Senior Data Scientist and Modelling Analyst at Paracon

Job description

Your role requires you to be motivated, energetic, inquisitive and a highly numerate sports fan, possessing a genuine love of numbers and the value that can be derived from interrogating and manipulating them.

• You must be a proud Excel / VBA / SQL / R / etc. geek, ideally already well versed in the dark arts of data science (or who will take great pleasure in learning fast) and impatient to apply those skills to analyzing and working with sports data.
• Add in responsibility for scenario modelling the company’s complex global business and this is a dream role for anybody who loves the intellectual stimulation of using their numeracy to solve significant commercial challenges. Sound like you? Then keep reading!
• You will need to have several years of experience solving significant problems in data science / predictive analytics / actuarial modelling / etc., completion of (or meaningful progress in) post-graduate studies in fields with substantial bias towards computational numeracy (e.g. actuarial science, data science, statistics, computer science, mathematics, engineering, etc.) as well as demonstrable expertise in and several years of hands-on experience with relevant tools (SQL / Excel / VBA / SQL / R etc.).
• You must have a clear track record of deriving commercial value, with solid verbal and written communication skills and a good understanding of a wide range of sports and how their nuances might be reflected in the analysis of relevant data.

If you don't completely fit that description, don't sweat it as you will still be considered if you meet all of the following:

• 4+ years' of relevant work experience (e.g. actuarial modelling / data science / predictive analytics / etc.) in areas of significant commercial value, regardless of academic background;
• Undergraduate degree in any of the fields listed above (or something else substantially similar);
• 1+ years' of relevant work experience (in the fields listed above, or similar); and,
• 1+ years' experience with appropriate technical tools (as listed above, or similar).
• Should you be interested in this exciting career opportunity , then please send us your application.