Quantitative Analyst, Advanced Analytics
About The Position
The Quantitative Analyst in Regulatory Operations Analytics plans and executes analytics projects throughout their lifecycle. The role defines project approaches, scopes and drives work using appropriate quantitative methods, and partners with the business to meet project objectives. It works across the organization to promote the use of advanced analytics to address business problems and support regulatory programs. The role contributes to FINRA’s cross-market surveillance program and to enterprise-wide plans for expanding analytics capabilities. It promotes analytics and related insights to internal and external stakeholders, including senior management; engages business users to solicit use cases and feedback and provide training; and works with delivery teams to develop capabilities. It also supports data, tools, and infrastructure for experimentation and development, conducts analytics-based research, responds to ad hoc requests, defines data collection and transformation approaches, incorporates third-party information when needed, and automates predictive-pipeline activities to improve regulatory efficiency. The position includes mentoring Research Analysts and maintaining skills through training, conferences, and continued education in advanced analytics, software development, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The work is hybrid, with defined in-person presence requirements; occasional travel and extended hours may be required. The role also requires collaboration in support of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity and demonstration of FINRA’s values.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM, Business, or a similar quantitative discipline, and six or more years of related work experience in Data Science, Engineering, or Software Development; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Strong knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: Python, R, SQL, or SCALA.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently on complex and prolonged projects.
- Ability to collaborate in person and virtually.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in advanced analytics using machine learning, data mining, and natural language processing.
- Familiarity with Big Data processing and platforms.
Responsibilities
- Promote the use of advanced analytics and associated insights with internal and external stakeholders, including senior-level management.
- Lead business engagement activities, including soliciting use cases and user feedback and providing training.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of FINRA’s cross-market surveillance program.
- Work across delivery teams to deliver analytics capabilities that address critical business problems.
- Drive availability of relevant data, tools, and infrastructure for experimentation and development.
- Provide analytics-based research and respond to ad hoc requests in support of business objectives.
- Define data-collection approaches for analytics-based systems, transformations, and extensions of company data with third-party information when needed.
- Devise and implement methods to automate parts of the predictive pipeline to achieve regulatory efficiencies.
- Participate in completing the enterprise-wide strategic plan for expanding analytics capabilities that support regulatory programs and improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Demonstrate FINRA’s values and collaborate in support of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity.
- Mentor Research Analysts on the team and within FINRA on methodologies and best practices.
- Maintain essential skills by attending training programs and conferences and pursuing continued education in advanced analytics, software development, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and related accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Long-term care insurance
- Business travel accident insurance
- Legal insurance
- Immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match
- Eligibility for an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution
- Tuition reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
- Adoption assistance
- Backup family care
- Surrogacy benefits
- Employee assistance
- Wellness programs
- Potential discretionary bonus
- Overtime pay for non-exempt employees in accordance with applicable law
- Paid time off starting at 15 days and increasing with years of service up to 25 days
- Five personal days
- Nine sick days
- Two volunteer service days for full-time schedules
- Military leave
- Jury duty leave
- Bereavement leave
- Voting and election official leave
- Care of a family member leave, available after 90 days of employment
- Childbirth and parental leave, available after 90 days of employment
- Nine paid holidays for full-time employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
