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Job Description
Data Scientist – 12-Month FTC
Who We’re Looking For
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who thrives on solving problems and embraces creativity in their approach. You will be comfortable working with complex datasets, demonstrating both curiosity and attention to detail. As a collaborative team player, you work effectively with others and are eager to contribute your ideas in a dynamic environment. Your passion for uncovering insights and delivering results sets you apart, and you are motivated by the challenge of continuous learning and innovation. This role will report into the Lead Data Scientist.
Please note, this is a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity.
About Schroders
We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.
We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.
The base
We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre and we have everything we need to work flexibly.
The team
Our mission is to empower Client Group as a leader in the transformation of data into strategic insights that drive innovation, uncover new revenue opportunities and enhance competitive advantage. Our team leverage data, advanced analytics and AI to inform decision-making, manage the business, optimise operations and focus efforts across Sales, Marketing & Product
The Delivery team partner with both Value Proposition and Sales Activation arms of Client Group, to enrich our processes with valuable insights, and help the Client Group make more disciplined and targeted strategic decisions. As a department we are looking to embed data into the centre of everything that we do and develop an ecosystem where data driven insights shape day to day decision making.
The team uses data science skills with technologies to unlock the value in data for decision-making. This encompasses everything from running ad hoc research projects, to developing proof of concepts, building scalable, automated solutions, and integrating these into the day to day lives of the business.
What You'll Do
This role will be part of the Delivery Data Science team. This team was created about 5 years ago and has achieved great recognition and results in its short life, through having helped the business identify new growth opportunities and reduce risk, thanks to creatively designed machine learning models and algorithms.
The Data Scientist will engage with internal customers, understand their needs and deliver insights, recommendations and tools to shape their actions. This will involve the application of advanced analytical methodologies including predictive modelling, recommendation engines and statistical assessments on complex and often disjointed datasets, and the output will take the form of reports and presentations, or the development of prototypes and dashboards. This requires a blend of skills including programming, data analysis and statistics, as well as data-led storytelling, communication and business expertise. Additionally, creative and innovative thinking, a proactive work ethic, attention to the finer details and the ability to challenge the status quo are also valuable traits.
You will work as part of a scrum team, together with engineers and developers, so data sets can be onboarded for analysis, and models scaled and automated for implementation. You will also be in close collaboration with the rest of teams within Delivery, as we are all dedicated to providing the best possible outcomes for our internal customers, this ranges from ever-improving data quality and reporting, to state of the art CRM and Marketing systems, alongside ensuring value is derived from the tools through engagement and adoption by end users.
Your line manager will be Lead Data Scientist, providing you with day-to-day support and providing a clear picture of where most business value can be created. The areas of focus will be shaped by the Head of Insights & Data, who owns the oversight, prioritisation and roadmap of the overall function.
Responsibilities
Delivery of both ad-hoc analysis requests from Client Group stakeholders, as well as proactive value-add research delivered through reports, dashboards, presentations, etc.
Exploration of new data sets to assess their value towards existing or future book of work
Creation of self-service analytical tools and dashboards.
Contributing towards the creation of a set of tools, techniques and practices that maximise the impact and efficiency of the team in…
turning raw data into useful and analysable derived data sets
developing re-usable analytical and visualisation methods
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About the Company
As a global investment manager, we help institutions, intermediaries and individuals across the planet meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. But as the world changes, so do our clients’ needs. That’s why we have a long history of adapting to suit the times and keeping our focus on what matters most to our clients.
Doing this takes experience and expertise. We bring together people and data to spot the trends that will shape the future. This provides a unique perspective which allows us to alw...
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