Data Scientist

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As a Medior Data Scientist Transaction Monitoring, you get to make a real social impact by using analytics models to spot criminal behavior in the transactions of Rabobank's 8+ million customers.

You and Your Job

Preventing money laundering and terrorist financing is super important for our society and for us as an organization. As a bank, we play a big role in this. To really make a difference in fighting financial crime, we need sharp minds like yours. People who love diving into data, finding patterns, and understanding customer behavior to uncover illegal activities. You'll work with your team to improve our current rule-based Transaction Monitoring (TM) system. Down the road (not immediately, though!), we're looking to introduce more advanced analytics, like Machine Learning, into our TM models.

This job calls for solid statistical knowledge, an analytical mindset, and practical, hands-on expertise. If you nail it, you'll ensure our analysts can zero in on the real alerts, meaning they spend their time on truly valuable work. Basically, you'll be on the front lines of the fight against financial crime. Some practical things you'll be doing include: developing and improving detection rules within multidisciplinary teams to uncover patterns linked to illegal activities; identifying new, relevant data sources and figuring out how to integrate them into our models; and working with business experts, model owners, and IT to implement and constantly refine models.

Top 3 Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance (parts of) our detection rules, which includes data analysis, setting up models, and writing reliable, well-structured code.
• Identify challenges related to model choices and actively contribute to finding suitable solutions.
• Collaborate with colleagues – including juniors, mediors, IT specialists, and analysts – to ensure consistent best practices across the team.

Duration: July 6, 2026 - June 30, 2027, with an option for extension

End Date: 12 months, with a possibility for extension if suitable

Hours per week: 36

Hybrid: Fixed office days: Monday and Thursday

Primary Language: English; Dutch not required

Location: Utrecht

ZZP (Freelancer): Not permitted

Offers can be submitted until: August 21, 2026, 13:00

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Here's what we're looking for:

Must-haves:

• A Master’s degree in Data Science, Econometrics, Mathematics, or something similar.
• You’ve got 3-5 years under your belt in data science or data analysis, especially if you've wrangled large datasets.
• You're a whiz with Python and PySpark. Experience with Azure Databricks would be awesome!
• Bonus points if you've actually put analytical models into production and kept them humming.
• You can explain super complex stuff clearly to business folks so they can make decisions super fast.
• Naturally, excellent English, both spoken and written, is essential.

Nice-to-haves:

Honestly, we'd love someone who's really driven to combat financial crime by building models that genuinely make a difference. You should be organized, precise, and a clear communicator. It's also great if you can work well with others from different teams and aren't afraid to take the lead to make things better. We need folks who can handle a fast-paced, high-impact environment. If you've got Agile experience, that's a definite plus!

Bedrijfsprofiel

Sharing would be appricatied! Paylaşırsanız sevinirim! Do you want to work for our client in The Netherlands? Hollandada ICT alaninda calismak?

Let’s meet! Are you the person we’re looking for?

If you are, we are happy to receive your application including your motivation.

Growing a better world together: You'll already be aware that our client is a financial services provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries. But did you know that we aim to contribute to real change with our 'Growing a better world together' mission? We do so in countless ways, such as:

A third of all the food we purchase is thrown away. Together with Nature & Environment, we’re working to increase awareness among consumers of how to reduce food waste. As part of a project with Humanitas, we are helping people who are experiencing financial difficulties to get their household finances in order. Together with ‘Vluchtelingenwerk Nederland’ (the Dutch Council for Refugees), we are helping 1,500 refugees find a suitable job. Interested? Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you fuel and invest in your career and ambitions in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional.

Our client is a financial service provider for 7.1 million customers in 40 countries, you know already. Our Red Team works for all the locations of our client in all these countries. Do you also know that we are working together on a better world? We do this in 101 ways like for example our knowledge and experience of Ethical Hacking and Red Teaming sharing with other organizations and "hackers". That belongs to us at ' growing a better world together '

Arbeidsvoorwaarden

Working conditions: This job role offers a balanced split between operational (run) and project (build) work, with a distribution of 75% operational and 25% project-related tasks. To minimize the impact on business operations, some changes may be scheduled outside of regular business hours. 

Do you want this too? Do you aspire to be the best version of yourself? We are delighted to support your development and invest in an environment where continuous learning is encouraged. We provide you with the freedom to innovate and take initiative. By offering numerous growth opportunities, we help you exceed your own expectations and excel in your work, enabling you to grow both personally and professionally.

Moreover, you can expect the following benefits based on a 36 or 40-hour working week:

• An Employee Benefit Budget equivalent to 10% of your monthly income, which you can use according to your preferences. This budget allows you to purchase additional holiday days or make additional contributions to your pension.
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of location-independent work, depending on the team's planning.
• 100% reimbursement of commuting costs if you travel using public transportation. If you commute by car or motorcycle, you can opt for a commuting allowance.
• A pension scheme with a contribution rate of only 5% from your side.

Let's get to know each other.

Are you the person we are looking for? The new colleague who wants to strengthen our client's team and make a difference for yourself, our customers, and society? We would love to receive your application for this vacancy.

Please note: Even if you don't meet all the criteria mentioned in the profile, but you believe you can fulfill the role effectively, we encourage you to apply. We invest in your growth and development.

Responses to applications are handled in accordance with our vacancy management process.

If you have any questions about the application process, ww will be happy to assist you via email (info@if-solutions.nl) office +31 10 210 87 90 or through the provided application link.

Screening is a standard part of the application process. We assess candidates based on the screening procedures followed by our client to ensure that new employees are reliable and suitable for their roles.

For this vacancy, an individual assessment and skills testing may be included as part of the application process.

We believe that everyone is unique, and it is precisely these differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we are curious to know more about you.