Data Scientist - Personal Financial Services Credit

Data Scientist - Personal Financial Services Credit

Data Scientist - Personal Financial Services Credit

Apply locations HLT-Hong Leong Tower

Time type Full time

Posted on Posted Yesterday

Time left to apply End Date: June 30, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

Job requisition id JR0000020330

If you are looking to excel and make a difference, take a closer look at us…

• To establish and enhance data requirements (including exploration of various non-traditional data sources), data repository architecture, data preparation, software and tools acceptable within the Bank’s digital environment.
• Part of the enabler team to develop and identify new data sources, create use cases and publish the analytics content.
• Perform data analytics, including predictive analytics or machine learning analytics to identify trends/risk characteristics/insights of a particular customer segment, portfolio or specific program.
• Develop credit strategies/policies/test programs/tactical programs/cross-sell strategies based on the data insights to mitigate credit risk and capitalize on opportunities for Business.
• Assist in identifying, designing documentation and maintaining the required structure, resources and responsible for ongoing Data Governance.
• Productionize and automate feature engineering efforts in machine learning pipelines to ensure the level of robust prediction model over time.
• Support ad-hoc tasks or projects assigned from time to time.
• General/Advanced knowledge in Cloud Computing platform like Google Cloud analytic platform.

Education/Qualification

• A degree in business administration in either of Finance, Business, Economics, Actuarial Science/Mathematics/Statistics or any related fields.
• Programming knowledge in Python Pandas, SQL, SAS, R.
• Good knowledge of statistical techniques and concepts like regression, statistical tests.
• Good knowledge of exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, application of common machine learning algorithms like K-Nearest Neighbors, Logistic Regression, Decision Trees, Neural Networks.
• General knowledge of data visualization in Tableau, Python Plotly.
• General knowledge of Cloud Computing Service platforms like GCP, AWS.

Experience

• Exposure to any machine learning, programming (Python Pandas, SQL, SAS, R).
• General knowledge in Cloud Computing platform like Google Cloud analytic platform.
• Any A.I. or modeling projects.
• SQL and Data engineering.

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available. Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.

Realise your full potential at Hong Leong Bank by applying now.

About Us

Hong Leong Bank (“HLB”) stands proudly as a leading financial services institution based in Malaysia, providing a wide range of comprehensive and innovative financial solutions across the region. These services are delivered through both digital and traditional means, via online and mobile banking, as well as our digital branch concept to provide customers with an efficient and seamless experience aided by technology.

As the service and financial landscape changes rapidly with the ever-increasing use of technology, staying attuned to customers' needs and desires becomes even more critical to HLB’s operations. To stay ahead of these dynamic changes, the Bank has adopted the approach of reimagining banking by embedding digital considerations and customer centricity in every aspect of our operations, from products and services as well as customer care and engagement.

HLB’s ethos of being Digital-At-The-Core powered by customers-at-the-forefront will continue to lead us to innovate offerings in line with our aspiration of being a highly digital and innovative financial services organization.