Data Scientist

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Chicago, Illinois:
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** Team Overview
** The Financial Services Analytics team partners with banks, lenders, insurers, and other financial institutions to solve complex business challenges using advanced analytics and Trans Union data assets. The team delivers predictive modeling, risk analytics, fraud solutions, and business intelligence insights that help clients make smarter business decisions and drive measurable outcomes. This role reports to Director of Data Science and Analytics.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
** Role Overview and Core Responsibilities*
* * You will partner with internal and external cross-functional teams to drive new business initiatives and deliver long term value-added solutions to various Trans Union customers. These tasks will include –among others- the development of predictive models and business intelligence solutions of moderate scope and complexity for customers within the various industries served by Trans Union.
* You will lead analytic client engagements involving descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analysis for a variety of business use cases leveraging multiple analytic techniques. As a project leader, you will take ownership of all aspects of the project from design, to development, to peer review, to client presentation, to implementation and audit.
* You will identify strategies and opportunities for customers to test and adopt Trans Union’s analytic products and services and develop project proposals, sales presentations and promotional collateral to enable the adoption of integrated customer solutions supported by Trans Union, applying your practical analytic experience to find areas of new value of Trans Union customers. In the context of these opportunities, you will interact directly with Trans Union Sales and business unit partners and provide an analytic perspective and general support as needed.
* You will design, write, and test programs for data extraction, segmentation and statistical analysis on large population datasets using languages such as R, Python, SQL, Hive and Spark, formalizing some of these efforts into repeatable process improvements.
* You will deliver analytic insights and recommendations in succinct and compelling presentations for internal and external customers representing a wide range of backgrounds and levels. You will foster a high performance culture and cultivate an environment that promotes excellence and reflects the Trans Union brand.
** Required Knowledge and Experiences*
* * Master’s or PhD degree in statistics, applied mathematics, financial mathematics, computer science, engineering, operations research, or other highly quantitative field; or a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field with at least three (3) years of relevant professional experience. In either case, the candidate will demonstrate a consistent track record of academic excellence.
* Experience and demonstrated success in client-facing roles over a period of at least one (1) year as well as at least one (1) year of professional experience performing analytic work, preferably in the Financial Services industry.
* Demonstrated interest in industries served by Trans Union, such as financial services, insurance, fraud, and digital marketing (e.g., through relevant internships).
* Strong analytical, critical thinking, and creative problem solving skills.
* Advanced programming skill and aptitude; proficiency with statistical programs such as R or Python;…