Data Scientist

Description

Data ScientistCredit Risk Modelling 

London

Basic + benefits + stock

Funding Circle was created with one mission: to revolutionise the broken financial system and change small business finance!

We've created the leading online marketplace for small business loans that directly connect credit worthy businesses with investors wanting attractive returns.

In just eight years, 80,000 Funding Circle investors have lent £5 billion to 50,000 businesses across the world. In 2017 alone lending through our platform created and sustained 75,000 jobs worldwide and contributed £4 billion to the global economy

Risk and Analytics [****] Funding Circle

The Risk and Analytics teams play a crucial role to Funding Circle. They ensure our borrowers and investors get what we promise, use data and modelling to provide insights to the rest of the business, control and monitor the risk within our processes ensuring that we always deliver and they help us make data driven decisions to guide our strategy.

The Decision Science Team

The decision science team build our credit risk models which determine whether we can service a small business. These models mean that we can remain competitive and give our borrowers the best experience with the quickest turn around.

They use machine learning techniques and are always evaluating their methods to make sure they are innovative! They are a close team and make sure that everyday they eat lunch together as well as holding ad hoc hackathons.

As a Data Scientist you will…

• Build new generations of risk models
• Use the most innovative data sources and modelling techniques
• Interact with risk, customer analytics, collections and recoveries, strategy  and commercial to make sure our models provide optimal support to the business

We are looking for these skills…

• Experience working in a data science or modelling role
• Strong knowledge or R or Python
• Knowledge of machine learning methods
• Ability to communicate technical issues to a non technical audience
• Ability to work with people from different teams and understand different points of view.

Why Join Us?

Happy employees are productive employees, that’s why we offer a hearty benefits package including:

• Our employees make our mission a reality, and we want you to share in the company's success by offering generous shares.
• Cool kit - Mac or PC
• Private healthcare, pension and healthcare cash back schemes
• Discounted onsite gym membership
• Learning and development through FC Academy
• Personal development funding
• Flexible working
• Free breakfast, barista coffee and discounted hot lunch at our Funderbar!
• We are a regular host of Meet-Ups and events.
• Company wide socials

At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.#LI-KJ1