Data Scientist (Financial Services)

Hong Kong Permanent View Job Description
Large investment firmExploratory data analysis, Web scrapping Data solutions implementationPython, Jupyter Notebook, R, SciKit, PySpark
  • Large investment firm
  • Exploratory data analysis, Web scrapping

About Our Client

Our client is a large investment firm with global presense. They are now expanding the data team. The role would be reported to data scientist, perform Exploratory data analysis, Web scrapping and Implementation of data solutions.

Job Description

  • Collaborate closely with investment analysis teams, providing technical expertise to clarify data methodologies and ensure accuracy and consistency.
  • Employ advanced Python coding and SQL querying techniques to perform data manipulation, cleansing, enrichment, and transformation.
  • Create bespoke Python libraries for backtesting, ticker mapping, point-in-time transformation, etc., enabling sophisticated investment insights.
  • Prepare data sets. Conduct exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify patterns, trends, and discover insights that support investment theses.
  • Work closely with data engineers to structure web scraping projects and produce highly calibrated signals that are relevant for investment.
  • Develop and implement complex data transformation pipelines to convert raw data into actionable formats for generating investment insights.
  • Implement technology solutions (e.g., dashboards, statistical models) to address the objectives.

The Successful Applicant

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics or relevant disciplines
  • 4+ years of experience as a big data analyst/ scientist
  • Possess both industry background in financial services and commerce i.e. large e-commerce, telecommunications, and internet companies is huge plus
  • Concept in data engineering practices
  • The candidate is expected to be strong in performing big data analytics and modelling
  • Experience utilizing web-scraped data
  • Hands on with Python and Jupyter Notebook, SQL and NoSQL databases, and Tableau
  • Knowledge of data-driven research frameworks (R, SciKit, PySpark) is preferred
  • Advanced knowledge in probability and statistics
  • Strong background in financial markets and associated data sets i.e. market data, reference data
  • Strong interest in stock market / investments as well as fundamental equity/market research
  • Excellent in English. Good command in Chinese

What's on Offer

Our client offers attractive compensation with sustainable career path to the candidate.

Contact
Eliza Lai
Quote job ref
JN-102024-6565545
Phone number
+852 2848 4741

Job summary

Function
IT
Specialisation
IT Data Analysis
What is your area of specialisation?
Financial Services
Location
Hong Kong
Job Type:
Permanent
Consultant name
Eliza Lai
Consultant phone
+852 2848 4741
Job Reference
JN-102024-6565545

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