Senior Data Scientist

Recruiter:

The Recruitment Council

Job Ref:

Senior Data Scientis..

Date posted:

Friday, February 11, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

Annual Salary

JOB SUMMARY:
Senior Data Scientist

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Join this leading insurer in Gauteng as a Senior Data Scientist.

The main duties for this role is to collect, analyse, report, and interpret data for use in the development of business strategies, extract quantifiable insights from past trends and current

conditions to increase companies profitability and improves relationship''s with clients and stakeholders. Build and maintain predictive and machine learning models.

Advanced and Predictive Analytics

Employ machine learning techniques and build predictive, descriptive, and
behavioral models to help achieve various business performance indicators and
to help identify business opportunities, linking insights to actionable
recommendations.

Data Exploration

Perform complex statistical analysis and utilize mining, modeling, and testing
techniques to enable data analysis.

Information and Business Advice

Provide specialist guidance on the interpretation and application of policies and
procedures, resolving complex or contentious queries and issues and enabling
others to take appropriate actions.

Insights and Reporting

Contribute to the design and creation of complex reports for top management.
For ongoing reporting to business, assist in the automation of the various data
and analytic reports.

Stakeholder Engagement

Contribute to stakeholder engagement through identifying stakeholders, finding
out their needs/issues/concern and reacting to these by arranging meetings and
events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and
commitment.

Business Requirements Identification

Collect business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews,
document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express the
requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.

Project Management

Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific goals.
Implement data analytic projects from start to finish and manage stakeholders
throughout the project. Communicate the project status back to business or
within the team.

Continuous Improvement

Review existing operations in own area of work and implement innovation
processes to generate new ideas and ensure continuous improvements are
delivered.
Data Management

Use data management systems to deliver prescribed outcomes. Ensure that
data is accurate and is aligned to policies and procedures set out by .

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