Data Scientist Transaction Monitoring

As a Medior Data Scientist Transaction Monitoring

You can have social impact by detecting criminal behavior using analytics models to analyze Rabobank transactions of 8+ million customers.

You and your job

Preventing Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing is one of the key aspects for our society and our organization, and as a bank we play a major role in this field. In order to be effective in fighting financial crime, we need smart individuals like yourself who get their energy from looking into data, patterns and behavior of our customers in order to uncover illegal activities.

Together with the team you will be responsible for optimizing our current rule-based Transaction Monitoring (TM) system and eventually (not on short term) for introducing more advanced analytics methodologies such as Machine Learning into our TM models.

This job requires statistical know-how, an analytical mindset and pragmatic operational expertise. And if done successfully, you will make sure that our analysts are able to focus on the true positive alerts – hence spend their time on truly value-adding activities. In other words, in this role you will be on the front line of fighting financial crime.

Practical examples

• Developing and improving detection rules within multidisciplinary teams to uncover patterns linked to illegal activities.
• Identifying new relevant data sources and evaluating how to integrate them into our models.
• Working with business experts, model owners, and IT to implement and continuously refine models.

Top 3 responsibilities

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

Strong preferences

You are intrinsically motivated to fight financial crime by building models that create real impact. You work in a structured and precise manner and communicate clearly. You collaborate effectively with colleagues across different roles and take initiative to improve outcomes. You thrive in a dynamic, high-impact environment. Experience with Agile working is a plus.

Duur: 04-05-2026 - 1 april 2027 met optie op verlenging

Standplaats: Utrecht

ZZP: Not allowed

Aanbieden kan tot: 04-05-2026 12:00

Hard Requirements

A Master’s degree in Data Science, Econometrics, Mathematics, or a related field.

3-5 years of experience in data science or data analysis, preferably with large datasets.

Strong programming skills in Python and PySpark (Azure Databricks experience is a plus).

Experience in implementing and maintaining analytical models into production is preferred.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to present complex topics in a clear and accessible way to business stakeholders to enable swift decision‐making.

Excellent verbal and written English skills.

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 '

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.