Senior Data Scientist - Finance: Risk & Insights

Placements24; Sandton; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement fund

Training opportunities

Leading data science conferences

Job summary

Placements24 in Sandton is seeking a Data Scientist to join a leading financial services analytics team. You will apply advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, and data mining to extract actionable insights from complex datasets and develop predictive models for risk management, fraud detection, and customer segmentation.

Collaborating with business stakeholders, you will translate analytical requirements into practical data science solutions and communicate findings clearly to both

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum of 4 years of professional experience as a Data Scientist or in a similar quantitative role.
• Strong proficiency in Python or R and data science libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Experience with SQL and large relational databases.
• Proven ability to apply statistical modeling and ML techniques to real-world business problems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; financial services experience is advantageous in Sandton.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and validate predictive models using ML algorithms (regression, classification, clustering, deep learning).
• Perform EDA, feature engineering, and data visualization to uncover trends.
• Clean, transform, and prepare large datasets for analysis and modeling.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define analytical requirements and translate to data science solutions.
• Communicate complex findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay current with advances in data science, ML, and AI.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Data visualization

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Data Science/Statistics/CS/Mathematics

Tools

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

SQL databases

Job description

Placements24 in Sandton is seeking a Data Scientist to join a leading financial services analytics team. You will apply advanced statistical modeling, machine learning, and data mining to extract actionable insights from complex datasets and develop predictive models for risk management, fraud detection, and customer segmentation.

Collaborating with business stakeholders, you will translate analytical requirements into practical data science solutions and communicate findings clearly to both