Data Scientist (Climate Risk)

Salary: £50,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong expertise in climate risk, climate scenarios, decarbonisation pathways, net-zero strategies, and emerging sustainability regulations.
• Experience independently validating complex quantitative models, ideally within financial services.
• Strong understanding of model risk management frameworks and governance.
• Advanced Python skills for data manipulation, analysis, and model assessment.
• Experience reviewing and auditing model builds, with the ability to understand and challenge underlying model mechanics.
• A degree in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Engineering, or Physics.

Responsibilities

• Perform independent validation of climate risk, forecasting, scenario analysis, stress testing, and optimisation models.
• Conduct quantitative analysis, sensitivity testing, and model reviews to assess performance, robustness, and fitness for purpose.
• Evaluate model assumptions, methodologies, data quality, uncertainty, and limitations, ensuring model risks are clearly identified and documented.
• Assess compliance with regulatory requirements, including PRA SS1/23, and internal model risk standards.
• Review model sub-components and controls, preparing validation checklists and governance documentation.
• Produce high-quality validation reports and papers for senior management, regulators, and auditors.
• Provide expert advice on climate risk modelling, transition planning, and sustainability-related analytics.

Technologies

• Python
• ASP.NET

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We are AMS, a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. Through our Contingent Workforce Solutions service, we act as an extension of recruitment teams, connecting organisations with skilled interim and temporary professionals. Our client is a major UK retail bank serving over 17 million retail customers across Business Services, Corporate Banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail, and Investment Banking. We are recruiting for a Data Scientist on a 3-month contract based in Edinburgh, with remote working available in a hybrid arrangement. This role operates via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

last updated 30 week of 2026