Data Scientist developing models, dashboards, and analytics to detect transactional fraud at Desjardins, North America’s largest cooperative financial group. Deploying and monitoring mitigation tools.
About the role
- Data Scientist II responsible for mining big data to discover actionable fraud insights for Canadian Fraud Performance Management Team. Driving change and managing evolving fraud threats in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy product and channel-specific fraud strategies to reduce fraud risk balancing loss, Customer experience and operational capacity
- Identify new fraud vectors and optimize existing rules using SQL, Python, and fraud authentication solutions
- Conduct intra-day and weekly monitoring across products, channels, and risk segments
- Provide ad-hoc analysis to support decision-making at the executive level
- Continually optimize, improve, and strengthen fraud strategy and analytics capabilities
- Independently investigate new, high-risk fraud threats under tight timelines
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python for data analysis, automation, and reporting
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in an analytical capacity
- Motivated to constantly strive to find innovative data-informed ways to enhance capabilities
- In-depth knowledge of data science tools such as NumPy, pandas, matplotlib or R equivalent
- Ability to communicate strategy analysis to both technical and non-technical team members
- Passion and drive to take initiative and work independently under tight timelines
- Ability to effectively manage multiple work streams and tasks at the same time
- Undergraduate degree from a technical domain (e.g. computer science, engineering, mathematics, or statistics)
Benefits
- Health and well-being benefits
- Savings and retirement programs
- Paid time off
- Banking benefits and discounts
- Career development
- Reward and recognition programs
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