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About the role
- Associate Principal Research Analyst responsible for conducting research on financial capability and fraud prevention at FINRA. Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to advance educational objectives.
Responsibilities
- Conducts research and data analysis to develop insights and inform the public's understanding of financial capability and financial fraud prevention, using different statistical techniques and data from various sources.
- Produces research-based communications and publications, including reports, issue briefs, journal articles, visualizations, infographics, and presentations suitable for internal and external audiences.
- Manages research project coordination and stakeholder communication, ensuring timely completion and keeping internal and external partners informed of progress across multiple projects.
- Supports research dissemination and communications, partnering with corporate communications to promote research through briefs, via social media assets, website updates, press releases, and media outreach.
- Provides support to organizational leadership and internal stakeholders, including preparation of Foundation board materials and board metrics, as well as research and analysis support to other FINRA departments.
- Ensures research quality and integrity through quality control of analyses and statistics, including reviewing and validating statistical code and methodology.
- Supports research administration and governance, including the initiation and execution of legal agreements for research projects and participation in the FINRA Foundation's grantmaking activities.
- Demonstrates FINRA’s values.
- Collaborates with internal and external partners, both in-person and virtually, to advance FINRA's mission and the FINRA Foundation's mission.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in public policy, economics, personal finance, psychology, statistics, mathematics, or related field.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience analyzing data in a research environment.
- Working knowledge of personal finance and economics.
- Intermediate knowledge of quantitative techniques (e.g., t-tests, regression analyses, ANOVAs, etc.).
- Experience analyzing data using a major statistical package like Stata, SPSS, SAS, or R.
- Ability to effectively articulate research through verbal and written communications.
- Eagerness to learn and adopt new technologies, including FINRA's internal GenAI platforms.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Willingness to learn, adapt, and suggest improvements.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with small and large teams.
- Experience creating and delivering presentations based on research findings.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance.
- Basic life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
- Spouse/domestic partner and dependent life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Long-term care insurance.
- Business travel accident insurance.
- Legal insurance.
- 401(k) plan with company match and FINRA-funded retirement contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Commuter benefits.
- Adoption assistance.
- Backup family care.
- Surrogacy benefits.
- Employee assistance programs.
- Wellness programs.
- 15 days of paid time off, 5 personal days and 9 sick days (all pro-rated in the first year).
- Two volunteer service days.
- Military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting leave, and parental leave.
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