Data Scientist (Junior to Senior) Job at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• To plan, build, optimise and implement innovative quantitative analytical methodologies, procedures, products and advanced mathematical models that provide analytical support and interpret insights, to address business opportunities and problems and implement business strategy, with minimal guidance.

Are you someone who can:

• Get dirty with the data and create insightful views.
• Find answers to business problems using the data
• Chat to stakeholders to understand requirements better; build relationships with them
• Produce consistently high-quality outputs within agreed deadlines
• Summarise and present your insights in a manner that is easy for your stakeholders to understand

​​​​​​​You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Have a qualification in Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science or similar
• Have 1 – 3 years in a similar data scientist environment (Data Scientist I)
• Have 3 – 5 years in a similar data scientist environment (Data Scientist II)
• Have 5+ years in a similar data scientist environment (Data Scientist III)
• Have experience with predictive modelling (beneficial)
• Have experience in pricing between product houses
• Have experience with acquisitions
• Are experienced in SAS and SQL
• Have exposure to Python, PowerBI and R

End Date: April 1, 2026