Data Scientist

Washington State Employees Credit Union•Olympia, WA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

WSECU is looking for a Data Scientist to synthesize and leverage our many datasets in order to enhance the products and services we offer to make our members’ financial lives easier. You’ll be responsible for continually challenging our current best thinking on how our products and services are meeting our members’ financial needs. This is a unique opportunity to join a new, multidisciplinary team of creative and passionate individuals determined to change the face of the Credit Union industry. We are focused on the Credit Unions agenda, and work on high-impact projects utilizing big data analytics and machine learning to improve the financial well-being of our members.

Requirements

Master's Degree in one of the following areas: econometrics, operations research, applied statistics, machine learning, hard science or engineering, or related quantitative discipline
Demonstrated understanding of the financial and economic levers that impact WSECU’s business performance
Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills and the ability to effectively utilize techniques to derive insights
Demonstrated ability to communicate operational and technical issues to a wide variety of audiences at all organizational levels – must have strong data storytelling abilities
Expertise in one the following: econometric modeling; statistical and predictive modeling; machine-learning approaches such as; clustering and classification techniques, recommendation and optimization algorithms
well-developed oral and written communication skills including the writing of executive and board level reports, human relation skills and problem-solving skills
Requires the ability to communicate effectively to many levels of staff internally as well as outside individuals and vendors outside the organization with the ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language

Nice To Haves

Experience with Programming and/or scripting languages a plus. Python strongly preferred
Postgraduate school experience delivering world-class data science outcomes (2+ years preferred)

Responsibilities

Working with end-users and analysts to model complex problems, discovering insights and identifying opportunities through the use of statistical, algorithmic, and visualization techniques
Modeling and framing business scenarios that are meaningful and which have direct impact on critical business processes and / or decisions
Interviewing end-users to determine requirements for data, reports, analysis, and performance
Helping build WSECU’s capability and strategy (short term and long term) to understand and assess new products, and evaluate the success of existing products and services
Distilling insights from member data that address key business challenges and provide actionable recommendations
Ability and desire to solve business problems, and to find patterns and insights within structured and unstructured data.
Developing & communicating data insights & recommendations in a clear & concise manner (i.e., data driven change management)
Providing expertise on mathematical concepts for the broader applied Analytics and Insights team and inspiring the adoption of advanced analytics and data science across the entire breadth of our organization

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance with Premiums options covered by WSECU
Full-Time Regular employees accrue general leave and sick leave, on a monthly basis
Part-Time employees accrue general leave, on a monthly basis
11 Paid Holidays
Employer paid Long Term Disability & Long-Term Care plan for Full-Time employees
Employer paid Long Term Care plan for Part-Time employees
401(K) with 8.5% Contribution by WSECU to begin 1st quarter after 1 year of service
Paid Volunteer Leave
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program & Employee Discounts