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Nauval Zulfikar

Senior Data Scientist

Bandung, Indonesia·Open to remote & UK-based roles

5+ years building ML models, credit risk systems, and NLP pipelines in regulated financial environments. MSc Business Analytics (Aston University, 1:1 First Class).

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Impact by numbers

45%

Faster project delivery

80%

Manual workload reduced

5.3%

Investment return uplift

40%

Click-through rate increase

Skills

Core

PythonSQLMachine LearningNLP / LLMCredit Risk ModelingA/B TestingAWSPySpark

Supporting

DockerRAGCausal InferenceETL PipelinesPower BIPyTorchBayesian StatisticsModel GovernanceFraud DetectionTime Series Analysis

Experience

Public Works & Spatial Planning Dept. (PUTR)

Government

Data Scientist & Project Manager

Sep 2022 – Present · Bandung, Indonesia

45% faster delivery20% data efficiency gain

Led a team to automate ETL pipelines and build self-service dashboards, replacing manual data entry for regional building development tracking. Embedded data governance and privacy practices across all workflows.

PythonPySparkAWSPower BIAgileJira

Bank Muamalat Indonesia

Corporation

Lead Data Scientist — Leadership Development Program

Nov 2019 – Aug 2022 · Jakarta, Indonesia

+5.3% investment return

Developed NLP models for credit portfolio analysis and risk scoring in a licensed banking environment. Applied clustering for market segmentation, led A/B testing, and maintained model validation aligned with regulatory and audit frameworks.

AWSNLPSQLPySparkDockerNoSQL

Syncwell

Start-up (Remote, UK)

Marketing Data Scientist

Jul – Sep 2024 · Birmingham, UK

40% CTR increase22% follower growth

Built predictive ML models, ran A/B tests, and implemented automated campaign triggers to improve customer journey and engagement.

PythonSQLTableauSalesforce

PCOS Challenge

Non-Profit (Remote, UK)

Strategic Data Scientist Specialist

Jun – Aug 2024 · Birmingham, UK

80% manual workload reduction

Developed a customer attribution model and automated report text extraction. Created interactive data visualisations to surface patient financial concerns.

PythonStreamlitPower BIPySparkHadoop

Projects

CV–Job Desc Suitability Checker

DeBERTa-v3-based job matching tool with RAG retrieval and end-to-end ML pipeline orchestration. Outperforms traditional ATS benchmarks on candidate-job relevance.

NLPRAGDeBERTaPython
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Machine Scheduler Automation

Streamlit-based production scheduling system with interactive Gantt charts and real-time machine utilisation dashboards. Optimised production planning by 63%.

PythonStreamlitWorkflow Orchestration
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Sport Footwear Sales Prediction

Publication

Comparative analysis of multiple ML models for sales forecasting performance. Published January 2025.

MLForecastingPython
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Education

Aston University

2023 – 2024

MSc Business Analytics · 1:1 First Class

Birmingham, UK

  • Full-tuition Aston Enterprise Scholarship 2023
  • Pitching Contest 2024 runner-up
  • Dissertation: Enhancing Supply Chain Information Sharing via Blockchain
  • Distinctions: Effective Management Consultancy, Decision Models, Software Analytics

Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

2016 – 2019

BBA Innovation & Economics

Beppu, Japan

  • APU 50% Tuition Reduction Scholarship
  • JASSO Scholarship
  • Distinctions: Business Data Analysis, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Research