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D8 Decision-Making under Risk & Uncertainty
C4 Decision Theory

Barclaycard, the credit card and personal loan business of Barclays PLC, is currently hiring Model Developers and Business Analysts for its expanding Decision Science team in Wilmington, DE. Barclays PLC is an international financial services group engaged primarily in banking, investment banking and investment management. Barclays has been involved in banking for 300 years and operates in over 60 countries, with 76,200 employees and over 2,900 branches worldwide. Barclaycard is the largest credit card brand in Europe and operates in the United States, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Ireland and across Africa. The U.S. credit card operation, headquartered in Wilmington, DE, is one of the fastest growing credit card issuers in the United States issuing cards on behalf of USAirways, Barnes & Noble, Orbitz, Travelocity, AirTran Airways, Best Western, Caesars Entertainment, Frontier Airlines, Midwest Airlines, Sinclair Oil and Gulf Petroleum among others. Supporting all of Barclaycard's business worldwide, the Decision Science team provides all of the scoring engines and analytics to manage the entire customer life-cycle. Model Developers create predictive models regarding customer behavior and forecasting models supporting portfolio management and reporting. Business Analysts develop score-base strategies for marketing, granting and managing credit, collections, and fraud. The successful candidate will have graduate training (Masters or PhD strongly preferred) in a quantitative area such as Econometrics, Statistics, Mathematics, Psychology, or other social science discipline. Strong communication skills to effectively understand and address client needs also required. Work experience in financial services a plus. Foreign language skills a plus. SAS a plus. Barclays offers an attractive compensation & benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k, and 529 plans. Please submit resumes to: BarclaysUS, Attn: HR - Decision Science Role, 100 S. West Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 or jobs@barclaycardus.com, Subject: Decision Science Role.
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