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In office (Stellenbosch)
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Junior · 2+ years exp
Employment
Full-Time
First seen by Alion on Oct 22, 2026.
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Network IT is a South African IT recruitment agency in Johannesburg. It places full stack and senior software developers with clients that run large-scale digital platforms used by thousands of customers. The company is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Reference: ITE008138-Danni-1
Are you a recent graduate or early-career professional passionate about turning data into meaningful insights? We're looking for a Graduate Data Scientist to join a growing analytics team that supports data-driven decision-making within the financial services sector.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with real-world datasets, build machine learning models, develop dashboards, and solve complex business challenges such as fraud detection, customer retention, portfolio optimization, and process automation.
If you're eager to learn, thrive on problem-solving, and want to apply your technical skills in a fast-paced professional environment, we'd love to hear from you. Duties & Responsibilities What You'll Be Doing
Data Exploration & Preparation
What We're Looking For
Qualifications
Technical Skills
Why Join Us?
Are you a recent graduate or early-career professional passionate about turning data into meaningful insights? We're looking for a Graduate Data Scientist to join a growing analytics team that supports data-driven decision-making within the financial services sector.
This is an exciting opportunity to work with real-world datasets, build machine learning models, develop dashboards, and solve complex business challenges such as fraud detection, customer retention, portfolio optimization, and process automation.
If you're eager to learn, thrive on problem-solving, and want to apply your technical skills in a fast-paced professional environment, we'd love to hear from you. Duties & Responsibilities What You'll Be Doing
Data Exploration & Preparation
- Collect, clean, and transform large datasets from various sources.
- Work with both structured and unstructured data to ensure quality, consistency, and usability.
- Support the development and maintenance of data pipelines and analytical datasets.
- Assist in building and testing machine learning models.
- Contribute to feature engineering and model improvement initiatives.
- Support the implementation of anomaly detection and predictive analytics solutions.
- Evaluate model performance and document key findings.
- Create interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI.
- Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable business insights.
- Present findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Partner with analysts, engineers, and business teams to understand data requirements.
- Contribute to automation and process improvement projects.
- Help develop solutions that improve operational efficiency and decision-making.
- Stay up to date with emerging tools, technologies, and industry trends.
- Continuously explore new approaches to analytics and machine learning.
What We're Looking For
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in:
- Data Science
- Statistics
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Economics
- Finance
- Or a related quantitative field
Technical Skills
- Working knowledge of Python (Pandas, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib or similar libraries).
- Familiarity with SQL and basic database concepts.
- Experience with Power BI, Excel, or other reporting tools.
- Understanding of data analysis and machine learning fundamentals.
- Exposure to Git or version control tools.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms and data engineering concepts.
- Experience with financial or transactional data.
Why Join Us?
- Work on real business problems using modern data science techniques.
- Gain exposure to machine learning, financial analytics, business intelligence, and automation.
- Collaborate with experienced professionals in a supportive learning environment.
- Accelerate your professional growth through practical, hands-on experience.
- Build a strong foundation for a long-term career in data science and analytics.
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