Data Scientist

Data Scientist - 12-month FTC at Schroders Join to apply for the Data Scientist role at Schroders. Who We’re Looking For We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who thrives on solving problems and embraces creativity in their approach. You will be comfortable working with complex datasets, demonstrating both curiosity and attention to detail. As a collaborative team player, you work effectively with others and are eager to contribute your ideas in a dynamic environment. Your passion for uncovering insights and delivering results sets you apart, and you are motivated by the challenge of continuous learning and innovation. This role will report into the Lead Data Scientist. Job Summary We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future. The base: We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre and we have everything we need to work flexibly. What You’ll Do This role will be part of the Delivery Data Science team. The Data Scientist will engage with internal customers, understand their needs and deliver insights, recommendations and tools to shape their actions. This will involve the application of advanced analytical methodologies including predictive modelling, recommendation engines and statistical assessments on complex and often disjointed datasets, and the output will take the form of reports and presentations, or the development of prototypes and dashboards. You will work as part of a scrum team, together with engineers and developers, so data sets can be onboarded for analysis, and models scaled and automated for implementation. Your line manager will be Lead Data Scientist, providing you with day-to-day support and providing a clear picture of where most business value can be created. Responsibilities Delivery of both ad-hoc analysis requests from Client Group stakeholders, as well as proactive value-add research delivered through reports, dashboards, presentations, etc. Exploration of new data sets to assess their value towards existing or future book of work. Creation of self-service analytical tools and dashboards. Contributing towards the creation of a set of tools, techniques and practices that maximise the impact and efficiency of the team. Turning raw data into useful and analysable derived data sets. Developing re-usable analytical and visualisation methods. Work with other members of Delivery, Client Group and Technology to develop and enhance our technical tools including steering the development of the analytics data warehouse for enterprise data, machine learning operations and connectivity of our various internal data systems. Key Qualifications Strength in Maths, Statistics, and the craft of creating actionable insights that non-technical stakeholders can act upon. Programming/automation experience in Python and SQL. Deployment of ML models into a production environment. Effective communication of results, including visualisation and presentation skills. Ability to communicate effectively and manage expectations, making changes stick throughout the organisation. Creativity and problem solving. Previous commercial experience in analytical role. Commercial/results focus. Pragmatic, action-oriented. Additional Qualifications That’ll Help Relevant degree subject (e.g. Statistics, OR, Data Science, any Science). Experience with cloud-based technologies (AWS, Azure etc.). Familiarity with Git, Snowflake, etc. B2B/Asset Management / Investment practices. Experience utilising marketing datasets and technologies covering web, social, direct/brand activities, advertising platforms and CRM would be beneficial. We Recognise Potential, Whoever You Are Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought, facilitated by an inclusive culture, will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer. You are welcome here, regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or any other protected characteristic. About Schroders We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper. Location Greater London, England, United Kingdom Seniority Level Entry level Employment Type Contract Job Function Engineering and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr