Join our clients team as a Senior Data Scientist – Transaction Monitoring, where you’ll make a real social impact by detecting criminal behavior and helping prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. You’ll work with analytics models to analyze transactions from 8+ million customers, optimizing current rule-based systems and gradually introducing advanced analytics and Machine Learning.

Location: Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Employment Type: 12-month contract (possibility of extension)
Hours: 36 hours/week, fixed office days Monday & Thursday
Industry: Banking / Financial Crime Analytics
Languages: English (Dutch not required)
Compensation: Competitive salary package

🧠 Your Responsibilities

🔍 Develop, analyze, and build rule-based TM models to uncover patterns of illegal activity
📊 Identify and integrate new data sources in models while collaborating with functional experts
💡 Advise management on long-term analytics strategies and contribute to the production of robust models
🛠 Take ownership of large parts of data science models, ensuring high-quality code, alignment with IT, architecture, and business
⚡ Anticipate challenges from model choices and propose effective solutions
👥 Support medior and junior colleagues in best practices, ensuring consistency across the team

👤 Your Profile

🎓 MSc / PhD in Data Science, Econometrics, Mathematics, or a related field
💼 5+ years of experience in advanced analytics, modelling, or AI, ideally with large datasets
💻 Strong hands-on experience with Python, PySpark, and Spark (Azure Databricks is a plus)
🚀 Proven success in bringing analytics models to production
💬 Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
🧠 Analytical mindset, pragmatic operational expertise, and passion for financial crime prevention

🌟 Why Join?

Be on the front line of fighting financial crime, working in a multi-disciplinary, innovative team where your insights directly impact society. Collaborate with experienced professionals, develop cutting-edge TM models, and grow your career in a mission-driven banking environment.

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