Data Scientist I, FinTech

Job Description

Work with tax operations, product, compliance, engineering, ops, accounting and other business stakeholders in mining and analyzing tax financial and entity-level data to extract key trends and insights. Investigate and resolve discrepancies in tax data, generate reports for external data sharing. Build effective visualizations to communicate data to key decision-makers. Be a trusted advisor to stakeholders cross-functionally. Build models to automate detection of anomalies/inconsistencies in tax data and resolve the same; Build end to end data pipelines and self serving dashboards. Automate whatever you can! Explore FinTech systems/data to proactively identify and initiate process improvements for cost savings and efficiencies. Communicate your findings to cross-functional peers and management. Get a deep understanding about the Tax systems and data flows involved; document and train internal personnel to institutionalize the learnings of the data science practice. ---- Basic Qualifications ---- M.S. or Bachelors degree in Math, Economics, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or other quantitative fields. (If M.S. degree, a minimum of 1+ years of industry experience required and if Bachelors degree, a minimum of 2+ years of industry experience as a Data Scientist or equivalent) Advanced SQL expertise Ability and experience in extracting insights from data, and summarizing learnings / takeaways to cross-functional stakeholders. Experience with Excel and some dashboarding/data visualization (ie Tableau, Mixpanel, Looker, or similar) Past experience with a Product / Tech / Analytics Services company serving businesses with millions of customers on multiple platforms and countries ---- Preferred Qualifications ---- Experience with either Python or R Basic understanding of experimental design (such as A/B experiments) and statistical methods Demonstrated aptitude toward data storytelling and root cause analysis using data Enthusiastic, self-starting and thrives in changing, agile environments Liaise with Product and engineering counterparts to launch and impact new products Strong communication and organization skills Ability to multi-task while maintaining quality and detail Prior experience working in Finance, FinTech, Tax, Payments or a related area is a plus