Senior Analytics Consultant

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You will be part of a very dynamic, highly motivated and fast-growing Analytics team in Italy and will develop analytical solutions to the benefit of our clients' and their customers.

The role holder must have significant experience (4-5 years at least) in the development of analytical projects in the field of credit risk management, anti-fraud modelling and or Marketing. Knowledge and experience of regulatory-driven analytics (AIRB, IFRS9 etc.) and/or experience in development of machine learning models (especially applied to credit and fraud risk management) will be a major plus.

Consultancy and Analytics

• Support and manage a team of analytical resources (Consultants Jr. Consultants, Analysts) in the development robust analytical solutions for different clients, primarily in the financial sector – this includes the development of statistical models and ad hoc data analysis
• Be responsible for understanding the project's requirements and for communicating them to more junior staff
• Ensure that project deliverables are accurate and meet project scope and objectives
• Question results through applied intelligence in a proactive way and interpret them into conclusions and recommendations to clients
• Present the project results to clients and/or to more senior members of Experian

Pre-sales and Sales support

• Participate in pre-sales and sales meetings with clients and prospects to describe and position Experian's analytics projects and propositions and to adapt it to the specific client's needs

Project Management

• Plan, organize and complete project work to meet team commitments within agreed timescales

The successful candidate will have:

• Strong personal motivation and commitment to results
• Degree in quantitative subjects (e.g. mathematics, economics, statistics, engineering, physics)
• Strong technical and analytical skills
• Good experience in the design and implementation of credit risk models
• Strong knowledge of statistics and how statistical methodologies are employed in model development
• Good knowledge one or more of other major statistical packages (e.g. Python, SAS, WPS, SPSS, R)
• Established track record (at least four years) of delivering complex analytical projects
• Fluent in English – both written and spoken with working proficiency

The following abilities and skills will be considered a further advantage:

• Previous experience in analytics on Big Data platforms (e.g. Cloudera, Databricks) and related programming frameworks (e.g. Apache Spark)
• Working experience of minimum capital regulation (i.e. Basel AIRB) and/or of accounting regulation like IFRS 9 and how it is applied to products and services like those provided by Experian
• Working experience in Marketing Analytics

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