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Data Science Consultant

Melbourne, Victoria, AUFull-time2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10

Core

Client-facing Data Science Consultant designing, building, and deploying AI/ML solutions for financial services customers.

Role type

Senior IC Data Science Consultant (Financial Services)

Builds

Production AI/ML models, PoCs, and pilots for financial crime and compliance use cases

Domain

Financial Services (Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud Detection, Credit Risk)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Client engagement and solution design, Model development and delivery (NLP/LLMs, graph analytics, supervised/unsupervised learning), Data engineering and integration, Change management and enablement, MLOps and model governance, Regulatory compliance knowledge

Preferred skills

Financial regulatory modules (AML, KYC, FATCA, CRS), Unix systems knowledge

Technologies

Python (Pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn), SQL, Spark, Vector databases, SHAP, LIME, CI/CD, Model registry

Responsibilities

Lead discovery workshops to translate business problems into AI solutions, Build and evaluate models for key financial services use cases, Implement explainability and bias/fairness testing, Deliver high-quality PoCs and pilots, Work with client teams to profile and transform data, Plan and execute user acceptance testing and knowledge transfer

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with client-facing responsibilities