• Application Deadline:
• Position: Decision Scientist


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 2 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

Job Description

• Transform business cases to data science (DS) tasks


• Identify (DS) opportunities based on data availability


• Support and lead the team regarding technical innovation – algorithms, tools, etc.


• Hands-on statistical programming


• Credit Risk Scorecards development – application, behavior, etc.


• Management-ready action points – transform the DS results into comprehensible and actionable insights


• Knowledge sharing

Requirements

• Required: University degree or equivalent standard with a high numeric content: statistics, econometrics, business administration/ economics, mathematics, finance, etc.


• Required: Independent person that can work and deliver projects on their own


• Required: 2+ years of experience in the analytics field – very strong statistical background along with portfolio of business cases solved leveraging advanced analytics techniques


• Required: Experience with the following software tools – R, Python or similar


• Preferred: Experience with hands-on credit risk scorecards development


• Preferred: Domain knowledge in the Credit Risk working for a banking or non-banking financial institution


• Preferred: Experience with big data tools – SPARK, Hive, AWS… is considered a plus but is not mandatory