Job Description

A leader in intelligent automation offering specialised software and services which aim to leverage advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence and automate mundane digital human effort while enabling economies to thrive are in the market for a Data Scientist with a specialist skill set. The main purpose of the role is to create and facilitate appropriate access to data for key stakeholders and creating visibility for the business, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance.Responsibilities:

• Ability to do routine data cleaning and analysis tasks
• Identify patterns and correlations in data from which hypothesis can be build
• Ability to turn data insights into practical actions resulting in improved results

• Data Visualization

• Change management mind-set, has to be able to adjust to different organizational levels
• Ability to prioritize and run multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to communicate at different levels of the organization and report to senior audiences.

• High standard of English proficiency in reading, writing and verbal communications.
• Strong relationship management, negotiating & influencing
• Ability to identify the most relevant modelling approach based on the type of problem and available data (Logistic regression, random forest, etc)
• Data cleaning and pre-processing (Size, data distribution, imputation, removing outliers, etc)
• Ability to do feature engineering towards specific predictable targets (Not just including raw data)
• Experience in correctly applying model performance approaches in the context of the training approaches taken (Classification Models, Confusion Metrix, etc)
• performance approaches in the context of the training approaches taken (Classification Models, Confusion Metrix, etc)

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors Degree/Hons in Computer science/Math/engineering/Accounting
• 3-5 years experience as a data scientist/data analyst.
• Specialisation in T-SQL
• Experience in automation of processes an advantage
• 3 years operating at a manager level.
• Audit, especially big four audit firm experience will be an advantage
• Ability to engage at a leadership level with local and global stakeholders.
• Proven track record of attending OPSCO/EXCO/other forums and presenting at these
• Excellent PowerPoint skills

The Reference Number for this position is NG59306 which is a Permanent Hybrid position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R800k up to R1.2mil per annum salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on -Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on to discuss this and other opportunities.Are you ready for a change of scenery? e-Merge IT recruitment is a niche recruitment agency. We offer our candidates options so that we can successfully place the right people with the right companies, in the right roles. Check out the e-Merge IT website for more great positions.Do you have a friend who is a developer or technology specialist? We pay cash for successful referrals!

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