Job Title: Data Scientist

Position Location: Hybrid - 1000 St. Albans Dr.; Raleigh, NC

Who we are:

Coastal is a growing and thriving Raleigh NC-based credit union that has been serving its members for almost 60 years. Coastal is a member-owned financial institution with over 300,000 members and assets that total nearly $5 billion. It is a top auto and home lender in the Triangle region and has a mission-driven focus of helping its members Bank Better to Live Better. Coastal has over 600 employees working in over 20 offices and has been recognized with many Best Places to Work awards over the past decade.

What our team does:

Coastal's Analytics and Insights Team delivers excellence at the intersection of data science, research, and financial industry expertise. We identify the questions and find the answers that solve the most pressing issues at the credit union. Our work uses outcomes from data science to synthesize, contextualize, and present insights and recommendations actionable for leaders across the organization. These data products include member insights, market insights, and product insights.

Your opportunities and contributions:

As a member of the Analytics and Insights Team, you will help to develop and implement data products that will drive business decisions.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Collaborate with business units to gather requirements on data products to create
• Preprocess data through standardization, normalization, cleaning, and formatting
• Develop analyses and models with the right level of complexity to solve the business problem at hand
• Identify patterns, trends, and insights in the data using appropriate statistical methods and techniques
• Produce clear, concise, documented, and production-ready code
• Create visualizations and reports to communicate findings to stakeholders

You will have the opportunity to learn from and be supported by a collaborative Analytics and Insights Team. These full-time positions are located in Raleigh, NC, but are fully in line with Coastal's support of a hybrid work environment.

To be successful in this role, you will be:

• Someone who possesses a natural curiosity to learn, ask questions, identify mistaken assumptions, and bring an open-minded approach to research
• An analytical person with keen problem-solving skills and the ability to translate complex data and strategies into simple, actionable recommendations
• Detail-oriented with a demonstrated passion for data.

Interested? Here's what we would like to see on your resume:

• Proficiency in SQL
• Proficiency in Python and its associated data analysis libraries like Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, ...
• Proficiency with Power BI
• Excellence in data visualization and data storytelling
• Prior work experience performing exploratory data analysis on real-world datasets
• Knowledge of statistical modeling, machine learning, mathematical optimization, and/or data mining
• Experience using and evaluating machine learning models
• Understanding of the data science lifecycle
• Intellectual curiosity and the ability to conduct independent research on new topics
• Excellent verbal and communication skills to both technical and nontechnical audiences
• Experience at a financial institution is a big plus

To be considered for this position, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Eligible to work in the U.S.
• Degree in a data science related field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, or related field.) or equivalent work experience.

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Deadline for Application: All resumes must be received on or before 4/30/2024

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Coastal Federal Credit Union is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants who may have disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation in applying for employment, please contact our HR department at jkedra@coastal24.com. Request for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case by case basis.

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