Flexible Data Scientist: Financial Services Analytics

FirstRand Corporate Centre; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Health and wellbeing focus

Coaches and mentors

Generous leave policy

Employee banking rates

Job summary

FirstRand Corporate Centre in Johannesburg is seeking a Data Analyst/Data Scientist I to build analytical models and provide insights for business opportunities. The role focuses on Customer Engagements, Segmentation and Data Feature Engineering within FR Life Assurance, using SAS, SQL and Python/R to deliver actionable results.

Join a team that values collaboration, learning, and flexible working, with mentors and a supportive environment for professional growth and development.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualification: B Degree in Mathematical Sciences, Statistics, Actuarial Science or related degree.
• Experience: 1–2 years in Data Analytics or Customer Analytics.
• SQL proficiency (intermediate).
• SAS proficiency (intermediate) and Python or R beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Understand data analytics in a large financial services organisation.
• Translate business requirements into analytical solutions with guidance.
• Work with big data and transform data for modelling.
• Develop and optimise analytical models and methodologies.
• Collaborate in a team and build networks.

Skills

Data analytics

SQL knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mathematical Sciences/Statistics/Actuarial Science or related

Honours degree

Tools

SAS

SQL

Python

R

Job description

FirstRand Corporate Centre in Johannesburg is seeking a Data Analyst/Data Scientist I to build analytical models and provide insights for business opportunities. The role focuses on Customer Engagements, Segmentation and Data Feature Engineering within FR Life Assurance, using SAS, SQL and Python/R to deliver actionable results.

Join a team that values collaboration, learning, and flexible working, with mentors and a supportive environment for professional growth and development.