GDS is a leading provider of technology and service solutions to the financial industry, with market-leading clients across numerous financial verticals.  GDS' software provides power and flexibility to rapidly implement and automate comprehensive credit risk strategies, decisioning and processes in the context of virtually any lending and account management platform. In addition to a dynamic workflow interface that helps streamline manual review and exception processing, GDS offers analytical credit modeling solutions, and adds tremendous value by seamlessly incorporating a multitude of third-party data sources throughout the decisioning process including risk assessment, fraud prevention and mitigation, credit bureau data, income and employment verification, etc. Founded in 2006, GDS is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with five international offices including the United Kingdom, Spain and the Philippines. For more information, please visit http://www.gdslink.com.

We are looking for candidates with a technological or scientific background who want to develop their career in the Data Science world. They will join our corporate Advanced Analytics team to participate in the definition and development of innovative decision solutions to our global client base.

They will build solutions in the financial realm to predict client behaviour, to detect financial fraud, to monitor model performance, among other targets. You should be a proactive individual with sound programming and statistical modeling basis, willing to constantly adapt to an evolving environment and continuously learn new technologies.

Job Responsibilities:

• Works with GDS consultants and clients to deliver analytics solutions such as predictive models, optimization models, cluster analysis, classification models, neural network and others
• Works with clients to manage and explore data to discover business opportunities. This includes extraction, cleansing, transformation and loading of datasets.
• Works with clients to develop dashboards for the monitoring of models and credit portfolio
• Assists in the implementation of sophisticated models with their systems and integration of external data sources

Key Skill Requirements

• Candidate must possess at least Bachelor's/College Degree in Computer Science/Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Economics or equivalent.
• At least 1 Year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position.
• Preferably 1-4 Yrs Experienced Employee specialized in Actuarial Science/Statistics or equivalent.
• Credit Risk Analytics: At least one year of work experience in statistical modelling/data analysis with a background in the financial industry is preferred. Must have a strong knowledge of machine learning techniques
• Programming and Database skills: High degree of computer literacy and previous programming experience on R/Python/SAS required. Experience building, using and maintaining SQL databases.
• Visualization skills: At least one year experience on dashboard tools like Tableau, R Shiny, or Python Dash
• Fluent in English. Excellent oral and written communication
• Natural team player who can work well either independently or in a team 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and accuracy

**THIS POSITION IS BASED IN MAKATI CITY, PHILIPPINES.  CANDIDATE MUST BE LOCAL TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.