TalentintheCloud is a Specialist Recruitment Agency to the FinTech and Payments sector across Africa. We are Headquartered in London and have representatives in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya.
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You will lead the analysis and insights generation process across the company’s most important products and initiatives
Work on translating large datasets into actionable insights
You’ll perform data analysis, modelling, and hypothesis testing, A/B testing to steer the company’s decision-making
Use data and insights to drive action from stakeholders
You’ll discover insights from the data and propose solutions to fix them or devise experiments to understand the issues better
You’ll contribute to the work of the data & product teams to better understand the user and product experiences and use data to improve them
You’ll work with the business intelligence team to determine useful metrics that need to be tracked and help to create stunning visualisations to disseminate the trends in the data
What It Takes To Succeed
4+ years of experience in a similar data science role
Minimum bachelors degree in quantitative fields such as statistics, mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering (Master’s highly desirable)
Demonstrated ability to perform detailed data analysis and guide strategy with findings
Advanced proficiency in at least one of the following: Python, R, SPSS
Advanced proficiency in Excel is a given
Experience with data wrangling and cleaning of large datasets
Advanced knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques (regression, decision trees, clustering, neural networks, etc.)
Some hands-on experience with writing SQL
Strong people skills, team orientation, and a professional attitude
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
A high level of commercial awareness is highly desirable