Data Science Intern

DETAILS

Closing Date

2023/11/07

Reference Number

MMH231031-10

Job Title

Data Science Intern

Position Type

Temporary

Role Family

Business Intelligence

Cluster

Risk Management

Remote Opportunity

None of the time

Location – Country

South Africa

Location – Province

Gauteng

Location – Town / City

Centurion

Introduction

Through our client-facing brands Metropolitan and Momentum, with Multiply (wellness and rewards programme), and our other specialist brands, including Guardrisk and Eris Property Group, the group enables business and people from all walks of life to achieve their financial goals and life aspirations.

We help people grow their savings, protect what matters to them and invest for the future. We help companies and organisation’s care for and reward their employees and members. Through our own network of advisers or via independent brokers and utilising new platforms Momentum Metropolitan provides practical financial solutions for people, communities, and businesses. Visit us at www.momentummetropolitan.co.za

Role Purpose

This is a data analytics internship with a focus on risk management and internal audit.  This role is an excellent opportunity for recently qualified graduates to use their newly acquired academic background in the workplace.  In this internship you will gain experience and exposure to risk management in Momentum Metropolitan and utilize your knowledge and skills to enhance our data analytics capabilities in risk management. 

Requirements

Post graduate degree in Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Informatics or Computer Science field.

No working experience is required.

Duties & Responsibilities

Participate in projects, tasks, and activities related to data integration, data cleansing, descriptive and exploratory analyses, data mining, prototyping, and data visualisation.

Work on initiatives which could include streamlining of reporting processes, data quality initiatives, or other small scale analytical projects.

Extracting and manipulating data from one or more tool sources.

Assists or support team members in resolving report issues or analysing trends within specific areas of Risk Management.

Collaborate throughout the business to collect, store, access, and analyse data from a variety of sources.

Responsible for gathering reporting requirements, writing technical specification and building reports to meet those requirements.

Develop analytic capabilities that inform business decisions across Risk Management functions.

Assist in developing models and simulations.

Attend to any other ad hoc responsibilities assigned.

Competencies

Technical Skills: Excel, R, Tableau, SQL, and Python

Strong analytical skills

Self-motivated & goal driven