About this role
<p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>About the Role</u></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">At Novobanco, we are committed to protecting our customers and the integrity of the financial system through innovative, data-driven solutions. As part of our Onboarding & Economic Crime Prevention team, you will support critical activities across Customer Lifecycle Management. </span><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This is an exciting opportunity to combine data science, analytics, and financial crime expertise to drive better decision-making, improve controls, and shape the future of our data and analytics capabilities.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Data Scientist</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Local: Porto Salvo - TagusPark</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>What You Will Be Doing</u></strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Identify, capture, and analyse data to support business decisions and financial crime risk management.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead data-driven initiatives across onboarding, KYC, and economic crime domains.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Develop insights, reporting, and analytical solutions to enhance operational and compliance effectiveness, and customer outcomes.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Partner with stakeholders to translate business challenges into analytical opportunities.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Own and continuously enhance the department’s financial crime analytical module, including rules, scenario analysis, and detection models.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>What You Will Need</u></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Must haves:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience 2-5 years in data science, analytics, or data-driven risk management roles.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong analytical skills with experience working with large and complex datasets.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proficiency in SQL</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Understanding descriptive analysis, correlations, hypothesis testing, and segmentation.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ability to communicate insights effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Good to have:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience with Microsoft Fabric.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience in financial crime, fraud, AML, KYC, or banking environments is highly desirable.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A proactive mindset with the ability to lead initiatives and drive outcomes independently.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><u>What We Offer</u></strong></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The opportunity to shape and influence a growing capability within the bank.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Competitive salary and benefits package.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Exposure to a broad range of financial crime and customer lifecycle challenges.</span></li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A collaborative and supportive working environment.</span></li> </ul>