Senior Data Scientist

Mathematics, Statistics &
Information Sciences (Science &
Technology)

• Make a genuine difference through the work you do
• Be rewarded and recognised for the value you bring
• Be part of a collaborative and engaging team environment

It's more than a career at NAB. It's about more opportunity, more moments to make a difference and more focus on you.

Your job is just one part of your life. When you bring your ideas, energy, and hunger for growth to us, you'll be recognised and rewarded for your contribution in return. You'll have our support to excel for our customers, deliver positive change for our communities and grow your career.

It's a good time to see what more you can find at NAB as a Senior Data Scientist in Financial Crime.

The role:

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be responsible for the development of data models and data analysis, by leveraging your experience in data science and machine learning, to support the delivery of timely, relevant, accurate and actionable intelligence to:

• Support NAB to identify and understand current, emerging and as-yet-unknown threats to the business
• Pre-empt, reduce and prevent financial crime risk
• Contribute to the application and refinement of financial crime risk controls
• Support NAB and its customers to grow safely

The day to day responsibilities will include:

• Contributing to the identification and understanding of risks, risk indicators, typologies and other trends that supports business risk decisions and helps meet NAB regulatory obligations in Australia and overseas, including by:
  
  • Conducting large data extraction and analysis exercises;
    
  • Creating and deploying advanced analytics capabilities;
    and
  • Visualisation techniques to support stakeholder outcomes
  • Build and maintain relationships across the NAB enterprise, with government agencies, financial institutions and other parties that support the development of timely, relevant and accurate intelligence
• Contribute to strategic objective of generating and communicating actionable assessments of financial crime risk

What you will bring:

• Programming languages such as SQL, SAS, Python and PySpark
• Data mining and work with large structured and unstructured data sets to identify new and emerging patterns/trends
• Experience with AWS data lakes
• Machine learning models (predictive and anomaly detection models)
• Visualisations of data outputs for consumption (PowerBI)
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of analytics within government or financial sector preferable
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to communicate simply and with influence
• Business acumen to meet NAB regulatory obligations while balancing commercial objectives
• Ability to easily manage competing priorities and escalations, and able to delivery pragmatic results that are outcome focused
• Ability to build relationships with key stakeholders

A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone.

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of respect - where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their true authentic selves at NAB. With our focus on inclusion and diversity, and in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups, NAB is a place where First Nations colleagues, colleagues of all genders, sexualities and ages, carers and colleagues with disability, and colleagues from all cultures, races and religions can thrive, connect, and grow.

We are intent on providing an environment where you can work your way. Ask about our many flexible work options and to read how we make our recruitment process accessible and inclusive at NAB, please visit for more information.

More focus on you

We are committed to delivering a positive experience for our colleagues and a workplace you can be proud of. We support our colleagues to balance their careers and personal life through flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working and job sharing and competitive financial and lifestyle benefits. We invest in our colleagues through world class development programs (Distinctive Leadership and Career Qualified in Banking), and empower you to learn, grow and pursue exciting career opportunities. To learn more, visit the Benefits of Working at NAB page on our website.

Join NAB

If you think this role is the right fit for you, we invite you to apply. Please note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert. Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

We are here to serve the customers well and help our communities prosper.

Today, there are more than 38,000 colleagues, serving over 10 million customers, at over 900 locations throughout Australia, New Zealand and around the world.

We are here to serve the customers well and help our communities prosper.

Today, there are more than 38,000 colleagues, serving over 10 million customers, at over 900 locations throughout Australia, New Zealand and around the world.

Perks and benefits

Banking and financial services discounts

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