Job Description & Summary

Our Financial Crime team is looking for an experienced data scientist who would like to lead a team of 8 data scientists. The team is scattered in Poland, Czechia, Germany, Romania and Portugal. It is approximately half of our data science team.

About the team

Within the Financial Crime team, we solve business and technology problems that our clients face. This covers a broad range of topics and primarily revolves around putting regulatory requirements into practice.

Our work is to support banks in detecting money laundering, terrorism financing, drug dealing, corruption and other forms of crime. We support our clients in optimising their monitoring software by building models for behavioural customer segmentation and by parameterizing detection rules that identify suspicious activities.

In the last four years, the analytical part of our team has grown from 2 people to 18, and we are expanding further. We have built a centre of excellence in Prague that serves clients from all parts of Europe and beyond.

About the team

What will you do?

Hands-on work

Analysis of data mainly about customers and their financial transactions

Transforming data and understanding its meaning

Developing and executing machine learning pipelines

Writing tests to ensure code quality and maintainability

Team management

Organising, distributing, delegating and planning work

Methodological guidance in data management and analysis

Making sure the team members are happy

Mentoring the team to grow professionally

Collecting feedback, organising retrospectives

Continuous analysis and improvement of processes and workflows

Client management

Leading the data science part of international projects

Responsibility for the development and quality of client deliverables

Review of work and outcomes

Daily communication with the client

Supporting the deployment of new transaction monitoring systems

Streamlining ETL layers and addressing data quality issues

Helping clients develop their analytical capabilities by transitioning from simple statistical methods to more sophisticated machine learning models

Testing the efficiency of the implemented monitoring controls

Helping clients adopt good software development practices

Helping clients manage dependencies on other internal teams

Are you a good match?

At least a master’s degree in data science, statistics, mathematics, computer science or a similar field

2 years of experience with managing at least a small team of data scientists

Good understanding of machine learning algorithms and the underlying statistics, specifically for clustering and classification

Understanding of various mathematical optimisation methods

Knowledge of Bayesian networks and kernels is a plus

Good knowledge of Python, PySpark, Git and cloud computing, ideally GCP

Written and spoken proficiency in English

Team player

Confident communicator and a client-oriented person

Ability to inspire clients and colleagues or to say diplomatically no when necessary

Advisory approach

Experience with analysing transactional data, ideally in banking

Willingness to take initiative, learn and be challenged

Our Benefits and Fun

Work that benefits society - We solve important problems

A professional, talented, cheerful and ambitious team

Work with clients and colleagues from various countries

Stable, but challenging environment that provides plenty of opportunities for your continuous professional growth

Paid time off of 30 days, 3 well-being days and extra days off at the end of the year

 Benefit program with 55 000 points that you can use for holidays, education, meal and wellness vouchers, sports (Multisport card), health, etc. - Simply on what you enjoy

Support for your education and development - We offer business and technical training to develop your personal and professional skills, we pay for technical certifications and the time you spend studying for them

Career coaching from more senior colleagues

Opportunity to work in the future at a foreign PwC office, for example in the USA, Canada or other locations

Extra-work activities and away days like team buildings and ski weekends

You will develop your skills while having the support from top-notch professionals 

PwC is the largest audit team in the Czech Republic, law, tax, consulting and technology, data or forensic teams. Find out how easy it is to combine this knowledge when you're in the right place. With us, you will get the opportunity to see how business is done in large companies. We are part of an international network of companies with more than 364,000 colleagues in 151 countries. At PwC, we create an inclusive work environment where everyone can be themselves and find their place and opportunity to develop.

Are you interested in our offer? Let us know about yourself and we will discuss more details together!

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