Website Nedbank
Nedbank Group Limited is a bank holding company that operates as one of the four largest banking groups in South Africa. The company's shares have been listed on the JSE Limited since 1969. The group offers a wide range of wholesale and retail banking services through four main business clusters, na… read moremely Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, Nedbank Retail and Business Banking and Nedbank Wealth. Nedbank Group focuses on southern Africa, with the group positioned to be a bank for all – both from a retail and wholesale banking perspective. The principal services offered by the group comprise business, corporate and retail banking, property finance, investment banking, private banking, foreign exchange and securities trading. Nedbank Group also generates income from private equity, credit card issuing and processing services, custodial services, unit trust administration, asset management services and bancassurance. Nedbank Sandton (Nelson Mandela Square) Cnr Rivonia Rd & 5th St, Shop Bc35, Sandton City Shopping Centre
Job Purpose
Contribute to the design and prototyping of analytic engines and services with a foundational understanding of machine learning, data mining, and information retrieval concepts
Job Responsibilities
Develop statistical models and algorithms through the use of libraries and abstractions
Conducts explority data analysis
Create value out of various datasets
Provide insights to BI and BA to further exploit and present their models.
Apply advanced analytical techniques such as machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to derive business value.
Conduct data discovery for inclusion in models.
Proficiency in a programming toolset (for e.g, Python, R) for data manipulation and basic data analysis tasks.
Grow in knoweldge of latest tools and techniques with guidance from senior team members.
Able to query and pre-process (wrangle/munge) data.
Collaborates with senior data scientists/analysts/engineers to implement and deploy scalable solutions.
Implement and maintain ML models an d algorithms that drive innovation throughout the organization.
Conduct self-development throughresearching best practices, conducting experiments, and collaborating with industry leaders.
Monitor and maintain models in production and re-train if necessary.
Support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities.
Contribute to the Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc.).
Participate and support positive team culture in achievement of business strategy.
Seek opportunities to improve business processes, models and systems though agile thinking.
Develop Data Science Use Cases with a small team in an agile fashion.
Machine learning and Model training/retraining.
Exploratory data analysis and visualisations using large data sets.
Acquire and load relevant data and generate features from this data sets.
Maintain production Models as required.
Essential Qualifications – NQF Level
Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
Preferred Qualification
STEM Qualification
Engineering Qualification,
Computer Science,
Econometrics,
Mathematical Statistics,
Actuary Science
Masters or Doctorate will be an added advantage
Preferred Certifications
Cloud (Azure, AWS), DEVOPS or Data engineering certification. Any Data Science certification will be an added advantage, Coursera, Udemy, SAS Data Scientist certification, Microsoft Data Scientist.
Minimum Experience Level
MS/PhD in STEM or related technical discipline
1-3 years’ experience in a statistical and/or data science role
Cursory knowledge of machine learning, statistics, optimization or related field
Experience with R, Python, Matlab is required, programming in C, C++, Java
Experience working with large data sets, simulation/ optimization and distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Gurobi, Arena, etc.)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with strong desire to work in cross functional teams
Attitude to thrive in a fun, agile start-up like environment.
Technical / Professional Knowledge
Data Mining
Data analysis
data/ data structures
Presentation Skills
Problem solving skills
programming
Supervised Learning
Unsupervised Learning
NLP
Statistical Analysis
Data Visualisation
Feature Engineering/Selection
HyperParameter Tuning
Research and analytics
Continous Learning
AI Ethics and Fairness
Behavioural Competencies
Planning and Organizing
Collaborating
Continuous Improvement
Innovation
Leveraging Feedback
Applied Learning
Deadline:18th July,2025
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