Request ID: 243863 Thank you for your interest in joining Scotiabank Peru—we appreciate your application. We are seeking talented individuals who wish to grow and help achieve our organization’s goals. Wishing you great success throughout this process! **Risk Data Scientist** **Business Line:** Risk **Unit:** Risk Intelligence **Level:** 6.1 **Contract Type:** Indefinite-term **Mission:** Contribute to the overall success of the Model Risk Intelligence/Models team in Peru by ensuring that specific individual objectives, plans, and initiatives are executed or fulfilled in support of the team’s business strategies and goals. Ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with applicable internal standards, policies, and procedures. **What do we expect from you?** * Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Economic Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related fields. * **Minimum 1 year of experience in risk model development and/or validation** * **In credit risk or related areas within financial sector institutions or consumer goods businesses** **Knowledge** **Role-specific knowledge at intermediate level:** * Knowledge of statistical credit risk model development and/or validation and implementation. * Knowledge of statistics and programming / finance and computer science. * Knowledge of development and/or validation of non-traditional models (artificial intelligence and machine learning). **Intermediate-level IT skills:** * Database management, SQL, SAS, R, * Python, other statistical software. * Visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) * Microsoft Office **Intermediate-level English** **What challenges will you face?** * Promote a customer-centric culture to deepen client relationships and leverage the Bank’s extensive relationships, systems, and expertise. * Conduct activities to keep the model risk management framework aligned with local best practices and those of the parent company. * Produce documentation for model development and their periodic reviews in accordance with BNS standards. * Develop new risk models to enhance the performance of existing models. * Ensure continuous availability of information required for monitoring risk model performance. * Conduct periodic monitoring of risk models. This may include validation of variables and calibration of developed models to ensure optimal performance and predictability. * Perform specific statistical analyses according to departmental needs. * Understand the Bank’s risk culture and how risk appetite must be considered in daily activities and decisions. * Actively carry out effective and efficient operations within respective areas while ensuring the suitability, compliance, and effectiveness of daily business controls to fulfill obligations aimed at mitigating operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, money laundering and terrorist financing risk, and conduct risk—including responsibilities established under the Operational Risk Management Framework, the Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, the International Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Manual, and the Business Conduct Guidelines. Location(s): Peru : Lima : Lima Thank you for your interest; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. **Scotiabank Peru is an inclusive employer that respects diversity and does not discriminate in any form.**