AUNZSP, Visa
Graduate Data Science Jobs in Sydney, New South Wales NSW, Australia in AUNZSP, Visa Company
Visa Consulting & Analytics Vacancy Vacancy for Degree/Graduate qualified
Job Description for Graduate Data Science Vacancies in Sydney, New South Wales NSW (AUNZSP, Visa )
Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA) is Visa’s consulting division, serving Visa’s clients (including card issuers, acquirers, and merchants) and solving their strategic problems focused on improving performance and profitability. Drawing on our expertise in strategy consulting, payments, data analytics, marketing, operational and macroeconomics, VCA drives high impact and tangible financial results.
The AuNZSP Visa Consulting & Analytics Graduate Program (VCAGP) is a 12-month program with two six-month rotations through various parts of Visa Consulting & Analytics, including Core Consulting and Managed Services. The VCA Graduate Program supports Visa’s mission to build a strong Associate level pipeline of talent with cross-functional knowledge and experience. In addition to meaningful rotations, Associates are given training & development, mentoring, networking, and leadership exposure throughout the 12-month program.
What a Graduate – Data Science does at Visa:
Rotation 1: Automation & innovation
In the first graduate rotation, the successful candidate will gain exposure to Visa’s data infrastructure and assist with automating existing pipelines, taking ownership of existing products, and contributing to solution development to expand data science capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region. The graduate will gain experience with a variety of coding languages (Python, SQL, R), data visualisation tools (Tableau), and big data infrastructure (Hadoop, Spark, Apache Airflow).
Responsibilities:
Contribute to solution development under the supervision of data science leads in the AuNzSp team
Propose new ideas and challenge existing assumptions to provide thought diversity and pioneer innovation
Conduct quality assurance checks on data output before client distribution
Summarise insights from transaction data using a suitable coding language (SQL / Python / R)
Understand existing methodologies and identify areas for improvement to enhance (a) code hygiene, (b) accuracy of results, and (c) program efficiency
Package existing data pipelines into automated workflows using Apache Airflow
Implement best-practice collaboration conventions by sharing code through BitBucket / GitHub
- Rotation 2: Data Science Consulting
- The second rotation will see the graduate working alongside members of the consulting team to deliver projects for clients from a diversity of backgrounds (issuers, acquirers, merchants, and governments).Responsibilities:
- Complete detailed analysis on client data and identify preliminary trends and themes in the data
- Assist the consulting team in developing & testing hypotheses regarding key issues highlighted by clients
- Summarise insights derived from data analysis into reports / PowerPoint packs that can be easily interpretable by clients
- Present results from data science analyses to a diversity of internal / external stakeholders (with varying degrees of seniority & technical aptitude)
Graduate Data Science: Job Qualifications
Currently in the final year of an accredited Bachelor’s degree program OR have graduated from an Australian University no earlier than 2021
• Permanent authorisation to work in Australia is a precondition of employment as Visa will not sponsor applicants for work visas in connection with this program
What will also help:
• Background in mathematics, statistics, computer science, engineering, science, or economics
• Previous exposure to coding languages (one of R, MATLAB, Python, SQL)
• Technical proficiency in statistical models including gradient boosting machines (GBMs), generalised linear models (GLMs), clustering techniques (KNN / K-means), and principal components analysis (PCA)
• Exceptional academic achievement
- Hiring Organization: AUNZSP, Visa
- Primary Job Location: Sydney, New South Wales NSW, Australia
- Work Schedule: Full time
- Employment Type/domain/functioning: Visa Consulting & Analytics Vacancy
- Job Level: Entry level position