Data Scientist

Role & Responsibilities:
1) Understand the business objectives, formulate hypotheses and collect the relevant data using SQL/R/Python. Analyse bureau, customer and lending performance data on a periodic basis to generate insights. Present complex information and data in an uncomplicated, easyto-understand way to drive action.
2) Independently Build and refit robust models for achieving game-changing growth while managing risk.
3) Identify and implement new analytical/modelling techniques to improve model performance across customer lifecycle (acquisitions, management, fraud, collections, etc.
4) Help define the data infrastructure strategy for Indian subsidiary.
a. Monitor data quality and quantity.
b. Define a strategy for acquisition, storage, retention, and retrieval of data elements. e.g.: Identify new data types and collaborate with technology teams to capture them.
c. Build a culture of strong automation and monitoring
d. Staying connected to the Analytics industry trends - data, techniques, technology, etc. and leveraging them to continuously evolve data science standards at Credit Saison.

Required Skills & Qualifications:
1) 3+ years working in data science domains with experience in building risk models. Fintech/Financial analysis experience is required.
2) Expert level proficiency in Analytical tools and languages such as SQL, Python, R/SAS, VBA etc.
3) Experience with building models using common modelling techniques (Logistic and linear regressions, decision trees, etc.)
4) Strong familiarity with Tableau//Power BI/Qlik Sense or other data visualization tools
5) Tier 1 college graduate (IIT/IIM/NIT/BITs preferred).
6) Demonstrated autonomy, thought leadership, and learning agility.