Senior Principal Research Analyst, Market Regulation

$124,300 - $235,500/Yr

FINRA - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Chicago, IL

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Senior Principal Research Analyst in the Office of Market Regulation is responsible for planning and executing analytics projects throughout their lifecycle. This role involves defining the approach, scoping, and driving analytics using appropriate quantitative methods while collaborating closely with the business to meet project objectives. The position promotes the use of advanced analytics to solve business problems and engages with stakeholders, including senior management, to enhance FINRA's cross-market surveillance program.

Responsibilities

• Promote the use of advanced analytics and insights for internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead business engagement activities including soliciting use cases and user feedback.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of FINRA's cross-market surveillance program.
• Work across delivery teams to deliver analytics capabilities that solve critical business problems.
• Drive availability of relevant data, tools, and infrastructure for experimental and development purposes.
• Provide analytics-based research and respond to ad hoc requests in support of business objectives.
• Define approach for data collection for building analytics-based systems and extending data with third-party sources.
• Devise and implement methods for automation of the predictive pipeline to achieve regulatory efficiencies.
• Participate in the completion of the enterprise-wide strategic plan for expanding analytics capabilities.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Economics, Finance, or Business with a minimum of six years of experience.
• Strong financial and risk analytical skills with experience in operations and risk modeling fields.
• Comfort in analyzing large amounts of data efficiently.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match and additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Commuter benefits.
• Adoption assistance and backup family care.
• Wellness programs.
• Generous time-off program including paid time off, personal days, and sick days.
• Paid holidays and volunteer service days.