Vacancy title:
Data Scientist

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Banking, Category: Admin & Office]

Jobs at:
Absa Bank

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, September 29 2025

Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 23 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

ABSA Bank Uganda is hiring a Data Scientist responsible for identifying patterns and trends in complex data sets and developing data-driven algorithms and models to solve key business challenges. By leveraging statistical analysis, machine learning, and data engineering techniques, the role enables value extraction from data and supports strategic, data-informed decision-making across the organization.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Accountability: Data Analysis & Modeling – 45%

• Collect, clean, and preprocess structured and unstructured data from various sources.
• Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to uncover trends, correlations, and anomalies.
• Develop, test, and validate predictive models and machine learning algorithms to solve key problems or exploit opportunities including but not limited to:
• Fraud detection
• Marketing personalisation
• Credit decisioning
• Customer churn
• Product recommendations
• Customer experience
• Customer interaction
• Optimize model performance and ensure scalability for deployment in production environments.

Accountability: Business Insight & Communication – 35%

• Translate complex analytical results into clear, actionable business insights.
• Create dashboards, visualizations, and reports to communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Present data-driven recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support strategic decision-making by aligning insights with business objectives.

Accountability: Collaboration & Data Governance – 20%

• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., IT, Product Team, Marketing & Customer Experience) to integrate data science solutions into business processes.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across systems and workflows.
• Adhere to ethical standards and data privacy regulations in all data handling activities.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of data governance frameworks and best practices.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in data science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Relevant professional certifications in data science, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cloud platforms are considered added advantages

Preferred Experience

• • At least 5 years’ experience in working with big data sets
  • Financial domain knowledge is an added advantage
  • Knowledge and Skills
  • Technical Proficiency – Strong foundation in statistics, machine learning, programming (Python, R, SQL), data visualization, and cloud platforms.
  • Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills – Ability to work with complex datasets, perform advanced analysis, and extract actionable insights with attention to detail.
  • Communication & Collaboration – Skilled in conveying technical findings to diverse audiences and working effectively within cross-functional teams.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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