Data Scientist - Changing Lanes Programme

Data Scientist - Changing Lanes Programme.

Joining Capco means joining an organisation that is committed to an inclusive working environment where you’re encouraged to #BeYourselfAtWork. We celebrate individuality and recognize that diversity and inclusion, in all forms, is critical to success. It’s important to us that we recruit and develop as diverse a range of talent as we can and we believe that everyone brings something different to the table – so we’d love to know what makes you different. Such differences may mean we need to make changes to our process to allow you the best possible platform to succeed, and we are happy to cater to any reasonable adjustments you may require. You will find the section to let us know of these at the bottom of your application form or you can mention it directly to your recruiter at any stage and they will be happy to help.

ABOUT CAPCO

Capco is a global technology and business consultancy, focused on the financial services sector. We are passionate about helping our clients succeed in an ever-changing industry.

We are/have:

• Experts in banking and payments, capital markets and wealth and asset management
• Deep knowledge in financial services offering, including e.g. Finance, Risk and Compliance, Financial Crime, Core Banking etc.
• Committed to growing our business and hiring the best talent to help us get there
• Focused on maintaining our nimble, agile and entrepreneurial culture

OUR CHANGING LANES PROGRAMME

Capco is looking for innovative and creative technology, digital or data professionals with experience of delivering change across all industries.

The Changing Lanes programme provides a comprehensive, structured training plan to help you transition into a consulting role in the financial services industry. We are looking for people from all industries outside of financial services, with a wide range of skillsets and backgrounds. Relevant backgrounds include:

• Consulting: Management Consultant, Strategy Consultant
• Technology: Technical Analyst, Agile Business Analyst, Scrum Master, Product Owner
• Data: Data Scientist, Data Analytics Consultant

Following an initial week of training, you will work with some of the largest financial services organizations in the world, on industry-transforming projects and initiatives.

We are looking for colleagues who will contribute and thrive in our entrepreneurial, meritocratic culture where #BeYourselfAtWork is at the heart of all we do.

WHAT THE PROGRAMME OFFERS

• Before joining Capco, you will connect with a coach who will be aligned to your area of specialism. They will be part of your Capco family from day one and guide you through any questions you have – big or small!
• As part of the Changing Lanes cohort, you will meet colleagues and peers who will become your support network throughout your time at Capco.
• You will receive one week of in-depth training, delving into the world of financial services and Capco and covering all the essentials to set you up for a successful career as a financial services consultant.
• Upon completion of training, you will work with and meet people from our data, tech or digital teams whilst we find your first client engagement.

WHY JOIN CAPCO?

You will work on engaging projects with some of the largest banks in the world, on projects that will transform the financial services industry.

We offer:

• A work culture focused on innovation and building lasting value for our clients and employees
• Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise
• A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients
• A diverse, inclusive, meritocratic culture
• Enhanced and competitive family friendly benefits, including maternity / adoption / shared parental leave and paid leave for sickness, pregnancy loss, fertility treatment, menopause and bereavement

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Capco is looking for data scientists experienced in using statistical, algorithmic, mining and/or visualization techniques to address complex business problems – and who have demonstrable experience of using data science to see beyond the numbers.

As a Data Scientist, you will support a mix of ad hoc and continuous client projects. The successful candidate will also play an active part in the Capco R&D function, designing and developing data science projects that utilize our extensive big data assets together with the latest machine learning techniques, as well as supporting sales pitches by speaking to prospective clients about Capco’s data science/machine learning capability.

Responsibilities will include:

• Solving challenging problems using data science and advanced machine learning methods
• Applying data science techniques to process and wrangle data in preparation for analysis; and analyse big data and perform exploratory analysis to uncover insights and identify innovative opportunities
• Leveraging machine learning techniques, to explore and examine data from multiple disparate sources to provide a competitive advantage or address a pressing business problem
• Defining approaches to embed and scale machine learning models with senior data scientist oversight
• Assisting on client pitches and proposals for machine learning projects
• Working on difficult engineering problems with scientists and business leaders who have minimal engineering or data science backgrounds
• Working with the data science team to build reusable assets and solutions and developing best practices for current and future business problems
• Working with the engineering team to develop end-to-end production machine learning systems
• Staying up-to-date on the latest machine learning capabilities. 

Essential skills

• Degree (BSc/MSc) in a numerate discipline
• Analytics, data science, or software development experience
• Experience with Python
• Proficiency in statistical modelling and machine learning techniques
• Experience using machine learning techniques to solve problems involving high-dimension unstructured data
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to articulate complex data science concepts and translate analyses to non-technical audiences.

Desirable skills

• Financial services industry experience
• Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, QlikView, etc.)

Bonus points

• Experience with data science toolkits for machine learning and deep learning (SparkML, Tensorflow, Keras)
• Exposure to cloud computing (GCP preferably, AWS, Azure).

Start Date: September 2022