Data Scientist

In 1998 Rand Merchant Bank Holdings and the financial services interests (First National Bank of Southern Africa Limited "FNB"? and Southern Life Limited) of Anglo-American were merged to form FirstRand Limited. FNB became a wholly owned subsidiary of FirstRand and currently trades as a division of FirstRand Bank Limited. FNB provides personal, commercial and corporate banking services to more than 6 million customers across South Africa from large corporate accounts to accounts for teens and pensioners. It is also the single largest contributor to FirstRand's bottom-line. First National Bank - a division of FirstRand Bank Limited. An Authorised Financial Services and Credit Provider (NCRCP20). Job Description The SFS analytics team supports the various products within SFS/FNB commercial with the aim to improve sales and processes and doing so with risk management in mind. The successful candidate will run with the more technical projects, that require not only technical expertise, but also someone that takes initiative, that is creative in their thinking and solution design and also has a broad understanding of the business in order to identify opportunities and exploit inefficiencies. As an intermediate quant in the team, you will provide support to the head of SFS analytics and run with your own projects, provide guidance to junior members of the team and get things done with minimal guidance. To undertake predictive modelling and the design of data products within FNB commercial/SFS analytics which either drive innovation or add value by reducing risk increasing sales/cross-selling/revenue/profits improve efficiency retaining existing customers or a combination of the above. Examples include clustering/hyper segmentation, propensity modelling, attrition modelling, data-driven insights that include channel behavior, preferred payment mechanism, attrition unpacking, ideal customer behavior, etc. Be heavily involved in the design of solutions for problems faced by stakeholders in FNB commercial/SFS, i.e. performing initial investigations into the problem and proposing a solution, building a business case for potential solutions, be heavily involved in POCs including A/B testing, etc. Also work closely with stakeholders to ensure the correct solution is designed and implemented. Assist with ad-hoc queries for stakeholders regarding existing solutions, newly implemented solutions or completely new solutions. Drive implementation of solutions on platform/production environments. Build/ guide other team members to build Power BI reports that display valuable insights and trends. Managing relationships with senior stakeholders. Participate in code and peer reviews. You will be working on many types of products including: Commercial Overdrafts Invoice discounting Leverage finance Guarantees Letters of Credit End Date: May 8, 2026