Data Scientist Chief Controls Office

Barclays UK; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist in Knutsford to join their Chief Controls Office Data Analytics team. The ideal candidate will leverage machine learning techniques to enhance risk management and operational efficiency. Key responsibilities include developing data pipelines, data analysis with machine learning, and collaborating with business stakeholders. This role requires strong programming skills, effective stakeholder management, and experience leading projects.

Qualifications

• Experience developing GenAI tools and evaluating their performance.
• Ability to apply data science techniques to real business problems.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Collect and extract data from various sources.
• Perform data cleaning and transformation.
• Develop efficient data pipelines for automation.
• Design statistical and machine learning models.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to leverage data insights.

Skills

Experience of developing and delivering GenAI tools to production

Extensive experience of data science and analytics

Production-grade in Python and SQL

Partnering with senior stakeholders

Leading cross-functional data science projects

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Data Scientist to join our Chief Controls Office Data Analytics team at Barclays. We work collaboratively with stakeholders across the Bank, delivering advanced analytics (including AI/ML) solutions to drive proactive risk management, create measurable business impact and continuously monitor control performance. As a Data Scientist, you will use innovative data analytics and ML/AI techniques to deliver valuable insights, proactively identifying areas of emerging risk, strengthening controls and improving operational efficiency.

To be successful as a Data Scientist, you should have:

• Experience of developing and delivering GenAI tools to production, including the capability to evaluate model performance.
• Extensive experience of application of data science and analytics techniques to solve business problems.
• Production-grade capability in programming languages such as Python and SQL.
• Capability to partner effectively with senior stakeholders to align expectations, manage delivery, secure buy-in for data science initiatives and convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading cross-functional data science projects, managing delivery and mentoring junior colleagues.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience working in a regulatory / audit environment.
• Experience working with 3rd Party providers of AI solutions.
• Familiarity with data visualisation techniques.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To use innovative data analytics and machine learning techniques to extract valuable insights from the bank's data reserves, leveraging these insights to inform strategic decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation across the organisation.

Accountabilities

• Identification, collection, extraction of data from various sources, including internal and external sources.
• Performing data cleaning, wrangling, and transformation to ensure its quality and suitability for analysis.
• Development and maintenance of efficient data pipelines for automated data acquisition and processing.
• Design and conduct of statistical and machine learning models to analyse patterns, trends, and relationships in the data.
• Development and implementation of predictive models to forecast future outcomes and identify potential risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to seek out opportunities to add value from data through Data Science.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.