Data Scientist Xenon
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
Who we are
Xenon is a new Fintech player specialising in Debt-as-a-Service ("DaaS"), targeting partners who serve
the SME banking and lending segment within the UAE. We tackle the difficulty most local SMEs face
when seeking credit, by removing the barriers that traditional banks in the UAE enforce. We want to make
accessing credit simple, digital, and beneficial for those who need it most, local SMEs. [Stealth] is also
backed by a newly launched investment fund from the region, ensuring an unfair advantage from day
one.
Responsibilities
Xenon is a new Fintech player specialising in Debt-as-a-Service ("DaaS"), targeting partners who serve
the SME banking and lending segment within the UAE. We tackle the difficulty most local SMEs face
when seeking credit, by removing the barriers that traditional banks in the UAE enforce. We want to make
accessing credit simple, digital, and beneficial for those who need it most, local SMEs. [Stealth] is also
backed by a newly launched investment fund from the region, ensuring an unfair advantage from day
one.
Responsibilities
- Applying your expertise in quantitative analysis, data mining, and the presentation of data
- Exploring and adopting new data sources that improve efficacy of new credit models
- Understand how users interact with our products, and use those insights to drive product strategy
- Guide and enable product teams to measure things that really matter, when it comes to lending. For example, initiating and running A/B experiments to keep improving everything we do
- Drive together with the risk team a unified understanding of credit risk and loan profitability
- Determine how different lending products impacting user profitability, costs, and operations
- Liaise with our development team to make sure we collect the right data points and insights
- Selling the vision of advanced analytics and data-based decision making to wider stakeholders
- Keeping up-to-date with new developments and regulatory issues that may affect our business
- Experienced data science professional with relevant qualifications and experience
- 5 to 7 years experience of working within the financial services, specifically data science
- 3 to 5 years exposure within the Retail or SME lending credit risk segments
- Analytical background, with a history of presenting findings to internal and external stakeholders
- Have the confidence to build a new data science team, and lead it in the future
- Experience of building and improving data science models within Retail or SME lending segments
- You are aware and comfortable with new technologies that can support date science models
- You have previously worked for a local bank or fintech company in the UAE
- You are currently based within the UAE (Abu Dhabi or Dubai)
- Written and oral fluency in English, and the ability to communicate effectively to stakeholders
- You have a proven track record as a credit risk analyst, supporting companies short-term
- Written and verbal fluency in Arabic
- An extensive local network (UAE), both within the startup ecosystem and financial services
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1485743
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned