Principal Analyst, Risk Monitoring

Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field required; MBA or JD preferred.
  • Demonstrated analytical skills and experience in the financial sector with regulatory developments.
  • Experience addressing industry risks such as fraud, money laundering, and market risks.
  • FINRA SIE certification or equivalent required upon hire or within 16 months of starting.
  • Advanced knowledge of FINRA's risk fundamentals and securities regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct ongoing risk assessments and monitoring activities for FINRA members.
  • Support the Risk Monitoring Director in identifying existing and emerging risks.
  • Collaborate across internal departments to provide regulatory intelligence analysis.
  • Mentor junior risk monitoring staff to enhance their skills and knowledge.
  • Lead special projects and technology initiatives as part of a leadership role.
  • Coordinate monitoring efforts with specialists to execute against assigned risks.
  • Demonstrate commitment to FINRA's values and mission.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Immediate participation in a 401(k) plan with company matching.
  • Generous time off including 15 paid vacation days, 5 personal days, and 9 sick days.
  • Tuition reimbursement and commuter benefits offered.
  • Additional wellness benefits including adoption assistance and employee assistance programs.
Full Job Description

Responsible for conducting risk monitoring activities and ongoing risk assessments of FINRA members reporting to a Risk Monitoring Director.

Essential Job Functions:

  • 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 guidanceand 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 FINRA9s values.
  • Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA9s mission of investor protection and market integrity.

Education/Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor's 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 FINRA9s 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.

Skill Requirements:

  • 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.

Work Conditions:

  • Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements.


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 candidate9s 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 of 15 days of paid time off, 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

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