Data Science Consultant Regulatory and Compliance

Sia Partners is looking to open a Data Science business unit in Toronto! We are looking for talented Senior Data Scientists to support and help us grow our activities within the Data Science Business Unit.

You will be working alongside our Data Science consultants in our other offices and our clients on Data Science topics including data acquisition and exploration creating relevant data models and presenting results to stakeholders. 

You will also contribute to internal Data Science projects hosted on Heka our internal accelerator for Data Science projects. As part of the global Data Science team you will contribute to the development of various solutions designed to address our clients needs. 

In synergy with our various departments and sectors you will be responsible for work and assignments requiring the implementation of complex models to support our customers in their issues:

• Machine learning and statistics: development of explanatory and predictive decisionmaking models (supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms econometrics forecasting quantitative diagnostics);
• Operational research: assistance in the design and implementation of constrained optimization solutions and simulation models;
• Big Data: algorithmic knowledge for processing large volumes of unstructured data.

Key Responsibilities 

• Partner with our clients leadership teams engineers program managers and data analysts to understand data needs. 
• Identify acquire process and explore relevant data sources. 
• Analyze large amounts of structured and unstructured information to discover trends and patterns. 
• Use your data analytics and science expertise to derive valuable insights from datasets build predictive models and machinelearning algorithms. 
• Communicate at scale through multiple mediums: presentations dashboards datasets bots and more. 
• Propose solutions and strategies to business challenges. 
• Collaborate with engineering and product development teams. 
• Broad range of partners equates to a broad range of projects and deliverables including Models algorithms datasets measurements services tools and process. 
• Collaborate with compliance teams to ensure data models and algorithms meet regulatory requirements and best practices related to financial crimes. 
• Integrate and apply knowledge of sanction screening and transaction monitoring platforms in data analytics to improve the detection and prevention of financial crimes. 
• Ensure alignment of data science activities with the compliance standards particularly focusing on financial crimes sanctions and other regulatory requirements. 

Qualifications :

• 6 years experience as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst 
• Experience with building models machinelearning NLP 
• You are an Azure Solution Architect Expert certified professional.
• You are proficient in R programming (or equivalent: SAS Matlab etc.) and have a solid grounding in scripting languages (Python Perl JS bash) or compiled languages (C Java) and/or experience in UNIX/LINUX environments.
• Understanding of Legal and Compliance functional areas and previous experience in similar topics
• 4 years experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau PowerBi R Shiny) 
• Problemsolving aptitude and business acumen 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills 
• BSc/BA or Master Degree in Data Science Computer Science Engineering 
• Proven experience in working with compliance data particularly in the areas of financial crimes sanctions screening and transaction monitoring. 
• Awareness and understanding of regulatory requirements and best practices in the field of Compliance and Financial crimes.

Additional Information :

For more information on our Data Science practice visit our showroom:

Would you like to join a motivating professional environment where you will share the values of resultsoriented culture quality and customer satisfaction Then join us!

Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment such as recruitment promotion remuneration or sanctions are based solely on the performance skills and behavior of employees or the needs of the company.

Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including hiring promotion remuneration or discipline are based solely on performance competence conduct or business needs. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime