Data Scientist - Valley National Bank

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:


* Interpret business needs and requirements and independently perform analysis and/or build reports and dashboards to meet requirements.
* Translate analysis findings and technical topics, visualize data to explain results to a non-technical business audience and senior management.
* Identify new data capabilities to enable strategic objectives, partner with data enablement team to build solutions.
* Interact independently with business partners on data needs and respond to data requests.
* Perform challenging data queries, reconcile data, analyze results, and form conclusions for senior management.
* Drive a strong data-driven culture within the company by mentoring data analysts and increasing data capabilities in other internal functions.
* Other duties as assigned.





Required Skills:


* Hands-on experience in data modelling, data engineering and data analysis tools such as BI tools, Power BI, SQL, Python (pandas, numpy)
* Working knowledge in developing reports and dashboards in Power BI or Tableau
* Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to prioritize and execute multiple objectives
* Ability to identify key insights and present results to a business audience
* Preferred experience in mapping techniques, such as calculating distances and routes, as well as ability to build custom market and demographic maps
* Awareness of latest trends in data analytics
* Knowledge and experience in the banking industry and banking systems
* Financial Services experience and knowledge of Retail / Commercial Banking industry, products, and data highly desired
* Advanced knowledge of data structures and the ability to visualize data effectively to communicate to a business audience
* Experience working independently with business partners and diverse corporate functions

Required Experience:


* Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline, such as Business Analytics, Data Science, Mathematics, Econometrics, Engineering, Sciences
* 3 years working in a data analytics role with hands-on experience in wrangling large data sets, conducting data analysis and developing insights from data

Preferred Experience:


* Master's degree in a quantitative discipline

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