Data Scientist

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What We'll Bring

• A work environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. We consistently explore new technologies and tools to be agile.
• Flexible time off, workplace flexibility, an environment that welcomes continued professional growth through support of tuition reimbursement, conferences and seminars.
• Our culture encourages our people to hone current skills and build new capabilities, while discovering their genius.
• We provide a modern computing environment based on best-in-class big data and cloud computing technologies and the freedom to explore new data sources and statistical and machine learning methodologies.
• Our Analytics team is home to some of the most brilliant minds in the market. Here, we will not only understand your stats jokes, we’ll appreciate them.

What You'll Bring

• 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 and at least one (1) year of professional experience performing analytic work, preferably in industries served by Transunion. These experiences may or may not overlap.
• Demonstrated interest in industries served by TransUnion, 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 skills and aptitude; proficiency with statistical programs such as R or Python; experience with other programming languages (SQL, C/C++, Java, Ab Initio) and platforms (Hive, Spark); high level of familiarity with Microsoft Office tools.
• Versatile interpersonal and communication style with the ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels within and outside the organization; ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment; evidence of initiative-taking.
• Strong project and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments effectively.
• Interest in client-facing consulting roles and ability to travel 10-20%.

What We'd Prefer To See

• Proven ability to operate effectively under modest supervision in a complex and dynamic, matrixed environment.
• Familiarity with credit bureau data and solutions.
• Work experience in industries served by TransUnion, such as financial services, insurance, fraud, and digital marketing.

Impact You'll Make

This position is responsible for supporting the development of analytic solutions through consulting engagements for TransUnion’s clients across a broad array of credit, fraud, insurance and marketing business applications. This position requires a general understanding of US financial services risk management practices.

• You will partner with internal and external cross-functional teams to drive new business initiatives and deliver long term value-added solutions to various TransUnion 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 TransUnion.
• 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 TransUnion’s analytic products and services and develop project proposals, sales presentations and promotional collateral to enable the adoption of integrated customer solutions supported by TransUnion, applying your practical analytic experience to find areas of new value of TransUnion customers. In the context of these opportunities, you will interact directly with TransUnion 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 TransUnion brand.

Benefits

TransUnion provides flexible benefits including flexible time off for exempt associates, paid time off for non-exempt associates, tuition reimbursement, primary parental leave of at least 16 weeks, secondary parental leave of 4 weeks, adoption assistance, fertility planning coverage, spousal and domestic partner benefits, bonus incentives, charity gift matching, employee stock purchase plan, retirement contributions with employer match, organizational growth potential through our online learning platform with guided career tracks, and access to TransUnion’s Employee Resource Groups.

We are committed to being a place where diversity is not only present, it is embraced. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

TransUnion's Internal Job Title

Sr Analyst, Data Science and Analytics