Shield is a global startup, with offices in TLV, NYC, LDN, and LIS.
We’re rapidly growing and looking for another important piece of the puzzle.
Is it you?
We are looking for a Trading data analyst (eComms) to join our proactive surveillance team. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of financial regulations and regulators (MiFid, Dodd Frank, REMIT, FINRA, SEC…) and markets, with a background in banking and preferably trading, compliance or risk management. This role involves building and refining models to detect market abuse and other unethical behaviors by analysis of the text in eComms. The candidate should be comfortable with financial jargon and understand the roll of traders and bankers and how they can influence and abuse the markets. While programming skills are not required, the candidate should be proficient with tools such as PyCharm, Git, and Excel.
Let’s get down to business:
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and refine lexicon-based models to detect market abuse and unethical behaviors in financial institutions.
- Analyze electronic communications (eComms) to identify suspicious content and generate alerts.
- Understand and work with our complex models and fine details to enhance model accuracy.
- Build presentations and graphs to effectively communicate results to clients.
- Engage with clients to understand their needs and provide insights based on analysis.
- Perform extensive data analysis, tagging relevant and irrelevant data, and updating lexicons.
- Stay updated on financial regulations and market trends to enhance model accuracy.
- Utilize tools like PyCharm, Git, and Excel for model development and data analysis.
Experience and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- Understanding of financial regulations and markets, with a background in trading, compliance or risk management. Knowledge MUST be wider than AML and KYC regulations – MUST.
- Familiarity with financial jargon and trading products.
- Proficiency in using PyCharm, Git, and Excel.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to understand, learn and work with complex models and fine details.
- Experience in building presentations and graphs to communicate results to clients.
- Comfortable with extensive data analysis and tagging.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in compliance or surveillance within the financial industry.
- Knowledge of market abuse detection techniques and ethical issues in financial institutions.
- Ability to interpret and analyze large datasets.
Oh hey, you made it all the way here!
So, in case you were wondering, Shield is how compliance teams in financial services can finally read between the lines to see what their employee communications are really saying.
Our platform analyzes digital interactions to fight financial crimes and mitigate a toxic workplace environment.
Shield is a post Series B startup ($35M) with some of the largest financial organizations in the world as investors and customers.
Shielders listen more intently. Pay closer attention to the details. Make the extra effort. Care. It’s what we do at Shield every day. And not just for our customers, but for everyone we work with. It’s all about creating a world where people understand and trust each other.
Shield is set to do good in the world, we help protect market integrity and people’s financial assets.