Data Scientist, Fraud Detection Specialist

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About the role

  • Data Scientist specializing in fraud detection for Desjardins. Provide data for business decisions and lead complex initiatives in advanced analytics and artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

  • Provide the data needed to make business decisions
  • Develop solutions and services adapted to business issues
  • Understand member and client behaviour
  • Lead practitioners on projects to develop models tailored to business needs in the field of fraud detection
  • Lead complex, strategic initiatives in advanced analytics and artificial intelligence
  • Serve as a data use specialist advisor and subject matter expert
  • Develop and roll out fraud detection and prevention strategies
  • Continuously monitor fraud patterns and how well models and strategies are performing
  • Research and develop predictive variables to prevent and detect fraud
  • Provide advice on projects to improve fraud risk management tools
  • Serve as an advisor to the risk management teams and business sectors in your field
  • Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends in your field
  • Develop, update and produce various reports
  • Report on the performance of predictive models and strategies to the various committees, managers and contributors

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • A minimum of four years of relevant experience
  • Experience developing and implementing advanced analytics or predictive solutions
  • Experience in analytics with transactional data
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as CP4D or Microsoft Azure
  • Experience in Apache Spark (via PySpark or Scala, knowledge of Databricks)
  • Knowledge of French is required
  • Advanced proficiency in resolving complex, multi‑constraint problems
  • Proficiency in Python or R programming
  • Proficiency in data science methodologies and their limitations (scikit-learn, pandas, Matplotlib, NumPy, SciPy, etc.)

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

ApacheAzureCloudNumpyPandasPySparkPythonScalaScikit-LearnSpark

Location requirements

HybridMontrealCanada

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