I am a data professional bridging data and insights to drive strategic decisions. I specialize in quantitative data analytics, data engineering, data science, and business intelligence, delivering high-quality results in fast-paced, Agile environments. I thrive on building collaborative partnerships, mentoring teammates, and promoting knowledge sharing to unlock value for stakeholders across Banking, Healthcare, and Supply Chain domains.

Varun Arora

I am a data professional bridging data and insights to drive strategic decisions. I specialize in quantitative data analytics, data engineering, data science, and business intelligence, delivering high-quality results in fast-paced, Agile environments. I thrive on building collaborative partnerships, mentoring teammates, and promoting knowledge sharing to unlock value for stakeholders across Banking, Healthcare, and Supply Chain domains.

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I am a data professional bridging data and insights to drive strategic decisions. I specialize in quantitative data analytics, data engineering, data science, and business intelligence, delivering high-quality results in fast-paced, Agile environments. I thrive on building collaborative partnerships, mentoring teammates, and promoting knowledge sharing to unlock value for stakeholders across Banking, Healthcare, and Supply Chain domains.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Data Scientist/Analyst at RDC.ai (Sydney, Westpac client)
July 1, 2025 - November 10, 2025
Developed an XGBoost classification model to identify Westpac business customers most likely to take additional lending, supporting targeted marketing and cross-sell initiatives. Designed and implemented an automated data analysis and cleaning framework using GenAI (GPT-4o) for streamlined data preparation.
Data Scientist/Analyst at Murrumbidgee Irrigation (Griffith, NSW)
July 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025
Engineered data pipelines to extract and transform water quality data from vendor REST APIs and developed a dynamic Power BI dashboard for anomaly detection and real-time alerting. Conducted time series analysis using SQL and Python (Databricks) to forecast water demand for irrigation, improving supply planning and resource allocation. Developed predictive models to forecast ant infestations across assets, supporting early intervention and reduced downtime.
Manager Data Science/Analytics at United Health Group (India/US)
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Utilized advanced analytics tools including Machine Learning, Python, SQL, SAS, Power BI, and Tableau to drive decision-making and optimize business operations. Acquired, ingested, stored and maintained data while ensuring data integrity, accuracy and governance. Employed data wrangling, cleansing, and enrichment to support clustering, predictive analysis, and NLP. Developed predictive models, visuals, reports, and dashboards to analyze large datasets, identify trends and patterns to empower business in decision making. Drove organization level events like Hackathons, Data Viz challenge and ML forum.
Assistant Manager Data Analytics at Citi Bank (India/US)
June 1, 2014 - June 1, 2014
Data analysis and predictive modeling for the Regulatory Reporting team. Created Validation Reports such as Variance Report and Trending Report to test and ensure adherence to quality standards and protocols.
Sr Data Analyst at Bank of America (India/US)
December 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013
Utilized SQL/SAS to extract and clean data, machine learning for regression, clustering and classification to identify customer churn. Developed Classification model to predict likelihood of customer attrition.
Programmer Analyst at American Express (India)
June 1, 2010 - June 1, 2010
Developed SQL queries and SAS for data analysis and fetch likely responders. Performed A/B testing to measure campaign effectiveness. Created requirement and functional design documents adhering to industry standards, incorporating technical details and system design specifications.
Data Analyst at Aon Hewitt (India)
May 1, 2007 - May 1, 2007
Collaborated with clients to effectively design and generate tailored extracts and reports base and advanced SAS. Developed SQL queries and data management tasks with DDL, DML and DQL.

Education

Masters in Finance at Management Development Institute
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025
Bachelor of Technology at Kurukshetra University
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025

Qualifications

Advanced AI and ML Certification
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025
Databricks: Data Prep for Machine Learning
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025
Databricks: Data Analytics and BI Certification
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025
Manager Alpha training for enhancing Employee Engagement and Situational Leadership
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025
Udacity: Nanodegree in Deep Learning
January 11, 2030 - November 10, 2025

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Healthcare, Professional Services