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EMC Insurance Companies · 5 hours ago

Data Scientist II

Iowa, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$79K/yr - $109K/yr

1+ years exp

EMC Insurance Companies is focused on collaboration and making a positive impact. They are seeking a Data Scientist II who will create innovative data science solutions, analyze business needs, and develop modeling datasets to provide business insights.

FinanceProperty & Casualty InsuranceFinancial ServicesInsurance

Responsibilities

Under general guidance, creates innovative data science solutions

Analyzes business partners’ needs and gathers structured and/or unstructured data to create a modeling dataset, including cleaning and pre-processing data

Designs and builds appropriate solutions (e.g. neural network, predictive model, mapping solution, data analysis, and visualizations)

Discovers business insights using statistical analysis, algorithmic processing, data science, machine learning, data mining, and/or reporting visualization techniques as determined through individual analysis of the problem

Translates analytical results into business meaning and presents ideas to business areas to address and resolve their problems

Guides business partners through business problem identification and discovery, and potential solutions

Gathers detailed information regarding specific business issues, needs, business processes impacted, and how the business unit intends to use the tools or solutions developed and translates those to detailed project requirements

Develops documentation throughout the entire analytic life cycle of each project

Qualification

Data analysisMachine learningPythonRSQLStatistical analysisData visualizationAnalytical abilitiesProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science, or related field and two years of experience in data science OR

Master's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science, or related field and one year of experience in data science OR

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, data science, or related field and Certified Specialist in Predictive Analytics (CSPA) designation and one year of experience in data science

Strong knowledge of data analysis tools and techniques, such as GLMs, decision trees, GBMs, random forests, boosting, bagging, neural networks, further statistical analysis, machine learning, or deep learning techniques

Strong knowledge of programming within R, Python, SQL, Hadoop, and other data visualization tools

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to translate technical ideas into more general terms for business customers

Strong analytical, investigation, and problem-solving abilities

Preferred

Prior experience in property and casualty insurance

Company

EMC Insurance Companies

Glassdoor3.5

EMC Insurance is a top insurer based on net written premium, and we have more than 2,200 employees.

Founded in 1911

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.emcins.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

unknown

1982-02-12IPO

Leadership Team

Matthew Spackman

SVP-Chief Human Resources Officer

Philip Lucca

Retired

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