Senior Data Analyst - Compliance Systems

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We are looking for Data Analysts who will play a key role in developing and maintaining internal tools to support critical Compliance functions, including regulatory reporting and reporting to law enforcement agencies. As the ideal candidate, you will have the technical chops to be able to parley with Data Engineers and Software Engineers as well as the ability to work with business stakeholders to understand and frame a problem. Because of the criticality of the regulatory reporting function this role supports, we are looking for an experienced, safe pair of hands and a team member with formidable attention to detail. You should be able to demonstrate a commitment to understanding the real-world context into which you are building.

This role will partner and lead projects with the product and engineering teams, as well as Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and business stakeholders on the compliance team. .


Responsibilities and Requirements

  • Build and maintain tools to support automated regulatory reporting.
  • Build and maintain tools to support reporting to law enforcement agencies.
  • Build new Compliance metrics in response to emerging needs.
  • Communicate key results with self-serve tools (dashboards, analytics tools) for Compliance team stakeholders.
  • Develop and automate reporting of key performance indicators for Compliance metrics.
  • Partner with Compliance Data Scientists to design experiments to test hypothesis to help with idea generation and refinement.
  • Collaborate with Compliance Machine Learning Engineers to build key datasets and data pipelines using Python/ETL frameworks.

  • Requirements
  • 3+ years industry experience in data analytics field
  • Advanced knowledge of SQL, scripting languages and database concepts
  • A consistent track record of performing data analysis using a scripting language (Python, Javascript, etc) and/or experience with a programming language (Java, Scala, Golang, etc)
  • Strong understanding of statistical concepts
  • Experience with BI Software (Superset / Tableau / etc)
  • Familiarity with data warehouse development and best practices
  • The versatility and willingness to learn new technologies on the job.
  • The ability to clearly communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Nice to have
  • Familiarity with cryptocurrency ecosystem
  • BA/BS or MA/MS degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Analytics, Data Science or related technical field

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