Job Title: Data Scientist
Organisation: ABSA Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About ABSA Bank
Absa Group Limited (formerly Barclays Bank UK) is a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance. Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.
Job Summary: Responsible for identifying patterns and trends in complex data sets and developing data-driven algorithms and models to solve key business challenges. By leveraging statistical analysis, machine learning, and data engineering techniques, the role enables value extraction from data and supports strategic, data-informed decision-making across the organization.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Accountability: Data Analysis & Modeling – 45%
- Collect, clean, and preprocess structured and unstructured data from various sources.
- Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover trends, correlations, and anomalies.
- Develop, test, and validate predictive models and machine learning algorithms to solve key problems or exploit opportunities including but not limited to:
- Fraud detection
- Marketing personalisation
- Credit decisioning
- Customer churn
- Product recommendations
- Customer experience
- Customer interaction
- Optimize model performance and ensure scalability for deployment in production environments.
Accountability: Business Insight & Communication – 35%
- Translate complex analytical results into clear, actionable business insights.
- Create dashboards, visualizations, and reports to communicate findings to stakeholders.
- Present data-driven recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Support strategic decision-making by aligning insights with business objectives.
Accountability: Collaboration & Data Governance – 20%
- Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., IT, Product Team, Marketing & Customer Experience) to integrate data science solutions into business processes.
- Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across systems and workflows.
- Adhere to ethical standards and data privacy regulations in all data handling activities.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of data governance frameworks and best practices.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in data science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Relevant professional certifications in data science, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud platforms are considered added advantages
Preferred Experience
- At least 5 years’ experience in working with big data sets
- Financial domain knowledge is an added advantage
Knowledge and Skills
- Technical Proficiency – Strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, programming (Python, R, SQL), data visualization, and cloud platforms.
- Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills – Ability to work with complex datasets, perform advanced analysis, and extract actionable insights with attention to detail.
- Communication & Collaboration – Skilled in conveying technical findings to diverse audiences and working effectively within cross-functional teams.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates who wish to join ABSA Group in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 3rd June 2025
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