Senior Specialist, Compliance

MSD • Rahway, PA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Executive Director, Innovation, Digital Enablement, and Analytical Solutions (IDEAS), the Senior Specialist role will support ECO by helping to build and enhance data-driven solutions with a focus on critical-to-compliance risk areas. This position is a hybrid role that sits at the intersection of technology and business and will be focused on supporting ECO-wide initiatives. The Senior Specialist partners with IDEAS team members and ECO stakeholders to understand business needs, translate them into technical requirements, and deliver well-tested solutions. Individuals in this role bring a strong technical foundation (data modeling, SQL, visualization software, various programming languages) and a desire to deepen their understanding of the business and compliance environment. The IDEAS team works in a collaborative model, with individuals contributing to projects from concept to deployment while learning new and emerging technologies to help mitigate company risk.

Requirements

• BS/BA required
• 3–7 years of relevant experience (including internships, co-ops, or academic projects) in analytics, data engineering, software development, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrable proficiency in R and Python coding languages.
• Demonstrable experience working with large language models (LLMs).
• Intermediate to advanced ability to write SQL (Inner & Outer Joins, Linked Servers, Functions, Stored Procs, Case Statements) and Microsoft Fabric.
• Ability to independently learn and incorporate new and emerging technology & techniques (AI, ML, BOTs, NLP).
• Understand underlying theory and application of key reporting/visualization software.
• Evaluate data using analytical and logical reasoning for the discovery of insights.
• Demonstrate how technology can be leveraged to solve problems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the company's business.
• Understand current industry trends impacting the business.
• Understand the KPIs used to measure the business framework.
• Ability to articulate insights and explain their impact and opportunities on the business.
• Desire to grow technical and business knowledge through feedback, training, and hands-on work.
• Comfort working on tasks or projects that aren’t always initially well defined, with guidance from senior team members.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across functions and incorporate stakeholder input into deliverables.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to organize work, manage tasks, and communicate status within a project team.
• Demonstrable ability to contribute to projects from concept to deployment, including requirements gathering, development, testing, and documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks or workstreams with appropriate prioritization.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), Oracle, AWS, Azure SQL Integration Services (SSIS)
• Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Windows Forms)
• Visualization Tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik)
• Process automation (Power Automate, Blue Prism, UI Path)
• DataIKU, NLP Models
• Microsoft Fabric
• Ability to work independently and partner with stakeholders to understand needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions
• Strong communication skills and ability to tailor messages for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical & quantitative skills with the ability to develop and interpret data insights, document work clearly, and present results to stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• BS/BA or higher in one of the following areas: Computer Science, Math, Data Analytics, Management of Information Science
• Exposure to regulated industries (e.g., pharmaceutical/healthcare) or compliance-related work or enterprise data environments preferred.
• Exposure to working in a global environment or supporting multiple divisions, markets, and regions.
• Strong desire to learn the business, compliance processes, and how data-driven solutions can mitigate risk.
• Experience working with enterprise-wide systems and vendors (i.e., financial reporting, master data management, customer relationship management, expense management).

Responsibilities

• Support ECO by helping to build and enhance data-driven solutions with a focus on critical-to-compliance risk areas.
• Partner with IDEAS team members and ECO stakeholders to understand business needs, translate them into technical requirements, and deliver well-tested solutions.
• Contribute to projects from concept to deployment while learning new and emerging technologies to help mitigate company risk.
• Clean, prepare, and structure data to enable the analysis of information.
• Write/understand a programming language (.Net, C#, Java, HTML).
• Write/understand SQL (Inner & Outer Joins, Linked Servers, Functions, Stored Procs, Case Statements) and Microsoft Fabric.
• Independently learn and incorporate new and emerging technology & techniques (AI, ML, BOTs, NLP).
• Understand underlying theory and application of key reporting/visualization software.
• Evaluate data using analytical and logical reasoning for the discovery of insights.
• Demonstrate how technology can be leveraged to solve problems.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the company's business.
• Understand current industry trends impacting the business.
• Understand the KPIs used to measure the business framework.
• Articulate insights and explain their impact and opportunities on the business.
• Grow technical and business knowledge through feedback, training, and hands-on work.
• Work on tasks or projects that aren’t always initially well defined, with guidance from senior team members.
• Collaborate effectively across functions and incorporate stakeholder input into deliverables.
• Organize work, manage tasks, and communicate status within a project team.
• Contribute to projects from concept to deployment, including requirements gathering, development, testing, and documentation.
• Manage multiple tasks or workstreams with appropriate prioritization.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days
• annual bonus
• long-term incentive

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior