Decision Scientist at Renmoney

Renmoney - We are a passionate team determined to challenge the status quo and make financial inclusion count for the millions of under-banked individuals and small business owners in Nigeria. We provide loans, savings, and fixed deposit solutions to our customers. Our vision is to be the most convenient lending company, delivering outstanding service experiences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Decision Scientist

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Transform business cases to data science (DS) tasks
• Identify (DS) opportunities based on data availability
• Support and lead the team regarding technical innovation – algorithms, tools, etc.
• Hands-on statistical programming
• Credit Risk Scorecards development – application, behavior, etc.
• Management-ready action points – transform the DS results into comprehensible and actionable insights
• Knowledge sharing

Requirements

• Required: University Degree or equivalent standard with a high numeric content: statistics, econometrics, business administration/ economics, mathematics, finance, etc.
• Required: Independent person that can work and deliver projects on their own
• Required: 2+ years of experience in the analytics field – very strong statistical background along with portfolio of business cases solved leveraging advanced analytics techniques
• Required: Experience with the following software tools – R, Python or similar
• Preferred: Experience with hands-on credit risk scorecards development
• Preferred: Domain knowledge in the Credit Risk working for a banking or non-banking financial institution
• Preferred: Experience with big data tools – SPARK, Hive, AWS… is considered a plus but is not mandatory

Benefits
You’ll receive competitive compensation and work with amazing people. You’ll work in a beautiful environment with a flat structure and solve complex, real-world challenges.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.