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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Job Description

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) Al Qurm Business Park, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Full-time

Division: GCOO

Sub Division: Group Technology

Company Description

Now it’s your time to join the #1 bank in the Middle East and one of the most prestigious financial companies in the region. Shaking up the world of banking requires a lot of smarts and skill. We’re looking for the brightest and best to help us reach our goals and we’ll also help you reach yours. Your success is our success as you grow stronger in your career. Join us and leave a legacy of your own, as a pioneer in both the company and the industry

JOB PURPOSE:

This Role will be responsible for managing and implementation of BI & Dashboard projects to be implemented in PowerBI (Cloud platform). The BI & Data will consist of multiple concurrently running major BI Projects with their own project implementation cycles
The purpose of this role is to implement multiple BI & Data Analytics projects by working with key stakeholders specially Finance teams. The job holder will manage all future major/minor development enhancement and define architectural requirements in BI and Analytics
The role requires job holder to be a creative thinker and able to propose innovative ways to look at business problems by using data mining (the process of discovering new patterns from large datasets) approaches on the set of Information available. They will need to validate their findings using an experimental and iterative approach. Also, Lead Data Scientist will need to be able to present back their findings to the business by exposing their assumptions and validation work in a way that can be easily understood by their business counterparts
Lead Data Scientist will need a combination of business focus, strong analytical and problem solving skills and statistical programming knowledge to be able to quickly cycle hypothesis through the discovery phase of the data science projects. Excellent written and communications skills to report back the findings in a clear, structured manner are required
Finally lead data scientist will be primary owner for the implementation of the approved corporate Analytics strategy with an aim to develop actionable insights that continuously optimize business decisions

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: Strategic responsibilities

Develop & conceptualize sophisticated & innovative analytical solutions that integrate diverse information assets available at First Abu Dhabi Bank to achieve incremental revenue or reduction in the costs or mitigating the financial risks
Lead the discovery process for the analytics opportunities with the institutional stakeholders to identify the business requirements and the expected outcome
Make strategic recommendations on data collection, integration and retention requirements incorporating business requirements and knowledge of best practices
Define standard metrics and KPIs for measuring the success of all analytics engagements undertaken and establish processes to measure them
Educate the organizational colleagues from both IT and the business perspectives on new approaches, such as testing hypotheses and statistical validation of analytical results. Helps the organization understand the principles and the math behind these statistical processes to drive the organizational adoption

Core responsibilities

Apply advanced statistical and predictive modeling techniques to build, maintain, and improve on multiple decision systems, Designs experiments, and test business hypotheses
Identify what data is available and relevant in the bank for analytics opportunities, including internal and external data sources, leveraging new data collection processes such as geo-location data, Unstructured data sources such emails, log files, social media etc
Develop innovative and effective approaches to solve business problems using Analytics and communicate results and methodologies
Utilize patterns and variations in the volume, speed and other characteristics of data supporting the initiative, the type of data (e.g. Images, text, clickstream or metering data) in predictive analysis
Provide on-going tracking and monitoring of performance of decision systems and statistical models built by the data science unit
Recommend & Implement ongoing improvements to methods and algorithms that lead to findings, including new information & patterns in the data
Establish conducive ecosystem for analytics using tools, processes, vendors etc. within the bank that will enable adoption of analytics across the organization
Play the role of bank wide machine learning and Artificial Intelligence expert to use these techniques to solve the real business problems

People Management responsibilities

Coach & groom the data scientists in the team on gaining knowledge & skills on the principles of analytics techniques, problem solving, project management, client relationship management & team work skills. Conduct regular reviews with team members
Responsible to hire, train, motivate and continuously develop skillsets of the data scientists in the team
Define goals and key performance indicators for each member of data science team and coordinate the performance management review process for the team

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s in Business Administration from top B Schools
Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Computer Sciences, Maths, Operations Research or other related fields
Additional degree or certifications in the field related to the data science/Analytics is preferred

Minimum Experience:

Minimum 6+ years of experience in managing a large Analytics or BI function in a financial services organization
Typically 5 or more years of relevant quantitative and qualitative research and analytics experience

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