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Senior Data Scientist - Financial Services

OutsideCapital

Job Description

In a world saturated with data, the true challenge is finding the signal in the noise. In this role, you will analyze millions of digital footprints and translate complex business challenges into elegant, highly scalable analytical solutions. You will operate in a highly autonomous, meritocratic environment that encourages experimentation with emerging AI tools, allowing you to build timeless problem solving capabilities while making decisions that directly impact the financial services landscape every single day.

Profile for Success:
  • A proven track record (typically 5+ years) of executing complex data analytics or data science projects that have delivered tangible commercial value.
  • Demonstrated ability to make the complex simple, identifying cross domain patterns and framing business challenges into analytics solutions that get adopted and utilized.
  • Evidence of strong commercial acumen, showing a history of balancing "what sounds good" with "what actually works" in a business context.
  • Proven experience communicating highly technical concepts to non technical executive audiences.
  • A strong academic foundation in a quantitative field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering).

About This Role

Career insights for Financial Managers positions

Salary Benchmark
R53,588/month
R39,825 to R73,560/month
Source: WageIndicator ZAR data
Job Outlook
This career will grow rapidly in the next few years.
Key Skills for This Role
Active Listening Critical Thinking Reading Comprehension Speaking Monitoring
Common Technologies
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Oracle PeopleSoft Cloud SAP S/4HANA Microsoft PowerPoint 365 Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Oracle Database 23c SQL Alteryx Analytics Cloud