Data Scientist

Utrecht Detachering

Korte omschrijving

Are you a data-driven professional who thrives on turning complex data into actionable insights? Would you like to make a direct contribution to combating financial crime and enhancing the effectiveness of Transaction Monitoring at one of the Netherlands' largest financial institutions?

Functie omschrijving

As a Data Scientist, you'll play a crucial role in supporting and optimizing Rabobank's Transaction Monitoring capabilities. Through advanced analytics, dashboard development, and collaboration with stakeholders, you'll empower colleagues to make data-driven decisions that improve the detection of potential money laundering and terrorist financing activities.

Your Impact

Preventing financial crime is a strategic priority for Rabobank. By utilizing data from millions of customer transactions, you'll identify patterns, uncover areas for improvement, and provide insights that help operational teams focus on genuine risks and high-value investigations. Your work will directly contribute to a safer financial system while making Transaction Monitoring processes more efficient and effective.

What You Will Do

Conduct end-to-end analytical projects, from understanding business needs and gathering requirements to coding, analyzing, visualizing, and presenting results.
Design, build, and maintain impactful Power BI dashboards to support Transaction Monitoring optimization and decision-making.
Develop scalable and maintainable analytical solutions using Python.
Estimate and assess the impact of proposed changes to Transaction Monitoring rules and parameters.
Translate complex business questions into analytical approaches and provide actionable recommendations.
Serve as a trusted partner for stakeholders, assisting them in formulating the right questions and uncovering opportunities through data.
Drive continuous improvements and proactively identify areas where analytics can deliver measurable business value.
Collaborate closely with data professionals, business experts, and other stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams.

Examples of Assignments

Develop a Transaction Monitoring rule tuning dashboard to help optimize monitoring parameters.
Build management dashboards that offer deeper insights into the effectiveness of the Transaction Monitoring system.
Analyze customer transaction behavior to identify patterns and answer critical business questions.
Quantify the expected impact of model and rule adjustments on operational efficiency and detection effectiveness.

About the Team

You'll join a highly skilled and motivated multidisciplinary team within FEC Tech, comprising over 80 professionals dedicated to developing Transaction Monitoring solutions that help detect money laundering and terrorist financing risks. Collaboration, innovation, and impact are at the core of our work. At Rabobank, we believe that diversity in thought and background strengthens our organization. By combining expertise, curiosity, and teamwork, we create smarter solutions that help protect the integrity of the financial system.

Interested in making a real societal impact with data? Join Rabobank as a Data Scientist and help us stay one step ahead in the fight against financial crime.

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work here. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country. We kindly request a motivation letter highlighting the required competencies.

Additional Information:

All departments operate on a hybrid basis, in line with Rabobank's @anywhere policy.
Please note: Due to parking congestion at the Rabobank location Croeselaan in Utrecht, a new parking policy will be implemented from April 2026. External staff will not be able to park at Croeselaan from Monday to Thursday; parking will only be permitted on Fridays.
Important: Midlance constructions are not permitted according to Rabobank policy and will be investigated during the screening process.
Suppliers must be aware of all relevant laws, regulations concerning employment conditions, and Rabobank’s Collective Labour Agreement. This assignment is classified under scale 10.
We require the candidate's personal motivation and CV in English.
A candidate should be submitted exclusively to Magnit – Rabobank during the exclusivity period of 4 business days per request.
Candidates must be available for the entire duration of the assignment.
All submitted candidates must possess a valid Passport or ID card, which must be presented at the interview and at the start of the assignment.
Pre-employment Screening (PES): If a candidate is selected, a PES will be conducted. A new PES regulation applies as of July 1, 2026. The PES is outsourced to an external party; more details are provided in Annex A. A candidate may only commence employment after successfully completing the PES.
By submitting a candidate, you agree to the terms of this specific client. If you are unfamiliar with these terms, please request a copy from our recruiters.

IMPORTANT!: Please ensure all candidate details are entered correctly. Provide the candidate's contact information (email address and telephone number) and address accurately, as this information is essential for the client's submission review. Incomplete or incorrect submissions risk rejection.

Duration: October 5, 2026 - October 1, 2027, with the possibility of extension.

Important:

We are looking for 1 FTE.
This vacancy may be closed before the indicated deadline if we receive sufficient qualified candidates.
Please clearly indicate in the motivation field whether the candidate has any planned vacations or special leave during the assignment period.
Language: English is mandatory.
ZZP Allowed: No.
Temporary location until at least January 31, 2027: Winthontlaan 1, Utrecht.
Location after reconstruction: Croeselaan 18, Utrecht.
Working Language: English.
Hybrid Working - Office Days: Monday and Thursday (Temporary location Winthontlaan 1 Utrecht until January 31, 2027).
Duration: 1 year (extension of the assignment is possible).

Submission Deadline: September 7, 2026, 3:00 PM.

Functie Eisen

We're looking for someone with a Master's degree in a quantitative or technical field and at least 3 years of hands-on experience as a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or in a similar analytical role. You should be a whiz with Power BI, especially when it comes to creating advanced dashboards, visualizing data, and telling compelling stories with it.

We'd love for you to have solid Python programming skills, including a good grasp of:

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Software engineering best practices
Coding standards and conducting code reviews
Writing code that's both maintainable and scalable

It's also really important that you can take the lead on initiatives independently and deliver great results. You should be fantastic at communicating, able to translate business needs into smart analytical solutions, and have a structured, proactive, and highly organized way of working. Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills are key, as is a business-focused mindset with a real sense of ownership. And of course, excellent verbal and written English communication skills are a must.

Nice-to-haves:

Experience in Financial Economic Crime (FEC), AML, Transaction Monitoring, Risk, or Compliance environments.
The ability to balance deep technical knowledge with a focus on business impact.
Feeling comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced setting.
Being motivated by making a tangible difference, not just building cool analytics for their own sake.

Just a heads-up, to be considered for this role, you'll need to be based in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work here. Unfortunately, freelance arrangements aren't an option per Rabobank policy. Candidates should be submitted exclusively through Magnit – Rabobank during the initial 4-business day exclusivity period. It's also important that you can commit to the entire duration of the assignment. All candidates need a valid Passport or ID card, which you'll need to bring to the interview and when you start. Lastly, a pre-employment screening is mandatory, and you can only begin once it's successfully completed.

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.