EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities. At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Financial Services Office Labs (FSO Labs) - Data Scientist – Staff

Primary location for this role is in CA.

What if your career could have a lasting impact on you, and on the world?

Here at EY, you’ll have the chance to build a truly exceptional experience. We’ll empower you with the latest technology, surround you with high-performing teams, and provide the global scale and diverse and inclusive culture you need to discover your full potential. Through our coaching and training programs, you’ll develop the skillsets you need to stay relevant today and, in the future, – all while building a network of colleagues, mentors, and leaders who will be on the journey with you at EY and beyond.

The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.

The opportunity: your next adventure awaits.

Join our audit innovation lab and you will work with our assurance teams and world-class clients to leverage leading edge technologies to find creative, technology driven solutions to our everyday client work, and where you will feel and see your impact.

As a Data Scientist, you’ll be joined by an entrepreneurial team of multidisciplinary professionals in role which focuses on collecting, combining and exploring data to create insights that support our clients with their decision-making processes. You will improve our clients’ data integrity and quality to allow for more reliable reports and insights within the accounting, finance, governance and regulatory space and pursue automation in the process to create efficiencies.

This is the perfect role for you to get heavily involved from day one and help the practice grow. You can make an immediate impact doing great work exceeding client expectations. If you’re looking to achieve your career ambitions and explore/train in new technologies for continued growth, there are exciting opportunities for you and the team at EY.

Your key responsibilities

Our Data Scientists have a critical role in the management and optimization of big data, standardizing and maintaining connections to datasets from multiple systems. You will also use statistical and analytical analysis when performing data transformations to enable critical value-added services to our audit clients, that improves audit efficiency and quality. As a Data Scientist you will take a lead role in developing and executing data transformation scripts that will be directly integrated with our core big data cloud platform.

What we look for

• You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. But the right mindset is just as important in determining success. We’re looking for people who are innovative, can work in an agile way. Ideal candidates are enthusiastic about the power of data, and are looking for opportunities to continuously learn, and enhance their skillsets by working on cloud platforms.

• You are curious and purpose driven. We’re looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world.

• You are inclusive. We’re looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusively to build safety and trust.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in in computer science, computer engineering, data analysis, statistics, financial mathematics, or another related field

• Minimum of 2 years hands-on experience in Python (and preferably SQL coding)

• Experience in data analytics and BI tools including, but not limited to Tableau, R, Alteryx, Hadoop, Microsoft Power BI, Plotly, JavaScript, D3.js, etc.

• The ability and willingness to travel and work more than standard hours when necessary.

• Strong understanding of complex financial data and strong demonstrated ability applying analytical approaches, and problem-solving skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to understand business challenges and translate them into value-add analytics solutions

What’s in it for you

• Accelerate your technical capabilities and transformative leadership skills with future-focused courses and development programs.

• Broaden your horizons by working on highly integrated teams across the globe and collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds — both professionally and culturally.

• Ability to learn and work on next-gen cloud-based technologies

• Bring out the best in yourself with continuous investment in your personal well-being and career development.

• Develop your own personal purpose and help us create a positive ripple effect on our teams, our business, clients and society – building a better working world, together.

• A competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

What you can expect

• Our approach to hiring utilizes several different formats throughout the course of the recruiting process.

• In addition to speaking with our recruiters and client-serving professionals, we also leverage game-based assessments to assess your non-technical skills and attributes in a quick and engaging experience. This includes your collaboration style and your abilities to work with information and the use of pre-recorded video interviews (PRVI). PRVI technology provides a great opportunity for you to share more about your qualifications and interests, as well as to ask more specifics about EY and the role for which you are interviewing. It also provides you with the flexibility and convenience of completing at a time and place that works best for your schedule.

• Additional interviews may be in the form of a live interview, either via video or in-person.

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The salary range for this job in most geographic locations in the US is $70,600 to $116,400. The salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $84,800 to $132,300. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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