Data Scientist - Predictive Modelling Guru

Location:	Johannesburg
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#GZ59760
Company:	E-Merge IT Recruitment

We invest in and operate high-potential businesses in markets with historically low levels of client service and trust, we currently searching for a Data Scientist/Quantitative Analyst/Predictive Modelling to be part of the team.

The incumbent be responsible for maintaining, re-calibrating, developing and deploying new predictive and prescriptive models

Requirements:

• Four+ years’ experience
• Honour’s degree in a mathematical, statistical or actuarial field
• Python
• SAS (Base, Enterprise Guide and Enterprise Miner) is a plus
• Excel
• Manage all aspects of current machine learning models.
• Maintain and re-calibrate current scorecards and/or predictive models
• Develop new predictive models
• Utilises advanced data analytics and mining techniques to analyse data, assessing data validity and usability; reviews data results to ensure accuracy; and communicates results and insights to stakeholders
• Identifies trends, patterns, relationships and discrepancies in data and determines additional data needed to support insight. Processes, cleanses, and verifies the integrity of data used for analysis
• Identifying, interpreting and explaining the factors giving rise to specific business outcomes
• Predicting and forecasting probable future business outcomes
• Identifying key factors of business operations to transform/eliminate/introduce in order to improve business outcome
• Develop, maintain and refine advanced mathematical and statistical models pertaining to various aspects of the business
• Apply various supervised and unsupervised learning techniques to various problems
• Predictive and prescriptive modelling

Reference number for this position is GZ59760 which is a permanent position based in Johannesburg offering a cost-to-company salary of R850,000 per annum negotiable on experience and ability. Contact Garth at az.oc.egrem-e@zhtrag or call him on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 23 Sep 12:39, Closing date 22 Nov