What will you be doing day-to-day?
- Use sophisticated statistical and machine learning techniques to identify new trends and relationships in data.
- Harvest, wrangle and prototype new data sources internally and external to NewDay to create new value for NewDay and our customers.
- Provide quality and detailed data science outputs, sharing and following up with as much detail as appropriate or requested by senior managers.
- Develop knowledge of all relevant data resources within NewDay and in the wider Credit Industry.
- Governance: support the models throughout their lifecycle from conception, development, implementation, testing and monitoring, with the required level of documentation to follow internal procedures and standards.
Your Skills and Experience
ESSENTIAL
- At least a BSc or higher university degree in a data science related field (e.g. machine learning, statistics, mathematics)
- Proficiency in statistical data modelling techniques.
- Proficiency with Python, including experience with statistics/machine learning packages such as scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, etc.
- Good SQL/data manipulation skills required including cleaning and managing data.
- Experience in data visualisation and communication.
- Experience with working with raw datasets and perform data wrangling pre-modelling.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
DESIRABLE
- MSc or PhD in Data Science related field (e.g. Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics)
- Experience within a regulated financial services organization.
- Ability to present sophisticated findings clearly, adapting the level of detail to the audience.
- Experience in supporting model deployment and working with DevOps/Implementation teams.
Your Personal Attributes
- Self-motivated, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve.
- Honest and hardworking with a will to learn as well as develop others.
- Strong sense of accountability and ownership, with great organizational, planning and time management skills.
- Passionate about modelling and techniques to drive value from data.
- Personable with excellent interpersonal & written communication skills.
- Ability to build strong and effective working relationships with people across all levels of the organisation.
- Ability to embrace company culture and embed into day-to-day interactions.
- Great team spirit, supporting team and colleagues on tasks big and small.
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What We Do
At NewDay, our business is focused on a single, clear and defining purpose: to help people move forward with credit.
We provide nearly 4 million customers with responsible access to credit, underpinned by best-in-class customer service and exceptional user experience. Our in-house, highly scalable digital platform alongside our proprietary credit decisioning capability unlocks our competitive advantage.
Our broad credit product offering enables instalment finance, BNPL, 0% finance and carded and digital revolving credit. We operate multiple direct-to-consumer products and a range of credit solutions with some of the UK’s most loved brands.
Our underwriting capability and experience allow us to responsibly say yes to more UK customers making us a merchant partner of choice. We partner to harness the power of data to drive commerce across the UK, creating value at scale.
