The Role of the Statistician or Research Analyst at KSS
Position Profile:
(Note: The Statistician and Research Analyst roles are very similar from the point of a profile, differing mainly by the technical focus of the individual concerned.)
The Statistician or Research Analyst reports directly to the Head of Research and indirectly to other senior members of the research team, Client Managers or Product Development Managers, depending on the nature of a given project at a given time. It is likely that this person will work on a variety of projects of various timescales. The statistician / research analyst should have expertise in statistical modelling and forecasting, be motivated by the application of mathematical algorithms to solve business problems, display good organisation and independence in the planning and execution of a program of work and be analytical and inventive in their thought processes.
In this capacity, the Statistician or Research Analyst will:
- Develop prototype, test and document new or enhanced modelling methodologies to meet future product requirements.
- Provide research input to consultancy projects, led either by other senior members of the research team, or Client Managers.
- Assist operations teams with statistical and modelling tasks – especially tasks arising during application deployment.
- Advise operation teams on optimal configuration of scientific components for particular customers and data sets.
- Assist scientific developers with testing of coded algorithm.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Responsible for the preparation and delivery of statistical reports to Client Managers.
- Prototyping new algorithms and statistical methods.
- Providing statistical or mathematical analysis input to the delivery of consultancy projects.
- Validating customer data sets – diagnosing issues and liaising with Client Managers to understand anomalies.
- Producing Scientific Documentation for internal or external use.
- Be responsible for prototyping of applications for internal or external customers, or for development of analytical tools for internal use.
- Understand the business context of the application of the science developed within the research group, across the different products of KSS.
- Assist project planning by being able to reliably estimate time requirements in performing statistical or mathematical modelling tasks.
- Assist in maintenance/production support duties to internal staff and customers.
Position Requirements:
A PhD in a statistical or mathematical subject, or a good batchelor’s degree in stats or maths and work experience equivalent to a PhD training.
The individual should be happy working in a team environment with other specialists, whilst being highly resourceful in solving problems within their own areas of expertise.
Skills:
- High proficiency with one or more statistical or mathematical package – especially at least one of R or Matlab.
- Good level of skill with Excel.
- Ability to prototype solutions - using e.g. Excel, R or Matlab, to facilitate testing of algorithms on large data sets.
- Good working knowledge of databases, SQL.
- Good presentation skills. Ability to clearly explain technical issues to a non-technical audience
- Good understanding of statistics and mathematical methodologies used – especially regression, linear models, time series, hypothesis tests, hierarchical models, optimisation.
- The ability and willingness to understand the business domain.
- Highly self motivated to learn new mathematical skills and techniques.
Career Path:
This position can lead to management or senior technical careers at KSS. The Statistician/Research Analyst position provides an excellent training ground for the role of Senior Statistician/Research Analyst, which involves a greater level of responsibility on projects and more exposure to Client Managers and customers.
For career enquiries please contact us at the following email address: careers@kssg.com