics across various
  products and initiatives.
• Creating predictive and trend models.
• Coding methods for monitoring models.
• Communicating findings to team.

The ideal candidate will need to meet the following

requirements in order to perform optimally in this role:

• An undergraduate degree (in a
  numerical field) e.g. engineering, mathematics or statistics) is essential and
  an honours qualification will be advantageous.
• Two to three years analytical experience.
• Knowledge of retail, financial/credit environment.
• Technical understanding and knowledge
  of different operating systems/databases/programming languages like SQL or
  SAS or R.
• An ability to work with large
  datasets, discover the trends within data, visually display data and provide insights using
  softwares such as Tableau, QlikView etc.
• Ability to create statistical/data
  analysis reports on an ad hoc basis.
• A good understanding of statistical
  methods and modelling skills such as non standard GLMs, clustering, and random forests.
• Business acumen with regards to understanding
  technical issues and the impact these may have on the design and delivery of
  business solutions.

Attributes:

• Strong problem solving skills.
• Strong organisation skills.
• Good verbal and written communication
  skills in English.
• Excellent report writing and
  presentation skills.
• Knowledge of project management
  methodologies.
• High degree of logic, structured and
  analytical thinking skills.
• Computer literate with excellent
  knowledge of MS office skills (Excel and Word).
• Strong attention to detail with the
  ability to recognise data errors and inconsistencies.
• Ability to work quickly and
  accurately on an independent and team level.

While
we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be
contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your
application unsuccessful.

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