JOB DETAILS
Team Lead, Data Science
CompanyAccess Bank PLC
LocationLagos
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 15, 2026

About The Company
Access Bank Plc is a full service commercial Bank operating through a network of over 600 branches and service outlets located in major centres across Nigeria, Sub Saharan Africa and the United Kingdom. Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1998, the Bank serves its various markets through 5 business segments: Institutional, Commercial, Retail Banking, Transaction Services and Financial Markets.
The Bank has over 800,000 shareholders including several Nigerian and International Institutional Investors and has enjoyed what is arguably Africa’s most successful banking growth trajectory in the last ten years ranking amongst Africa’s top 15 banks by total assets and capital.
As part of its continued growth strategy, Access Bank is focused on mainstreaming sustainable business practices into its operations. The Bank strives to deliver sustainable economic growth that is profitable, environmentally responsible and socially relevant. RC : 125384
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About the Role
- Provides balanced analytical research by turning raw data into valuable insights that help to drive the Bank’s actions and strategies.
- Interprets and analyses data from multiple sources to come up with imaginative solutions to problems.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop programming in Python, SAS, SQL or similar analytical development tools
- Maintain knowledge in statistics, mathematics and/or comparable quantitative area of expertise
- Responsible for collaborating with analysts to facilitate the development and application of advanced analytic strategies and tactics
- Ascertain and apply strategies to identified business problems and existing organizational processes in order to provide leaders with insightful resources for decision-making and to increase sales, profit, market share, and achieve enterprise goals
- Establish parameters of ad hoc analyses by setting appropriate timeline and work quality guidelines
- Develop timely, innovative, and objective analysis which leads to fact-based solutions for strategic business issues
- Assist in the development of the problem definition and hypothesis formulation process as it relates to the specific business environment
- Conduct analyses, formulate insights, and summarize and synthesize findings for presentation to line of business management
- Maintain an understanding of general business trends and requirements for the major area of support, and understand the link between analysis and business impact
- Utilize Python, SAS, SQL, Power BI or other analytical development tools with large data sets to design analyses and measure key metrics
- Facilitate development and application of advanced analytic strategies and tactics
- Support line of business analytical needs with dashboard/report development through Tableau and SAP BO
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms, such as Gradient Boosted Trees, CNN, RNN LSTM, etc.
- Knowledge and moderate proficiency in R, Python (scikit learn, pandas, numpy, Jupyter etc.) SAS, SQL, MATLAB, C/C++
- Experience with data visualization tools ex Power BI, Matplotlib and Seaborn
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Highly organized and experienced in leading/managing complex projects, initiatives and development
- This is an Individual Contributor role.
- Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
- Data-oriented personality
- Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities
Qualification & Experience
Mandatory
- Bachelor’s degree and Master's Degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field
- Practical experiences in Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning (Tensor flow), Statistical Modelling, Quantitative Analysis, Forecasting, Data Visualization.
- 10 + years working experience as a data scientist or business data analyst, preferably in the financial services industry with at least 2 years of leadership experience.
- Must possess relevant professional qualifications.
Desirable
- Experience supporting large-scale or highly regulated financial institution
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applications close 11:59pm on Thursday, 19th March 2026
Key Skills
PythonSASSQLStatisticsMathematicsMachine LearningGradient Boosted TreesCNNRNN LSTMRScikit LearnPandasNumpyJupyterMATLABC/C++
Categories
Data & AnalyticsScience & ResearchFinance & AccountingManagement & LeadershipSoftware
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
This role involves providing balanced analytical research by transforming raw data into valuable insights to drive bank strategies and interpreting data from multiple sources to develop imaginative solutions. Key duties include developing programming in analytical tools and collaborating with analysts to apply advanced analytic strategies to business problems.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
10+
💼Company Size
23299
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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