Data Scientist Review

I currently work as a Data Scientist within the Audit capability. Our team focuses on working with different Audit teams and solve their common problems using Data Science & AI techniques. My day to day role involves writing code to develop machine learning models to help in building the overall product.

I have learnt many technical skills mostly involving python and many frameworks like pandas and numpy etc. I have also learnt other skills like data cleaning and modification to build ML models and using them for predictive analytics.

I do enjoy my program a lot. I am happy working with many different stakeholders and it is exciting to be learning and working with the latest AI models and using them to solve various problems for the Auditors. On a daily basis there is lot of learning and no 2 day feels like the same.

The work side of the programme is well structured. however, I am not very happy with the training provider Multiverse and most of the content is taught online, it is very hard to understand the content as I personally think offline learning is much more helpful. Plus most of the content being taught by multiverse is irrelevant to my job role. I also personally think more experienced tutors can be hired to teach people.

my team at KPMG is very friendly and supporting when working towards my qualification. I have a performance manager who I catch up with very month and I am able to discuss my concerns with him. I can always request for more time to complete tasks whenever I feel overwhelmed and my project manager ensures I am not given tasks more than I could handle.

I personally don't feel well supported by Multiverse. The structure of the programme is very confusing and difficult to understand. Some of the lectures were not very good and it doesn't feel interactive and engaging most of the times. Plus the modules that are provided in the multiverse.io about different topics were very basic and most of times I have to look for external resources to better my understanding on the topic.

At the moment the course content on the qualification is not very helpful in my job role and I sometimes feel it as if its a additional burden.

There are a lot of networks within KPMG. I have personally joined the KPMG Hindu Network and the Clara Social Committee and so far it has been enjoyable

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It is a huge organisation with diverse people, working in KPMG has given me a lot of exposure and helped me develop not only technical skills but also soft skills like communication, stakeholder management etc.

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