Walter Nwaugo

Performance-driven, innovative, and resourceful Data Scientist; experienced Financial Analyst with 5+ years’ experience in quantitative statistical analysis. Well skilled in machine learning, data visualization, statistics, database management, and programming with an in-depth understanding of the financial market. Possess strong collaboration, strategy development, and communication skills with a proven track record at performing statistical analysis and computing, processing large data sets, and maximizing organizational effectiveness, as well as refined leadership and dynamic people management skills with a matchless drive for excellence.

HIP ASSET MANAGEMENT, Lagos, Lagos

Data Analyst 2022–Present

• working as a data specialist for HIP Asset Management, building and deploying financial models to aid proper banking experiences like recommendation systems, Fraud detection, Cash management solution, delinquency models, e.t.c
• Built out the data and reporting infrastructure from the ground up using PowerBi and SQL to provide real-time insights into the financial products from the company website, marketing funnels, and business KPIs
• Identified procedural areas of improvement through customer data, using SQL to help improve the profitability of sales of HIP T-Notes by 8%
• Machine Learning and Data science tutor to new employees.

EntryLevel, United States

SQL Developer 2022–Present

• Tested SQL servers and maintained the environment's integrity through regular updates, improving their reliability by 87%.
• Implemented security measures such as password protection and logon restrictions on 24 production servers, reducing vulnerability to malicious attacks by 67%.
• Developed ETL processes to load 10TB of data into a data warehouse from over 1.5K sources in the first month of employment.

GoLearn, Lagos, Lagos

Database Assistant 2021–2022

• Created a new file system that tracked 7.8K active lead-generating web visitors, helping GoLearn to determine its effectiveness in a given area by 90%.
• Devised custom queries for difficult reporting tasks; increased report accuracy by 88% YoY.
• Developed simple database systems that assisted 4.3K users in filing and retrieving documents, reducing clerical work by 87%.
• Increased system efficiency by optimizing SQL queries for better performance, reducing data retrieval time by 79% with less than 3 servers.

University of Lagos, Palynology Laboratory, Lagos, Lagos

Data Science Intern 2018–2019

• Conducted Palynological studies of different flower species by extracting their pollens and carrying out acetolysis in a fume cupboard present in the laboratory.
• Conducted Biostratigraphical Studies of various soil samples in the laboratory.
• Created data visualization graphics, translating complex data sets into comprehensive visual representations.
• Performed advanced data extraction and data manipulation.
   
• Identified, analyzed and interpreted trends in complex data sets using supervised and unsupervised learning techniques

• B.Sc. Botany (Environmental Botany & Palynology)

University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria 2020

West African Secondary School Leaving Certificate (S.S.C.E)

GloryLand International College, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos 2013

Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARPS) 2023 • Financial Risk Manager Level 1 Microsoft 2022 

 Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals Corporate Finance Institute 

Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst (FMVA®) 2022 

Business Intelligence and Data Analyst (BIDA™) 2022