Senior Principal Strategic Research Analyst, Market Analytics

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in and/or lead efforts in the strategic design of quantitative multi-market and multi-product investigatory solutions for processing output and referrals resulting from market manipulation and market conduct rule violations leveraging large volumes of multi-domain data.
• Provide clear and concise written and visual artifacts supporting analysis performed to senior MRD personnel.
• Participate in and/or lead efforts in the enhancements and envision the evolution of the MRDs' surveillance investigatory program in response to market trends and developments.
• Provide efficient quantitative support for market studies, examinations, and ongoing investigations.
• Identify areas and problems within the MRD business domains that can be solved with Machine Learning solutions.
• Assist in performing regulatory impact assessments of the industry’s, FINRA’s, and RSA clients’ initiatives on the MRD’s Cross-Market and SRO-specific programs.
• Adapt MRD’s investigatory, referral and examination program to new rules and initiatives.
• Support management and others to inform internal and external constituents on overall program vision, strategy, operations, processes, and implementation status.
• Support the comprehensive and successful execution of the team’s programs in an efficient and effective manner.
• Participate in and/or lead efforts in ad hoc special projects and national initiatives, as requested.
• Ensure all assigned activities are completed according to prescribed policies and standards.
• Coordinate and provide status reports of assigned tasks or projects.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable business activities.
• Fulfill administrative reporting tasks.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Business, with a minimum of eight years of experience in the field, including at least four years of machine learning experience.
• Experience can be substituted for an advanced degree.
• Must have strong statistical and software engineering skills and have substantial experience in analyzing large amounts of data in an efficient and scalable manner.

Nice to Have

• Advanced degree is highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in relevant fields or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of eight years of experience in the field, including machine learning experience.
• Strong statistical and software engineering skills.
• Experience analyzing large datasets efficiently and at scale.

Benefits & Perks

• Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Non-exempt employees are also eligible for overtime pay in accordance with law.
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.
• Additional insurance including life, accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, legal.
• Participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and additional retirement contributions.
• Tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, wellness programs.
• Time Off and Paid Leave: 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days, 9 sick days, 2 volunteer service days, plus paid holidays, and other leave options.