Data Scientist

TN United Kingdom; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

At Evelyn Partners, we are expanding our Data Services team, investing in a large-scale modernisation programme to drive innovation and insights. We’re building a new team to enhance data modelling, reporting, AI initiatives, and cloud data platforms like Snowflake.

As part of our transformation, we’re growing our analytics capability to help develop the understanding of commercial performance and take the business to the next level. This means exciting opportunities for learning, upskilling, and working with the latest technologies.

These roles can be based in Liverpool or Glasgow, with the requirement to be in the office to collaborate with colleagues twice a week.

Why Join Evelyn Partners Data Services Team?

• Investment in Data: We recognise the power of data and are fully committed to growing a best-in-class team.
• Cutting-Edge Tech: Work with Snowflake, Power BI, and AI-driven solutions to shape the future of data analytics.
• People-First Culture: A collaborative, flexible, and supportive work environment.
• Career Growth Opportunities: Continuous learning and upskilling in new and emerging technologies.
• Impactful Work: Be at the forefront of transforming our data strategy and driving business success.

If you’re a data professional looking for an opportunity to lead change and innovate, we want to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

As a Data Scientist, you will provide insightful analysis and data on client (customer) activity across Evelyn Partners. This is an exciting opportunity to help develop the understanding of the client and take the business to the next level, using your advanced analytics and data science skills to do so. We are at the start of a transformation journey and the role would suit ambitious and inquisitive individuals keen to show an organisation how to realise value from data.

As a Data Scientist, your responsibilities will include:

• Explore existing and new data and use your advanced knowledge of statistical models, machine learning and data science techniques to perform descriptive, inferential, and predictive analytics.
• Find patterns in data and transform them into organisational insight, building effective visualizations to present data explorations.
• Make recommendations to address complex problems and inform strategic and operational decision making.
• Use data ethically and appropriately and be innovative and adaptable.
• Develop understanding of new and prospective clients, particularly around acquisition, retention and churn.
• Build and manage a roadmap of analytics and insights projects collaborating with the rest of the Insights team and other stakeholders.
• Build understanding of key drivers of performance trends based on a hypothesis-driven approach, backed up by robust statistical analysis.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should:

Applied maths, statistics and scientific practices:

• Apply analytical methods including exploratory data analysis, visualisation and statistical testing to reach accurate conclusions.
• Use analytical approaches to interpret data confidently.
• Summarise and describe data to support decision making.
• Hold a degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Business, Analytics, or a relevant field.
• Have proven experience as a Data Scientist.

Data science innovation:

• Apply data science innovation in the approach to new questions, opportunities, data and techniques by using an inquisitive approach.
• Produce creative solutions to problems.

Delivering business impact:

• Understand processes, data and strategic priorities.
• Apply data science techniques to produce and present data science products.
• Design solutions that meet user needs, allowing for design and ethics standards.

Developing data science capability:

• Work with other data scientists and developers to share skills.
• Enable a team to access the right technologies to create products.
• Develop your own data science skills.

Ethics and privacy:

• Understand and comply with frameworks, standards and laws, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the Equalities Act.

Programming and build:

• Have deep demonstrable knowledge of SQL, Python and Power BI.
• Experience with Azure Data Lake and Databricks (or similar) highly desirable.
• Use programming tools to undertake analysis and create scalable data products.
• Document and test code to ensure its quality.
• Understand the organisation's tech stack and get code into production by working with developers and architects.
• Show data science is used effectively to support products and services.

Additional Information

As a colleague here at Evelyn Partners, you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.