Manager/Director, FSRCR - Capital Markets (Data Analytics)

The KPMG Advisory practice is currently our fastest growing practice. We are seeing tremendous client demand, and looking forward we don't anticipate that slowing down. In this ever-changing market environment, our professionals must be adaptable and thrive in a collaborative, team-driven culture. At KPMG, our people are our number one priority. With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, a world-class training facility and leading market tools, we make sure our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for a firm with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, then consider a career in Advisory.

KPMG is currently seeking a Manager/Director to join our Advisory Services practice.

Responsibilities:

• Design simulation models for complex systems to identify potential issues with operational resilience
• Develop innovative techniques to quantify operational risk events including using machine learning and models to calculate residual risks based on incident and control data
• Engineer solutions using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Learning to decompose market surveillance reports for Capital Markets groups
• Build sentiment analyzers and classifiers for unstructured and semi-structured data to be used in Third Party Risk Management and Operational Risk
• Utilize machine learning, natural language, and statistical analysis methods, such as classification, collaborative filtering, association rules, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, time-series analysis, regression, statistical inference, and validation methods to review capital markets risks
• Perform explanatory data analyses, generate and test working hypotheses, prepare and analyze historical data and identify patterns to develop innovative solutions to Capital Markets operational risk and regulatory compliance programs

Additional Responsibilities for Director:

• Lead and support proposal and business development activities by identifying new target clients, building business relationships with key executives, and developing and presenting proposals
• Provide leadership and oversight to KPMG team members regarding deliverables, project plans, and performance
• Serve as a leader in recruiting and retention efforts to develop the practice

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years of professional experience working as a Data Scientist; Experience with scripting, data structures and algorithms and ability to work with large amounts of data
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Bioinformatics, or Physics from an accredited college/university
• Strong knowledge in at least one of the following fields: natural language processing, machine learning, data visualization, statistical modeling, and/or data mining
• Solid data extraction and processing abilities
• Proficiency in analysis packages, programming languages as well as the ability to implement, maintain, and troubleshoot big data infrastructure
• Ability to travel as required
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

Additional Qualifications for Director:

• A minimum of eight years of related work experience with exposure to risk management and control concepts and ability to identify risk, evaluate impact, and provide mitigation suggestions
• Progressive experience leading teams and managing projects and the ability to manage a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of various level

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