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Senior Dat Scientist

Attendance
Hybrid
Job number
29576
Category
Senior Professional
Status: Permanent
Type of Contract
Permanent
Schedule: Full-Time 
Full Time / Part Time?
Full-Time
Posting date
24-Nov-2025
Area(s) of interest: Business intelligence and data
Location(s): Montreal

A career as a senior data scientist in the Models, Technology and Transformation team at National Bank means acting as a modelling expert. It is through your analytical skills, your experience working in a multidisciplinary team and your knowledge of rare event modeling that you have a positive impact on the experience of our partners and customers.

 

Your job:

  • Collaborate with different partners to complete high-impact modeling mandates.
  • Develop, maintain and optimize financial crime detection models.
  • Recommend efficient approaches to the detection of financial crimes.
  • Ensure that you meet the standards surrounding the statistical modeling and model documentation process.
  • Contribute to reporting or analysis activities in the fight against financial crimes.
  • Supporting our partners in their business needs.

 

Your team:

Within the compliance sector, you are part of a team of 7 colleagues and report to the analytics director, monitoring - risk management at PCMLT. Our team stands out for its expertise, its spirit of collaboration and creativity, as well as its passion for the fight against money laundering.


We favor a variety of forms of continuous learning to enrich your development, including learning in action, training content made available to you and working in collaboration with colleagues with diverse expertise and profiles.

 

Prerequisite:

  • Bachelor's degree completed and 6 years of relevant experience or Master's degree completed and 4 years of relevant experience (in statistics, data science, mathematics, computer science or a related field).
  • Experience in modeling and a good command of supervised and unsupervised approaches.
  • Expertise in data visualization.
  • Proficiency in SAS, SQL and Python and good knowledge of the Power BI tool.
Languages:
English, French
Reason to require this language: you will need to work closely with our colleagues outside Quebec.

Skills

Communication Data Visualization Performance Analysis Problem Solving Python Statistics Storytelling Teamwork Business Acumen Data-Driven Decision-Making Detail-oriented Initiative Learning Agility Resiliency Exploratory Data Analysis
Your benefits
In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family. 
 
* Health and wellness program, including many options
* Flexible group insurance
* Generous pension plan
* Employee Share Ownership Plan
* Employee and Family Assistance Program
* Preferential banking services
* Opportunities to get involved in community initiatives
* Telemedicine service
* Virtual sleep clinic 
 
These are a few of the benefits available to you. We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family. 
 
Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We actively listen to employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication is encouraged.
 
We're putting people first
We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people.   Our mission is to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusivity is central to our commitments. We offer a barrier-free workplace that is accessible to all employees.  
 
We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during your first conversations with us. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team? 
 
Come live your ambitions with us!

Why work at National Bank?

For an environment that supports your career path

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

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We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

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