Data Scientist III at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• To plan, build, optimise and implement innovative quantitative analytical methodologies, procedures, products and advanced mathematical models that provide analytical support and interpret insights, using advanced analytics technologies, to address business opportunities and problems and implement business strategy.

Are you someone who can: (Role Responsibilties) 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and quantify revenue streams
• Develop data-driven business cases to support project prioritization and resource allocation
• Apply accounting and financial principles to build realistic business cases
• Design robust framework to identify and track notional revenue generated
• Incorporate financial metrics, market related data and operational KPIs into the revenue framework
• Extract, clean and analyze large datasets to generate inputs into for financial models
• Apply predictive analytics to forecast business performance
• Understand and clearly articulate accounting principles 
• Apply analytical- and accounting skillset to build business cases
• Utilize analytical expertise and financial accounting knowledge to enable data driven project prioritization
• Implement and automate frameworks to calculate revenue generated through a digital platform business integrating with financial services

You will be an ideal candidate if you possess:

• Qualification - B Degree Maths, Stats, Computer Science, Business Science, Finance, Accounting, Actuarial Science or equivalent
• Experience - 4+ years’ experience in a similar environment
• Additional Knowledge - Very proficient in SAS and SQL. Knowledge of other programming languages is advantageous
• Proficient understanding and ability to apply financial metrics
• Proficient in process automation
• Passionate about developing business cases to drive business decisions
• Excited to engage with cross-functional teams to understand and deliver business value  

You will have access to: (Benefits of the role)

• Opportunities to network and collaborate.
• Challenging Working
• Opportunities to innovate.
• Conditions that are flexible
• Opportunities to innovate
• Focus on health and wellbeing (onsite wellness center, gym and crèche at our main campus to innovative employee wellbeing programs and financial fitness)
• Resources to help you with your professional development
• Generous leave policy
• Inspiring work environment
• Preferential employee banking rates

We can be a match if you are: (Behavioural attributes)

• Curious - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
• Courageous - you're brave enough to think and do things differently and are always ready to put your hand up and take ownership
• A team player - you believe in the power of teams so you're always part of one, building and leveraging your networks
• Emotionally intelligent - you have a high EQ that enables you to truly connect with people, no matter how technical or specialist your role is

End Date: August 10, 2025