Jobs at Experian - (3 Positions)

Job Description
Responsible for multiple projects involving cross-functional teams. Manages project scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, stakeholders, integration, communications, and risks. Serves as liaison among clients, technical and internal departments to expedite project processes. Helps develop self-managing Scrum teams and ensures their velocity by actively removing impediments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is desirable or equivalent 5-8 years of experience is acceptable
• At least 8-10 years’ experience as a project manager
• An Advanced Scrum Master Certification is a plus (Scrum Alliance certification is preferred)
• Experience of working a Global organisation and working across time-zones and cultures

Additional Information
What you’ll need to bring to the party

• Facilitation and presentation skills to provide organisational training and coaching of the value of Scrum roles and practices
• Experienced in the facilitation and management of all Scrum ceremonies
• Experienced in the preparation and running of project Steering Boards
• Understanding of agile frameworks and methodologies
• Servant leadership behaviour
• Embodiment of the Agile Manifesto Values and Principles
• Client-centric mindset to problem solving

What you’ll be doing

• Run a mixture of agile and waterfall projects concurrently
• Manage internal and external stakeholders throughout the execution of the project lifecycle
• Facilitate project workshops and scrum events
• Manage project charters, responsibility matrices, stakeholder management, communication, resource, and budget plans
• Engage with cross-functional teams to consolidate high-level and work breakdown structures
• Monitor and control risks / remove impediments that threaten the project implementation or EBIT
• Coach team to implement practices that align with Agile values and principles
• Utilise project / agile artifacts such as backlogs, user stories, burn-down charts, and other metrics to drive greater quality and predictable delivery
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous improvement in artifacts

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Job Description

• To research, analyze and evaluate requirements for existing or new software applications and designs, develops, tests and maintains software solutions.
• Constructs and implements software platforms at Application and enterprise sub-system level and understands system functionality at enterprise sub-system level.
• Object-orientated as well as functional programming mindset and will generally be proficient in two or more programming languages and adheres to standards set out by the senior and tech lead developers within the team.
• Understands and interprets complex technical system specifications.Participates in JAD sessions.
• Designs, codes, and tests and debugs programs according to program specifications.  
• Produces technical and user documentation.
• May have responsibility for supervision and mentoring of trainee and more junior Programmers.  
• Has responsibility for quality code walk-through.  
• Understands working as part of a project team.

Qualifications

• Matric Certificate
• Degree or Diploma in Software Development or Computer Science
• 3+ Years Software Development/Programming Experience
• Significant experience could replace the need for formal education.
• Experience in SDLC
• Experience in Jira and Confluence or other ticketing system
• Experience in Data Base Design

Additional Information
Principle Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for the delivery of solution, by way of code that addresses the stated requirement and adheres to structural and performance standards.
• Responsible for the support of deployed applications, as they manifest in the Production environment.
• Responsible for effective task management within the auspices of defined objectives and according to management reporting line.
• Responsible for effective communication within the auspices of defined objectives and according to management reporting line.
• Responsible for the adherence to, and maintenance of, SDLC policy and process.
• Modular responsibility for the identification and generation of recommendation where personal development is indicated or desired.
• Modular responsibility for the identification and generation of recommendation where rationalization or enhancement will provide benefit to the local unit.
• Modular responsibility to the technical development of junior programming resources.

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Job Description
The Scoring Analyst will be responsible for carrying out descriptive and predictive analysis to develop analytical solutions which benefits our clients and their customers.  The role holder will engage directly with clients to understand their business requirements and will also be able to carry out analysis independently. The individual will also support the team to enhance their skillsets and improve the quality of modelling and statistical solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent standard, with a high mathematical content e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research (O.R.), Economics, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Actuarial Science.
• 3-5 years’ experience of statistical / analytics project work.

Additional Information
What you’ll need to bring to the party

• Statistical Analysis and Model Development
• Scorecard Development
• Solution Design
• Understanding of statistical techniques which may be used to address client business issues.
• Understanding of the principles and applications of the relevant Business Lines analytics solutions range.
• Extensive experience across the credit lifecycle
• Highly PC literate.
• Good knowledge of relevant statistical packages (e.g.  SAS, SQL, Python and/or R).
• Good knowledge of computer programming and programming languages
• Knowledge of machine learning 
• Strong communication skills, including proficiency in writing reports and presenting technical work
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to train and upskill analysts within the team

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and deliver top quality analytical solutions and models that follow best practice procedures and processes, including existing Experian methodologies and techniques.
• Ensure quality and accuracy of own work and the work of any Analysts on the project
• Specify data extraction and manipulation routines for complex/non-standard projects, providing guidance to other Analysts where necessary.
• Carry out and lead others in the extraction, formulation and manipulation of data to create the structured samples necessary to address business requirements.
• Interpret and, where appropriate, supervise and train others in the interpretation of analysis results.
• Upskill team members to enhance their skillsets and improve the quality of their modelling and statistical solutions
• Ensure that all critical business issues are identified through data analysis.
• Implement appropriate quality control procedures for all modelling and analysis reporting and scoring.
• Reduce error rate & re-run frequency. Meet both the analytical, client’s & business objectives.
• Produce the best quality models that can be produced within the given project timeline.
• Analyze and confirm the integrity of source data to be evaluated. 
• Perform audits to support the implementation and accuracy of statistical models and other decision tools.
• Be organized, document the project by using set-up templates or versions thereof & meet project deadlines
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to determine the appropriate performance measures and statistical metrics to be applied during the analysis project