Data Scientist, Financial Services Consulting
Core
Developing credit risk management and business intelligence analytic solutions through consulting engagements for US financial services clients.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (financial services consulting)
Builds
Predictive risk management and business intelligence solutions for Fintechs, credit card issuers, collections agencies, and retail banks
Domain
Financial services / Credit risk / Consumer lending
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Statistical modeling, predictive analytics, data extraction, segmentation, logistic regression, gradient boosted trees, survival analysis, principal component analysis, scenario and sensitivity analysis, R, Python, SQL
Preferred skills
Financial mathematics, operations research, project management, mentorship
Technologies
R, Python, SQL, Hive, C/C++, Java, Microsoft Office
Responsibilities
Partner with cross-functional teams to drive new business initiatives and deliver long-term value-added product propositions; lead analytic client engagements involving descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analysis; design and write programs for data extraction, segmentation and statistical analysis on large population datasets; deliver analytic insights and recommendations in presentations for internal and external customers; develop project proposals, sales presentations, and promotional collateral; identify strategies and opportunities for customers to test and adopt TransUnion's analytic products and services; provide mentorship and training to junior colleagues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities