Internship - Data Scientist

at  Discovery Ltd

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS

• Understanding of mathematical and statistical concepts.
• Technical and coding proficiency (Python, R, SQL, Scala, SAS).
• Understanding of MS Office.
• Strong communication skills, both, spoken and written.
• Ability to work with, analyse and report on data.
• Knowledge of traditional statistical hypotheses testing and experimenting.
• Self-driven, motivated and proactive individual that works well under pressure.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelors’ degree in either Actuarial Science, Data Science, Statistics or Mathematics.
• Honours or masters’ degree would be advantageous.

The Data Scientist Intern in this role will be using data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning and statistical tools, to provide insights, analytical results and identify improvement opportunities that would need to be communicated and presented to key stakeholders. Specifically, in the process and design area of the bank, the Data Scientist must support continuous improvement initiatives through quantitative analysis of data related to current business processes and client journeys through the usage of process mining tools. The end objective is to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of complex end-to-end processes, by contributing valuable insights for the optimization of the world’s first behavioural bank; Discovery Bank.