Data Scientist - Credit Risk & Fraud

Job Title: Data Scientist - Credit & Fraud Risk Location: Cardiff/Remote Salary/Rate: £500 - 560 per day inside IR35 Start Date: June Job Type: Initial 12-month contract Company Introductio nWe have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading data analytics clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Data Scientist to conduct statistical analysis to support product strategy decisions . Job Responsibilities/Objectiv esThis role is focused on supporting day-to-day analytical activities across customer portfolios, including credit application assessments, standard financial and risk analysis, and product-related analysis. The individual will also contribute to research and development initiatives, monitor and evaluate model performance, and support the migration of existing analytical processes to cloud-based platforms. Overall, the role requires a strong blend of analytical capability, technical understanding, and adaptability to evolving tools and environment s.The ideal candidate will have experience in data mining, statistical methods, and modelling / scoring technique s. Required Skills/Experie nceThe ideal candidate will have the followi ng:Have experience of independently running analysis of large datasets, producing results and presenting these to business partners with support of data science pee • rs. Credit and fraud modelling experi • enceHave degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics or quantitative methods (or equivalent experien • ce).Have good understanding of statistical methods applied to data analy • sis.Have user experience of Cloud capabilities, preferred Databri • cks.Have user experience of coding languages for data science and machine learning (e.g. Python, • R).Have good written communication skills, including the ability to describe statistical results to non-statistical audien • ces.Experience processing large data sets and matching/merging multiple data s ets.