Data Scientist

Washington State Employees Credit Union

$113K — $169K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in econometrics, operations research, applied statistics, machine learning, or related discipline.
  • Strong understanding of financial and economic levers impacting business performance.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills for deriving insights from data.
  • Ability to communicate operational and technical issues effectively across all organizational levels.
  • Expertise in econometric modeling, statistical modeling, and machine learning techniques.
  • Well-developed communication skills, including writing executive reports.
  • Capability to present ideas in a user-friendly manner to various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Model complex problems and discover insights using statistical techniques.
  • Frame business scenarios that impact critical business processes.
  • Interview end-users to gather data requirements for analysis and reporting.
  • Assist in building WSECU's long-term strategy for product insights and evaluation.
  • Extract actionable recommendations from member data addressing business challenges.
  • Identify patterns and insights in structured and unstructured data.
  • Communicate data insights and recommendations clearly and concisely.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance with premiums covered by WSECU.
  • Accrued general leave and sick leave for full-time employees.
  • 11 Paid Holidays each year.
  • 401(K) plan with an 8.5% contribution from WSECU after 1 year of service.
  • Tuition Assistance for continued education opportunities.
  • Paid Volunteer Leave to support community involvement.
  • Employee Assistance Program and Discounts.
Full Job Description
Are you a talented Data Scientist? WSECU is looking for a Data Scientist to synthesize and leverage our many datasets in order to enhance the products and services we offer to make our members' financial lives easier. You'll be responsible for continually challenging our current best thinking on how our products and services are meeting our members' financial needs.

This is a unique opportunity to join a new, multidisciplinary team of creative and passionate individuals determined to change the face of the Credit Union industry. We are focused on the Credit Unions agenda, and work on high-impact projects utilizing big data analytics and machine learning to improve the financial well-being of our members.

Your day might include:
  • Working with end-users and analysts to model complex problems, discovering insights and identifying opportunities through the use of statistical, algorithmic, and visualization techniques
  • Modeling and framing business scenarios that are meaningful and which have direct impact on critical business processes and / or decisions
  • Interviewing end-users to determine requirements for data, reports, analysis, and performance
  • Helping build WSECU's capability and strategy (short term and long term) to understand and assess new products, and evaluate the success of existing products and services
  • Distilling insights from member data that address key business challenges and provide actionable recommendations
  • Ability and desire to solve business problems, and to find patterns and insights within structured and unstructured data.
  • Experience with Programming and/or scripting languages a plus. Python strongly preferred
  • Developing & communicating data insights & recommendations in a clear & concise manner (i.e., data driven change management)
  • Providing expertise on mathematical concepts for the broader applied Analytics and Insights team and inspiring the adoption of advanced analytics and data science across the entire breadth of our organization


What you bring to the team:
  • Master's Degree in one of the following areas: econometrics, operations research, applied statistics, machine learning, hard science or engineering, or related quantitative discipline
  • Demonstrated understanding of the financial and economic levers that impact WSECU's business performance
  • Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills and the ability to effectively utilize techniques to derive insights
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate operational and technical issues to a wide variety of audiences at all organizational levels - must have strong data storytelling abilities
  • Expertise in one the following: econometric modeling; statistical and predictive modeling; machine-learning approaches such as; clustering and classification techniques, recommendation and optimization algorithms
  • well-developed oral and written communication skills including the writing of executive and board level reports, human relation skills and problem-solving skills
  • Requires the ability to communicate effectively to many levels of staff internally as well as outside individuals and vendors outside the organization with the ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language


Bonus points if you have:
  • Postgraduate school experience delivering world-class data science outcomes (2+ years preferred)


Competitive base pay: $113,119.47 - $169,679.21 annually, dependent on relevant qualifications, plus an annual discretionary incentive plan and benefits package
  • The target starting pay for this position is $113,119.47- $141,399.34 annually, typically within the first half of the range. Actual offers will be based on individual qualifications relevant to the role and will not take an applicant's pay history into account.
  • The range above allows our employees room for growth through annual merit and other pay increase during their tenure in the position.


Where we're located: 330 Union Ave, Olympia WA. Employee must reside and perform all work in the state of Washington. This is a hybrid position that blends working in-office and from home. Works onsite two (2) occasions per week

When you'd work: Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, full-time minimum 40 hours per week, with scheduling flexibility to meet service needs for this exempt position.

Working from home/hybrid requirements:
  • Reliable, high-speed home internet connection
  • Private, confidential workspace, away from distractions and other people
  • Suitable desk/surface and desk chair

Perks: Here are a few benefits and perks we offer:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance with Premiums options covered by WSECU
  • Full-Time Regular employees accrue general leave and sick leave, on a monthly basis
  • Part-Time employees accrue general leave, on a monthly basis
  • 11 Paid Holidays
  • Employer paid Long Term Disability & Long-Term Care plan for Full-Time employees
  • Employer paid Long Term Care plan for Part-Time employees
  • 401(K) with 8.5% Contribution by WSECU to begin 1st quarter after 1 year of service
  • Paid Volunteer Leave
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Employee Assistance Program & Employee Discounts
  • And, you get to work with some awesome people!


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We look forward to reviewing your application!

All applicants must include a resume.
Visa sponsorship not available.


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