Data Scientist

Data ScientistPennington, New Jersey;Newark, Delaware; Charlotte, North CarolinaJob Description:At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!Job Description:This job is responsible for analyzing and interpreting large datasets to uncover potential revenue generation opportunities and develop effective risk management strategies. Key responsibilities include collaborating with key stakeholders to comprehend business problems, utilizing data gathering and analysis techniques to devise solutions, and presenting recommendations based on the findings. Job expectations include demonstrating flexibility, resilience, accountability, a disciplined approach, and a commitment to fostering responsible growth for the enterprise.Responsibilities:Performs business analytics, which includes data analysis, trend identification, and pattern recognition, using advanced techniques (e.g., machine learning, text mining, statistical analysis, etc.) to support decision-making and drive data-driven insightsApplies agile practices for project management, solution development, deployment, and maintenanceCreates and maintains technical documentation, capturing the business requirements and specifications related to the developed analytical solution and its implementation in productionManages multiple priorities and maintains quality and timeliness of work deliverables such as quantitative models, data science products, data analysis reports, or data visualizations, while exhibiting the ability to work independently and in a team environmentDelivers engaging presentations and engages in both in-person and virtual conversations that effectively communicate technical concepts and analysis results to a diverse set of internal stakeholders, and develops professional relationships to foster collaboration on work deliverablesMitigates risk by identifying potential issues and developing controlsResearches the latest advances in the fields of data science and artificial intelligence to support business analyticsSkills:AdaptabilityAttention to DetailBusiness AnalyticsTechnical DocumentationWritten CommunicationsAgile PracticesApplication DevelopmentCollaborationData VisualizationDevOps PracticesArtificial Intelligence/Machine LearningNetworkingPolicies, Procedures, and Guidelines ManagementPresentation SkillsRisk ManagementPosition Summary:We are actively searching for a qualified Entry level Data Scientist with a background in technology development and engineering. The role focuses on data analytics and point insights to understand the relationships within our data sets and thus to provide risk insights and predictors and to analyze failure patterns, relationships, contradictions, and evidence of material change in our critical application and services. The role is a direct report to the head of Global Business Resiliency and Continuity. Unlike reporting and metrics, this is a content role to help us deepen our insights through targeted analytics. The role also has the potential to develop Point "smart" automation of tasks and prototypes pending full application features, statistical monte carlo models, and to provide data interactive models to support rich simulation exercises.Required Qualifications:Content Leader with Tech BackgroundExperience with R and Python, and ideally Alteryx and TableauKnowledge of analytic techniques and statistical modelling including optimization, correlation, and probabilityAbility to build predictive models and inferential models.Ability to use data with referential integrity.Ability to create clean code and model explainability.Highly organized, ability to simultaneously prioritize tasks and handle numerous time-sensitive issues.Identifies linkages and thinks "enterprise" across business lines and geographies.Embraces and drives changes.Proactively takes a leadership role to ensure team success.Drives positive energy across the team.Analytical/strong attention to detailProficient Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, & Outlook skillsStrong written & verbal communication skillsStrong meeting facilitation skillsDesired Qualifications:3+ years of tech architecture and / or analytic experienceExperience in failure analysis and contingency planningExperience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Data Science / Business AnalyticsShift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:40Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.To view the "EEO is the Law" poster, CLICK HERE (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf) .To view the "EEO is the Law" Supplement, CLICK HERE (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\EEO\Supplement\Final\JRF\QA\508c.pdf) .Bank of America aims to create a workplace free from the dangers and resulting consequences of illegal and illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Our Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol Policy ("Policy") establishes requirements to prevent the presence or use of illegal or illicit drugs or unauthorized alcohol on Bank of America premises and to provide a safe work environment.To view Bank of America's Drug-free workplace and alcohol policy, CLICK HERE .