Data Scientist

12 month secondment or Fixed Term contract

Do work that matters:

Retail Banking Services (RBS) is the public face of CommBank, delivering a seamless banking experience for the future, to our 10 million+ personal and small business customers. We offer market-leading products and services, supported by some of the world’s best systems and processes.

As a Senior Data Scientist within the EDB Pricing, Analytics & Data Science Centre of Excellence, you will be responsible for the development and management of models supporting the EDB Deposits business. This includes areas such as pricing decisioning, where our models help set up the optimal prices for millions of customers, and more generally any area where modelling and AI can add value to customer outcomes.

Which is why we’re the perfect fit for you. Here, you’ll be part of a high-performing team of data scientists that define data models to solve data science problems, using the latest approaches to solve our customers’ most complex data-centric problems.

See yourself in our team:

The Decision Science Pricing team within Retail Banking Services supports the Everyday Banking business through the development and maintenance of predictive models, creating insights to enable business decision making at a strategic and tactical level.

You will be responsible for the development and management of key modelling assets within the team, with an objective to utilise state of the state art data science and statistical techniques to improve business and customer outcomes.


We are seeking people who are:

Driving value through timely delivery of industry leading machine learning and statistical models that solve defined business issues and are fully compliant with all required policies and governance.

Proactively contributing to and encouraging the sharing of knowledge with team members and stakeholders.

Have good business acumen and collaborative in nature to work with product teams, curious enough to solve data problems and courageous in positively influencing senior stakeholders

Constantly thinking outside the box and breaking boundaries to solve complex data science problems

We want to hear from you if you have:

Experience in machine learning and advanced data analytics with experience of leading end-to-end modelling projects that drive business value.

Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or R.

Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark).

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with great attention to details and data accuracy.

Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

A relevant tertiary qualification e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Econometrics, Computer Science or Engineering.

Working with us:

Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career here is for you. At CommBank, we advocate and facilitate a culture of inclusion and respect, celebrating all cultures, abilities, genders, expressions of gender and ****** orientation. Read more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity on our website.

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive and flexible workplace. We are working hard to recruit people who represent the diversity of our customers and our society. If you're excited about this opportunity but you don't meet every single requirement, or your experience doesn't align perfectly, we still want to encourage you to send in your application. You may just be the perfect candidate for this opportunity or another within CommBank.

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