Melbourne
2 weeks ago
Senior Data Scientist, Finance
Xero
Melbourne
2 weeks ago
Senior Data Scientist, Finance
Xero seeks a Senior Data Scientist to join its Finance G&A Data & Analytics team in Melbourne or Sydney. The role involves building forecasting models, analytics frameworks, and partnering with G&A leaders to drive data-informed decisions. Requires strong SQL, Python/R, and statistical modeling skills.
AI-enabledHybridFull-timeSeniorSQLPython
Senior Data Scientist, Finance
Xero seeks a Senior Data Scientist to join its Finance G&A Data & Analytics team in Melbourne or Sydney. The role involves building forecasting models, analytics frameworks, and partnering with G&A leaders to drive data-informed decisions. Requires strong SQL, Python/R, and statistical modeling skills.
AI-enabledHybridFull-timeSeniorSQL
Salary
Not specified
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
SQLPythonRTableauSnowflakedbtApache AirflowStatistical ModelingMachine LearningTime-Series ForecastingRegressionClassificationCausal InferenceData VisualizationProblem Framing
Soft Skills
MentoringPartnershipCommunication
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deliver models, analytics, and insight frameworks for Finance and G&A teams.
- Lead work on forecasting, planning, and performance management.
- Embed models into core rhythms like Central dashboards, MBR, and QBR cycles.
- Act as senior partner to G&A leaders, helping frame problems and use data.
- Build solutions hands-on and mentor analysts and data scientists across G&A.
- Shape how Xero applies AI and advanced analytics in a self-serve, agent-first environment.
- Focus on revenue and cost forecasting, scenario analysis, and operating expense optimization.
- Mature Xero's functional data model for G&A, including AI and advanced analytics.
Senior Data ScientistFinanceAnalyticsForecastingSQLPythonTableauSnowflakeHybridMelbourne