Lead Data Scientist

We're Capital on Tap Capital on Tap was founded with the mission to help small business owners and make their lives easier. Today, we provide an all-in-one business credit card & spend management platform that helps business owners save time and money. Capital on Tap proudly serves over 200,000 businesses across the world and our goal is to help 1 million small businesses by 2030.

Why Join Us? We empower you to be innovative and solve complex problems. Take ownership, make an impact, and thrive in our scaling and agile environment.

This is a Hybrid role, the Data Science team works from our London (Shoreditch) Offices 3 days per week.

What You'll Be Doing

Are you looking to get involved in exciting data science projects and collaborate with colleagues across the business to assist in the management of a £1bn credit portfolio?

1. Develop predictive models and work on analytical assignments, influencing our strategy across the entire customer lifecycle from marketing through to collections.
2. Take a direct lead on the analytical projects and guide junior team members.
3. Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure models and analytical solutions can be implemented seamlessly without deterioration to customer experience or complex IT builds.
4. Help coach and develop colleagues in various departments on data science tools and techniques.

We're Looking For

Required skills:

1. 4+ years experience building statistical models in Python and extracting/manipulating data in SQL.
2. Experience working on analytical projects.
3. Commercial acumen and a robust understanding of the economics underpinning credit portfolios.
4. Able to work autonomously and display strong judgement and proactivity.
5. Credit modelling experience would be beneficial but this is not a requirement.
6. Experience in consulting, start-ups or other fast-paced environments is beneficial.

Diversity & Inclusion

We welcome, consider and encourage applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusivity. Join us in creating a space where authenticity thrives, and everyone can do their best work.

Great Work Deserves Great Perks

We try not to take ourselves too seriously (all the time) so we make sure our office is decked out with a pool table, arcade machine, beer tap, and a couple of office dogs thrown in for good measure. Check out our benefits:

1. Private Healthcare including dental and opticians services through Vitality.
2. Worldwide travel insurance through Vitality.
3. Anniversary Rewards (£250, £500, £750, 4-week fully paid sabbatical).
4. Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme up to 7% match.
5. 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays).
6. Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget.
7. Enhanced Parental Leave.
8. Cycle to Work Scheme.
9. Season Ticket Loan.
10. 6 free therapy sessions per year.
11. Dog Friendly Offices.
12. Free drinks and snacks in our offices.

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Excited to work here? Apply!

If you'd like to progress your career within our fast growing, profitable fintech then click apply and we will aim to get back to you within 3 working days (during busy periods this could take up to 5 working days).