Junior Data Scientist at Webafrica

Description

At Webafrica, we rely on powerfully insightful data to power our systems and solutions.

We’re seeking an experienced data scientist to join our Finance team to deliver that insight to us daily. Our ideal team member will have the mathematical and statistical expertise you’d expect, but a natural curiosity and creative mind that’s not so easy to find.

As you mine, interpret and clean our data, we will rely on you to ask questions, connect the dots, and uncover opportunities that lie hidden within—all with the goal of realizing the data’s full potential.

You would form part of our Finance team, but will “slice and dice” data using your own methods, creating new visions for the future.

Requirements

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent degree (Certification) in statistics, applied mathematics, or related discipline
• 2 to 3 years’ experience in data science
• Proficiency with data mining, mathematics, and statistical analysis
• Advanced pattern recognition and predictive modelling experience
• Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, SQL, and programming languages (i.e., Java/Python, SAS)
• Comfort working in a dynamic, research-oriented group with several ongoing concurrent projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree or Equivalent in stats, applied math, or related discipline
• Project management experience
• Professional certifications

Objectives of this Role

• Collaborate with all departments to develop an understanding of needs
• Research and devise innovative statistical models for data analysis
• Communicate findings to all stakeholders
• Enable smarter business processes—and implement analytics for meaningful insights
• Keep current with technical and industry developments

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Work as the data strategist, identifying and integrating new datasets that can be leveraged through our product capabilities and work closely with the engineering team to strategize and execute the development of data products
• Execute analytical experiments methodically to help solve various problems and make a true impact across various domains and industries
• Identify relevant data sources and sets to mine for business needs, and collect large structured and unstructured datasets and variables
• Devise and utilize algorithms and models to mine big data stores, perform data and error analysis to improve models, and clean and validate data for uniformity and accuracy
• Analyze data for trends and patterns, and Interpret data with a clear objective in mind
• Implement analytical models into production by collaborating with software developers.
• Communicate analytic solutions to stakeholders and implement improvements as needed to operational systems

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none - the icing on the Webafrica culture cake:

1. We provide you with the most important meal of the day - and a little more

Staff breakfast– cereal / toast; as much coffee as you want

2. We look after your well being and encourage a healthy lifestyle

We pay 100% of your medical aid (Discovery& Vitality) – so no deduction unless you want to add a beneficiary

3. We think of your future too

Retirement Annuity - up to 5% company contribution in your first year; 7.5% thereafter

THE CHERRY ON TOP!!!

* Webafrica rewards performance!

• Quarterly paid-out bonuses of up to 20% of your basic annual salary (per year) so long as company targets are met.
• Quarterly individual performance recognition awards.
• Even bigger Annual individual awards for the Webafricans that outshine the rest

* Team buildings are a bid deal as well as other cultural activities which happen regularly