Senior Data Scientist Analyst, Internal Audit

Discover Financial Services • Riverwoods, IL

260d • $88,000 - $122,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

Discover. A brighter future. With us, you'll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine. Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Analytics, Engineering, Statistics or related field.
• 2+ years experience in Credit Risk, Fraud Risk, Marketing Analytics, Optimization, Operations Analytics, Modeling/Data Science or related.

Nice To Haves

• Masters or Ph.D. in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, Analytics or related field.
• 2+ years hands-on experience developing data science solutions using open-source tools and cloud computing platforms.
• Proficiency in Python or R, along with commonly used libraries for data wrangling (e.g., numpy, pandas), modeling (e.g., scikit-learn), and visualization (e.g., seaborn, ggplot2).
• Extensive experience with SQL for extracting data from databases or other sources.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement advanced analytics solutions to support audit use and optimize audit process and methodology.
• Research and leverage state-of-the-art modeling techniques; participates in modeling innovation.
• Leverage extensive and deep technical knowledge to drive the development of data science solutions and implements data-driven recommendations and outcomes.
• Maintain a high level of competency in statistical and analytical principles, tools and techniques.
• Develops advanced analytics solutions including customer segmentation, optimization, test & design of experiments and prescriptive analytics to solve business problems.
• Operates as a subject matter expert on statistical analysis, test and design of experiment, analysis methodology, modeling & application, and financial impact analysis.
• Collaborates with cross-functional partners to understand their business needs, formulated and completed end-to-end analysis that includes data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations.
• Delivers effective presentations of findings and recommendations to multiple levels of leadership, creating visual displays of quantitative information.
• Establishes and maintains effective performance tracking; identify improvement opportunity, form hypothesis, propose, design and implement tests to drive strategy enhancement and optimization.
• Manages multiple priorities, communicate business performance and project progress to management & business partners.
• Develops and automates reports, iteratively build and prototype dashboards to provide insights at scale, solving for analytical needs.
• Facilitates implementation of work product and ensure accuracy.
• Consistently follows standard work processes and documentation requirements.
• Recommends improvement to work processes to increase efficiency while maintaining quality of work.
• Continuously improves technical and leadership skills through training and development.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k) Plan
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
• Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances
• Recognition Program
• Education Assistance
• Commuter Benefits
• Family Support Programs
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree