Data Scientist, Assistant Manager to Manager

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Singapore KPMG Singapore Full time

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Data Scientist, Assistant Manager to Manager
Work Type: Permanent
Job Categories: Experienced Hires
Start Date for Applications: 4 Aug 2025
Closing Date for Applications:
KPMG in Singapore is part of a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 143 countries and territories with more than 273,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limitedand its related entities do not provide services to clients.
KPMG in Singapore is part of a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 143 countries and territories with more than 273,000 partners and employees working in member firms around the world. Each KPMG firm is a legally distinct and separate entity and describes itself as such. KPMG International Limited is a private English company limited by guarantee. KPMG International Limited and its related entities do not provide services to clients.
Job Description
We are growing our Deal Strategy and Value Creation team in Singapore. We are looking for high calibre candidates to join our team and be part of the exciting growth plans we have for this area of the business.
Our Deal Advisory practice provides holistic, data-driven client solutions in relation to acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, buy-outs, market entry, financing, and other M&A transactions. We advise clients on their deal strategy and assist to create value by identifying and delivering upsides and opportunities from their Deals. Our clients include private equity firms, financial institutes and corporates from various industries.
Our team comes from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities and have a diverse and dynamic environment that embraces and values differences. We invest substantially in professional development of our team members, with particular emphasis on coaching. We offer a collaborative and flexible working environment, with due consideration of work-life balance and changing demands of personal or family life.
This role will leverage your technical expertise in data science and machine learning to solve real-world business problems, while gaining exposure to business strategy, value creation, and management consultancy. You will have opportunities to work closely with senior advisors and business leaders, deepen your understanding of business optimization, mergers & acquisitions, financial restructuring, and other high-impact areas within the Deal Advisory space for various industries. Through hands-on projects, you’ll learn how data-driven insights directly contribute to strategic decision-making and business growth.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyse data for mergers, acquisitions, valuations, restructuring, business performance improvements and other strategic advisory projects.
Apply Data Science / Gen AI skills to real-world business problems, aiming to identify actionable insights that may create values and positive impacts for our clients.
Load and preprocess large, complex datasets (structured and unstructured) to make them usable for predictive modelling, statistical analysis and visualization.
Develop predictive models, machine learning algorithms, Gen AI models and statistical models to identify trends, risks and opportunities in the data.
Apply optimization techniques to solve business problems related to resource allocation, pricing and other business and operational aspects.
Generate actionable business insights based on the processed data, transforming analytical results and models into clear data-driven recommendations for stakeholders.
Create compelling data visualization and dashboard using tools like Power BI, Tableau to communicate findings and tell stories effectively.
Present findings to senior management and clients, helping them leverage data science models to optimize their strategic and operational decisions
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or above in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or related field. Master’s degree in data science and AI will be beneficial.
Minimum 5to 8years of experience in data science or data analytics roles, AI, operational research.
Ability to generate actionable insights from data, going beyond numbers to make meaningful business recommendations.
Effective communication skills, with the ability to explain complex models and results to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience in financial analysis, understanding of corporate finance and deal structuring is a plus.
Problem-solving mindset with a focus on delivering results in high-pressure, time-sensitive environments.
Ability to collaborate with diverse teams and work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Hands-on experiences on the following:
Alteryx (incl. macro and analytic app) to build workflow for data analysis and insights generations
Operational research including mathematical optimization models and solver tools (e.g. linear programming, mixed-integer programming)
Machine learning / deep learning python libraries (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn, Keras, TensorFlow, PySpark, etc.)
Predictive modelling, advanced statistical modelling and hypothesis testing (e.g. regression analysis, time series analysis, clustering, classification, predictions, A/B testing)
Expertise in generative AI models (e.g. GPT). Experience in building, fine-tuning, and deploying large language models (LLMs) and transformer architecture. Familiarity with natural language processing (NLP)
Azure cloud platform, Azure Machine Learning, Azure Data and AI tools, Azure Databricks for big data processing and machine learning pipeline management
Data cleaning and preprocessing techniques, features engineering / selection to enhance model performance, features importance to explain the model
Data visualization using tools to develop data story, e.g., Matplotlib, Seaborn, Power BI / Tableau.
SQL skills and knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MySQL)
Advantages with following knowledge and skillsets:
GitHub / Containers technology / DevOps / software development and deployment.
Big data engineering tasks and tools (e.g. ETL pipelines, data warehouses, Apache Spark, Kafka, etc.).
Other language skills, e.g. R, Scala
Certifications in AI and / or machine learning from Microsoft Azure
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by KPMG Talent Acquisition team, personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.
At KPMG in Singapore we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that diversity of thought, background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, our clients and communities. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, colour, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other non-merit factors. We celebrate the different talents that our people bring and support every staff member in their journey to achieve personal and professional growth. One of the ways we do this is through Take Charge: Flexi-work, our flexible working framework which enables agile and innovative teams to help deliver our business goals.
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