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Job Description
Old Mutual Insure is looking for a forward-thinking and innovative Junior Data Scientist who will be responsible for the interpretation and statistical analysis of customer and customer related data. You will be solving complex problems and deploying Machine Learning models.
Responsibilities
- Extracts data from various internal and external data sources.
- Performs data manipulation and descriptive/exploratory data analysis.
- Works with little supervision, and to very high levels of accuracy.
- Liaises with data delivery teams.
- Delivers statistical models in support of business objectives.
- Has a broad understanding of statistics, predictive modelling, machine learning and data science techniques.
- Responsible for the interpretation and statistical analysis of customer and intermediary data.
- Generates business insights via statistical and data analysis.
- Keeps track of data science trends.
- Builds dashboards and reports to help answer business questions.
- Interprets and analyses data and presents internally.
Minimum Qualifications
- Relevant degree or qualification.
- 1+ years of relevant work experience.
- BSc Computer Science or similar/related degree.
- Experience with Python & SQL.
- Experience with Data Analysis and Analytics.
- Experience with Machine Learning & Modelling.
- Proven ability to solve complex problems.
- Experience with deploying ML models.
- Ability to work independently.
- Insurance experience beneficial.
- Experience with AWS beneficial.
- Generative AI beneficial.
The Recruitment Process
- TA Interview: A discussion with a member of the TA Team to give you an understanding of our business, our culture & values and more context on the role.
- Panel Interview: With 2 members of the senior leadership team.
- Technical & Psychometric Assessments: These will depend on the role and may happen concurrently with MIE & Internal Verification.
- Final Feedback.
Closing Date: 13 September 2024
The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.
Old Mutual Limited is pro-vaccination and encourages its workforce to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
All prospective employees are required to disclose their vaccination status as part of the recruitment process.
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