Location
johannesburg, johannesburg, South-Africa
Posted
July 04, 2026
Job Description
This is a Lead Machine Learning and Data Science Analyst to independently validate highâimpact models across credit risk, financial crime, and advanced analytics use cases.
This is a handsâon technical role.
What You'll Be Doing
This is a handsâon technical role.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the independent validation of machine learning models across:
- Credit risk models
- Propensity and behavioural models
- Financial crime models (fraud and AML)
- Applying advanced ML techniques, including:
- Supervised learning (Random Forest, XGBoost, CatBoost, Neural Networks)
- Unsupervised learning (clustering, isolation forests)
- Managing model risk across the endâtoâend model lifecycle, including:
- Feature engineering and data preparation
- Model training, evaluation, and selection
- Production deployment and monitoring
- Building and reviewing models in Pythonâbased environments