Assistance Director Data Scientist

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Moody’s is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions.

Department

Moody’s Analytics Research

Role/Responsibilities

Our team is directly involved in the development of analytical solutions, including credit risk metrics, supply risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and climate risk. Our data scientists contribute to projects in every phase, including data analysis, methodology design, model development and improvements, documentation writing, results delivery, and interpretation. Do you consider yourself a collaborative and highly motivated individual with strong quantitative and communication skills? This might be the place for you! We offer outstanding learning opportunities in a very dynamic and multicultural environment!

• Work in a cross-functional environment. Conduct ad-hoc data analysis and provide technical assistance for strategy and other client-facing teams.
• Explore structured and unstructured datasets for new product development.
• Provide analytical tools supporting product development decisions.
• Model risk, using innovative statistical and econometric techniques, including forecasting and simulation exercises
• Collaborate with researchers and data analysts on research projects
• Partner with engineering teams to deploy completed research through technology channels
• Present research findings to technical and non-technical audiences internally and externally.

Qualifications :

• Strong academic background - MS degree in Financial Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Econometrics, Mathematics, Physics, Finance, or another related field.
• Data wrangling experience.
• Sophisticated programming skills in R, Python, SQL.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical content clearly and concisely to non-technical audiences.
• Must be an intrinsically motivated, responsible person who can work well with others, independently of daily supervision.
• Adaptable with a strong attention to detail and effective time manager

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.