Data Science Analyst

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Job Overview

ABOUT CITI

Citi's mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. We have 200 years of experience helping our clients meet the world's toughest challenges and embrace its greatest opportunities.

ANALYTICS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (AIM)

Citi AIM was established in 2003, and is located across multiple cities in India – Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune and Mumbai. It is a global community that objectively connects and analyzes information, to create actionable intelligence for our business leaders. It identifies fact-based opportunities for revenue growth in partnership with the businesses. The function balances customer needs, business strategy, and profit objectives using best in class and relevant analytic methodologies.

What do we do?

The North America Consumer Bank – Data Science and Modeling team analyzes millions of prospects and billions of customer level transactions using big data tools and machine learning, AI techniques to unlock opportunities for our clients in meeting their financial needs and create economic value for the bank.

The team extracts relevant insights, identifies business opportunities, converts business problems into modeling framework, uses big data tools, latest deep learning and machine learning algorithms to build predictive models, implements solutions and designs go-to-market strategies for a huge variety of business problems.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

The role will be Spec Analytics Analyst in the Data Science and Modeling of North America Consumer Bank team

The role will report to the AVP / VP leading the team

Role Description

The role will be Spec Analytics Analyst in the Data Science and Modeling of North America Consumer Cards team

The role will report to the AVP / VP leading the team

Role Expectations:

Client Obsession – Create client centric analytic solution to business problems. Individual should be able to have a holistic view of multiple businesses and develop analytic solutions accordingly.

Analytic Project Execution – Own and deliver multiple and complex analytic projects. This would require an understanding of business context, conversion of business problems in modeling, and implementing such solutions to create economic value.

Domain expert – Individuals are expected to be domain expert in their sub field, as well as have a holistic view of other business lines to create better solutions. Key fields of focus are new customer acquisition, existing customer management, customer retention, product development, pricing and payment optimization and digital journey.

Modeling and Tech Savvy – Always up to date with the latest use cases of modeling community, machine learning and deep learning algorithms and share knowledge within the team.

Statistical mind set – Proficiency in basic statistics, hypothesis testing, segmentation and predictive modeling.

Communication skills – Ability to translate and articulate technical thoughts and ideas to a larger audience including influencing skills with peers and senior management.

Strong project management skills.

Ability to coach and mentor juniors.

Contribute to organizational initiatives in wide ranging areas including competency development, training, organizational building activities etc.

Role Responsibilities:

Incumbents are required to work with large and complex data sets using a variety of tools (Python, PySpark, SQL, R etc.) to build modeling solutions for various business requirements

Primary focus areas would be Model building, model validations, model implementation and model governance related responsibilities for multiple portfolios

Responsible for documenting data requirements, data collection / processing / cleaning, and exploratory data analysis; which may include utilizing statistical models / algorithms and data visualization techniques

Incumbents in this role may often be referred to as Data Scientists

Specialization in marketing, risk, digital and AML fields possible

The analyst will work with other members in the team and business partners to jointly build model driven solutions using traditional methods (Linear, Logistic, Segmentation etc.) as well Machine Learning driven modeling solutions

Work with model governance & fair lending teams to ensure compliance of models in accordance with Citi standards

Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

What do we look for:

If you are a bright and talented individual looking for a career in AIM, Citi has amazing opportunities for you.

Bachelor’s Degree with 4+ years of experience in data analytics, or master’s degree with 2+ years of experience in data analytics, or PhD.

Technical Skills

Hands-on experience in PySpark/Python along with strong experience in SQL.

2-4 years of experience working with machine learning and statistical modeling techniques.

Understanding around deep learning techniques.

Experience working with large and multiple datasets, data warehouses and ability to pull data using relevant programs and coding.

Strong background in Statistical Analysis.

Capability to validate/maintain deployed models in production

Self-motivated and able to implement innovative solutions at fast pace

Experience in Machine Learning software frameworks

Experience in Credit Cards is preferred

Competencies

Strong communication skills

Multiple stake holder management

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Strong team player

Control orientated and Risk awareness

Working experience in a quantitative field

Willing to learn and can-do attitude

Ability to build partnerships with cross-function leaders

Education:

Bachelor's / Master’s degree in economics / Statistics / Mathematics / Information Technology / Computer Applications / Engineering etc. from a premier institute

Other Details

Employment: Full Time

Industry: Consumer Cards, Financial Services, Banking

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Job Family Group:

Decision Management

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Job Family:

Specialized Analytics (Data Science/Computational Statistics)

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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