Full-Time
Senior Data Scientist
Posted on 4/16/2025
Capco
5,001-10,000 employees
Finance and energy-focused management consulting
No salary listed
London, UK
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- Hands-on experience building and deploying data science solutions in Python and related ML libraries
- Strong background in applied machine learning, model development and data engineering
- Experience with cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) and tools such as Spark, Hive, Redshift
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and mentor junior practitioners
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of data science solutions including PoCs, MVPs and production deployments
- Develop and prototype ML models to solve complex business challenges using modern techniques and tooling
- Collaborate closely with engineers, domain experts, and business teams to translate requirements into deliverables
- Guide and coach data science pods, supporting skill development and solution design
- Act as a subject matter expert on ML architecture, model calibration and productionisation
- Participation in Kaggle or other data science competitions
- Experience with MLOps practices (CI/CD, model monitoring, DevOps integration)
- Familiarity with advanced NLP frameworks such as spaCy or Transformers
- MSc or PhD in a numerate discipline
- Financial services or banking experience
Capco is a global management and technology consultancy that focuses on financial services and the energy sector. It helps banks, capital markets, wealth and asset managers, insurers, and energy clients solve strategic and operational challenges through tailored consulting services. Capco’s offerings include digital consulting, technology innovation, and creative construction, supported by its proprietary PlatformZero platform to deliver specialized solutions. The company differentiates itself with a team of practitioners who combine deep industry knowledge with practical delivery, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a focus on ESG and sustainable finance. Capco’s goal is to help clients improve efficiency, enable growth, and manage risk by providing hands-on expertise and scalable platforms tailored to the financial services and energy industries.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$2B
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
1998
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- FCA AI testing service provides structured regulatory support for fairness, transparency, accountability benchmarking.
- Digital assets and blockchain integration accelerating across European banks amid rising institutional interest.
- Energy practice expansion in UK market with promoted global and regional leadership.
What critics are saying
- Wipro integration redirects Capco contracts to lower-cost Indian teams, causing 20% revenue leakage.
- Accenture bundles AI consulting with $10B banking tech stack, capturing 30% UK insurance projects.
- FCA AI testing mandates expose GenAI tools to bias audits, blocking 40% insurance deployments.
What makes Capco unique
- Capco positioned as implementation partner for Taurus digital asset infrastructure across Continental Europe.
- OpenAI collaboration scales ChatGPT adoption across workforce and financial services client delivery.
- NatWest partnership on ISO 20022-compliant Bankline Direct Digital serves 500+ corporate clients.
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Taurus names Capco implementation partner in Continental Europe. Capco, a global consulting firm, has announced a strategic partnership with Taurus, a Switzerland-based company specialized in solutions for digital assets. Founded in 2018, Taurus is a financial technology company providing enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure, with 13 offices around the world. It offers services for issuing, storing, and trading all types of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, stablecoins, and digital currencies. Taurus also operates a marketplace for private assets and tokenized securities. Capco meanwhile is a global management and technology consultancy with an award-winning track record in the financial services sector. The new partnership will see Capco become a certified implementation and integration partner of Taurus solutions in Continental Europe, supporting financial institutions as they deploy and integrate Taurus' digital asset infrastructure within their banking and capital markets environments. Owen Jelf, Managing Partner for Europe at Capco, said: "Transaction volumes and institutional interest in digital assets is accelerating across major European markets, with blockchain increasingly integrated into the region's financial infrastructure and greater regulatory clarity serving as a catalyst for broader institutional engagement." "Capco is at the forefront of helping banks define strategies around this emerging opportunity, and we look forward to partnering with the Taurus team to ensure European institutions can realize their digital asset ambitions." Commenting on the partnership, Lamine Brahimi, Managing Partner at Taurus, said: "Working with Capco allows us to support clients through the implementation and integration work required to bring our digital asset infrastructure services into production."
Capco announces Zoe Hodge as new UK Partner for Insurance and Wealth & Asset Management. Global management and technology consultancy Capco, a Wipro company, has appointed Zoe Hodge as a new Partner focused on driving Why? Free to subscribe, no paywall, daily business news digest. Global management and technology consultancy Capco, a Wipro company, has appointed Zoe Hodge as a new Partner focused on driving the continued growth of its Insurance and Wealth & Asset Management practices in the UK. Website Cookie Management
Charlotte Byrne, Head of Generative AI at financial services consultancy Capco, comments on the FCA’s latest AI announcement and its implications for the UK financial services sector: “The FCA’s live AI testing service is an incredibly positive move for the UK financial services sector, signalling that the FCA is leaning towards a collaborative regulatory environment, with an appetite towards safe innovation rather than steps to stifle innovation. “Trust in AI is critical as organisations start to roll out scaled AI customer facing products. By providing firms with structured regulatory support, the FCA’s new service will introduce positive guardrails, helping organisations test and benchmark their AI models against key principles like fairness, transparency, and accountability before they reach the market. “It will also help level the playing field, enabling a wider range of firms to innovate responsibly and at pace. For smaller firms that may not have extensive in-house AI expertise or resources, the testing lab offers an opportunity to strengthen governance and build trust with customers and stakeholders. “This isn’t entirely selfless, the lab testing and collaboration with innovators will provide the FCA with valuable insights, from use cases to impact and common challenges to better understand how AI may impact UK financial markets and better prepare for the future. “It’s important the FCA ensures the service remains accessible and genuinely encourages responsible innovation across firms of all sizes. The success of the initiative – and whether it ends up an accelerator rather than a cumbersome and timely process – will depend on the practical support offered and the timeframes the FCA can support given the potential demand
Michael Shand, Managing Principal at financial services focused technology and management consultancy Capco, comments on the Financial Conduct Authority’s new five-year strategy announcement. “The FCA’s new five-year strategy is firmly aligned with the UK government’s growth agenda, but there could be some additional clarity around success metrics – though that task is made more challenging by factors outside of the FCA’s control, such as macroeconomic factors, competition from other jurisdictions, and the take up and future impact of technology.“While banks and other financial services will welcome the spirit of the FCA’s strategy – a growth focus, proportionate oversight, and an ambition to simplify, reduce or remove reporting obligations – its implications could vary widely in practice.“It is welcome that the FCA is placing consumer outcomes at the heart of the new strategy. It is clearly prioritising greater financial inclusion and resilience through a combination of greater participation in more complex, higher risk investing with a robust approach to protection, for example by cracking down on financial crime.“The FCA has also recognised the power of technology and innovation – from AI to Open Finance – as key enablers. There is a focus both on efficiency – for the FCA and the firms it regulates – and access, including unlocking more sources of funding.“The strategy provides a useful reference point for banks and other financial services firms to assess their priorities and opportunities in line with these themes. However, they will no doubt welcome greater clarity as the strategy translates into the FCAs specific plans and actions
Capco, the global management and technology consultancy, today announced a collaboration with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT and frontier AI models such as GPT-4o, GPT-4.5, OpenAI o1 and o3 mini, to accelerate AI’s transformative impact at the world’s top financial institutions. This collaboration combines OpenAI’s cutting-edge innovations with Capco’s financial services domain and GenAI expertise to deliver powerful solutions that help clients achieve transformative results. As part of its GenAI Infused strategy, Capco is leading by example in the adoption and application of GenAI tools and solutions across the financial services industry. Through this collaboration with OpenAI, Capco is further scaling the adoption of ChatGPT across its workforce and pioneering these GenAI tools to accelerate client delivery and execution at scale in real world use cases that are making a difference for our clients