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Senior Data Scientist, Sector Performance Group @The Audit Office, New Zealand
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Data Scientist, Sector Performance Group @The Audit Office, New Zealand
Wellington, NZ
Led advanced analytics initiatives to support public sector performance audits and develop insights for parliamentary committees. Created analytics tools to enhance audit efficiency and decision-making.Developed an AI-powered audit database: Architected and deployed an analytics product combining a vector database (Neo4j, Knowledge Graphs, LangChain) with a RAG-based querying system to enable intelligent retrieval of structured and unstructured performance audit data. Deployed using Docker and ShinyProxy with CI/CD for scalable use by internal stakeholders. The tool enhanced the leadership team’s ability to conduct strategic audit planning and performance tracking of agencies against audit recommendations.Analysis of severe housing deprivation in New Zealand: Applied causal inference techniques assess the impact of emergency housing on health, employment, and victimisation outcomes to help policymakers understand the cross-sector impact of housing supports. Provided subject matter expertise on housing support data to refine audit scope and planning.
EDUCATION
National University of Singapore
Master's degree, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT VINAY BENNY
Data Scientist/Statistical Analyst with extensive experience in statistical modelling, machine learning and data engineering. 17 years experience in data science and business intelligence, with expertise in statistical analysis, building & deploying predictive models, simulation & optimization and data modelling. Keen interest in reinforcement learning and natural language processing. Proficient in languages like SAS & R, Python, SQL and MATLAB & platforms like Databricks, SAS Viya & Snowflake (incl. Snowpark).
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