Principal Analyst, Risk Monitoring
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Job description
- This is a senior-level position reporting to a Risk Monitoring Director and supports both that direct manager in identifying existing and emerging risks, and interactions with internal and external parties.
- Conducts risk monitoring activities, that can include complex or elevated risk firms with guidance and minimal supervision of a Risk Monitoring Director or designee.
- Collaborates with internal departments to analyze, communicate and make recommendations with respect to regulatory intelligence.
- Mentor and coach more junior level risk monitoring staff.
- Serve in leadership roles related to special projects and technology initiatives.
- Ability to perform as part of a team conducting monitoring (including coordination with specialists) to execute against risks of assigned firms.
- Demonstration of FINRAās values.
- Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRAās mission of investor protection and market integrity.
Requirements
- Bachelorās Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field(s), or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience required. Graduate degree (MBA or JD) and/or relevant industry certification(s) preferred.
- Demonstrated analytical skills and experience, including financial industry, absorbing/processing regulatory developments and applying them to complex business models.
- Demonstrated experience relating to one or more of the inherent industry risks (e.g. Fraud and Deception, Money Laundering, and Market).
- FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) certification or acceptable industry equivalent certification is required upon hire or within 16 months of the start date of the assigned SIE training cohort.
Knowledge Requirements:
- Advanced knowledge of FINRAās risk fundamentals.
- Intermediate-to-Advanced knowledge of securities rules and regulations.
- Intermediate-to-Advanced knowledge of firm business models, business lines, customer bases, products and services.
- Intermediate knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting standards., * Ability to engage and work effectively with senior business management, across departments, and with staff in multiple locations, including partnering and collaborating with various internal departments for the identification and trending of industry and business model risks for summation and reporting to senior management.
- Intermediate written and verbal communication, financial analysis, and research skills.
- Self-starter with ability to administer complex assignments concurrently, including unstructured assignments that require autonomy and independent judgment.
- Intermediate-to-Advanced ability to analyze internal and external data to assess inherent risks of member firms and develop regulatory responses to address higher risk areas.
- Be proactive & solutions-oriented; innovative; collaborative and energized by the open exchange of ideas.
- Intermediate-to-Advanced level proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
- Intermediate-to-Advanced quantitative, analytical, problem solving skills, including the ability to accumulate, organize, and assimilate large amounts of information.
Benefits & conditions
For work that is performed in Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, CO, FL, TX, IL, PA, MA, MD, VA, Washington, DC, NY and NJ, please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding location. FINRA complies with all state and local pay transparency laws and regulations requiring the disclosure of salary ranges for the position. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidateās skill set, level of experience, education, and market considerations.
Los Angeles, CA: Minimum Salary $107,707, Maximum Salary $161,561
San Francisco, CA: Minimum Salary $113,093, Maximum Salary $169,639
CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $97,700, Maximum Salary $176,100
IL/PA: Minimum Salary $107,500, Maximum Salary $194,100
MA/MD/VA/Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $112,300 Maximum Salary $202,500
NY/NJ: Minimum Salary $112,300, Maximum Salary $211,400
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To be considered for this position, please submit an application. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.
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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 federal, state, or local law. As part of its dedication to employee wellness, FINRA provides comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance. Additional insurance includes basic life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life, spouse/domestic partner and dependent life, and spouse/domestic partner and dependent accidental death and dismemberment, short- and long-term disability, long-term care, business travel accident, disability and legal. FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution, tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits, and other benefits that support employee wellness, such as adoption assistance, backup family care, surrogacy benefits, employee assistance, and wellness programs.
Time Off and Paid Leave*
FINRA encourages its employees to focus on their health and wellness in many ways, including through a generous time-off program starting at 15 days of paid time off (increasing with years of service, up to 25 days), 5 personal days, and 9 sick days, unless otherwise required by law (all pro-rated in the first year). Additionally, we are proud to support our communities by providing two volunteer service days (based on full-time schedule). Other paid leave includes military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave for federal, state or local primary and general elections, care of a family member leave (available after 90 days of employment); and childbirth and parental leave (available after 90 days of employment). Full-time employees receive nine paid holidays. * Based on full-time schedule
Important Information
FINRAās Code of Conduct imposes restrictions on employeesā investments and requires financial disclosures that are uniquely related to our role as a securities regulator. FINRA employees are required to disclose to FINRA all brokerage accounts that they maintain, and those in which they control trading or have a financial interest (including any trust account of which they are a trustee or beneficiary and all accounts of a spouse, domestic partner or minor child who lives with the employee) and to authorize their broker-dealers to provide FINRA with duplicate statements for all of those accounts. All of those accounts are subject to the Codeās investment and securities account restrictions, and new employees must comply with those investment restrictions-including disposing of any security issued by a company on FINRAās Prohibited Company List or obtaining a written waiver from their Executive Vice President-by the date they begin employment with FINRA. Employees may only maintain securities accounts that must be disclosed to FINRA at one or more securities firms that provide an electronic feed (e-feed) of data to FINRA, and must move securities accounts from other securities firms to a firm that provides an e-feed within three months of beginning employment.
You can read more about these restrictions here.
As standard practice, employees must also execute FINRAās Employee Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement without qualification or modification and comply with the companyās policy on nepotism.
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