The Opportunity

The Associate Data Scientist is accountable for delivering business value with data by focusing on key corporate objectives, including portfolio optimization, expense efficiency, growth acceleration, digital customer leadership, fraud detection, and high-performance of the team. The Associate Data Scientist is a business value enabler bridging between data assets, technology, and business expertise. The associate data scientist is responsible for designing, building, and deploying business interpretable and performant analytics solutions and applications. You will work closely with data and machine learning engineers to deploy systematic, modular, and scalable, self-service capabilities to continuously increase the capacity of the advanced analytics team to deliver value. You will leverage and share your deep knowledge of, and experience with, a wide variety of data analytics practices and methods. You will help others to improve their knowledge and understanding of the use of data and technology.

Responsibilities

Bridging between data assets, technology, and business expertise

Collaborate shoulder-to-shoulder with business experts.
Understand the business, the associated processes, systems & data environment.
Research, explore, and experiment with data driven business ideas.
Research & leverage published material to gain a comprehensive understanding of data science practices and methods.

Designing and building business interpretable and performant analytics solutions

Develop and implement data analytics enabled solutions to improve and re-imagine business process, to generate insights, and support strategy development.
Work on problems of diverse scope and complexity requiring the in-depth analysis of data.
Quickly develop enough business insight to connect data sources across multiple diverse and complex systems.
Generate relevant, practical insights based on iterative data analysis, translating data-driven output into business language, and making appropriate recommendations to business partners.
Work closely with business teams and data science engineers to collaboratively build and deliver rich data content for analysis.
Deploy rich data and analytics content in business applications.
Understand how the analysis of data impacts a broader business strategy, including the core drivers of business value.
Prepare cases on the benefits of the analytics work.

Elevate data and analytics skills in the business

Help business partners better understand the use of data, drawing on a thorough understanding of and experience with data analytics and predictive modeling.
Identify and guide natural data champions in the business to enhance the profitable use of data.
Learn salient business concepts from data champions and enable them to creatively use data assets.

What motivates you?

You obsess about customers, listen, engage and act for their benefit.
You think big, with curiosity to discover ways to use your agile approach and enable business outcomes.
You thrive in teams and enjoy getting things done together.
You take ownership and build solutions, focusing on what matters.
You do what is right, work with integrity and speak up.
You share your humanity, helping us build a diverse and inclusive work environment for everyone.

Basic Qualifications

What we are looking for

Masters in quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
Knowledge and expertise with SQL with Oracle, MySQL, and Relational Databases
Skilled with Java, C++, or other programming language, as well as with R, SAS, MATLAB, Python, Julia or similar languages

Preferred Qualifications

A PhD in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
Practical experience in several of the following areas: machine learning, NLP, statistics, experimental design, deep learning, recommendation systems,
Knowledge and experience in network and graph based analytics techniques including graph databases
Ability to distill informal customer requirements into problem definitions, dealing with ambiguity and competing objectives
Superior verbal and written communication skills, ability to convey thorough mathematical concepts and considerations to non-experts
Excited about working in a diverse group and contributing to an inclusive culture.

What can we offer you?

A competitive salary and benefits packages.
A growth trajectory that extends upward and outward, encouraging you to follow your passions and learn new skills.
A focus on growing your career path with us.
Flexible work policies and strong work-life balance.
Professional development and leadership opportunities.

Our commitment to you

Values-first culture: We lead with our Values every day and bring them to life together.
Boundless opportunity: We create opportunities to learn and grow at every stage of your career.
Continuous innovation: We invite you to help redefine the future of financial services.
Delivering the promise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We foster an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives.
Championing Corporate Citizenship: We build a business that benefits all stakeholders and has a positive social and environmental impact.