Research Analyst Sanctions Monitoring

Research Analyst Sanctions Monitoring

Kharon is seeking a full-time Research Analyst focusing on Sanctions Monitoring. This role requires in-office attendance 4 days a week and is based in NYC or Washington D.C.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring new sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity by regulatory agencies for developments relevant to Kharon’s products.
• Driving the curation, publication, maintenance, and quality assurance of datasets.
• Performing data validation and reconciliation to support new products and partnership initiatives.
• Conducting research on issues in international affairs that impact business risks and identifying relevant data sources.
• Accurately perform detailed quality assurance of data and developing additional tooling to support these tasks as necessary.
• Writes original code to assist in automating data analysis, cleanup, and enhancements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Administration, International Relations, Political Science, Security Studies, Regional Studies, History, Sociology, or a related field.
• 1-3 years of professional experience with sanctions, export controls, anti-money laundering, or countering the financing of terrorism.
• Experience researching issues of international security and economy in high-risk jurisdictions.
• Experience with or willingness to learn SQL.
• Experience with data analysis, data visualization, and graph databases (Neo4J).
• Understanding of or willingness to learn web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XPath, JSON, etc.).

About Kharon:

Kharon is a highly disruptive and incredibly innovative organization that navigates risk at the intersection of global security threats and international commerce. We take complex data related to global security and empower our clients to understand the risk associated with their potential business relationships and operationalize that data for informed decision-making. Our tools optimize protection against financial crimes, sanctions, export controls, and threat identifications. Serving leading global financial and multinational institutions, Kharon products are unparalleled in precision and depth.We are experiencing unprecedented growth as the world's complexity increases. Given the significance of our work and the increasing global reliance on our insights, we are looking for a data-forward Research Analyst focusing on sanctions monitoring to join us. The core of this position is dedicated to conducting open-source research on foreign affairs and national security issues, analyzing and interpreting data related to sanctions, export controls, and illicit networks. You will be responsible for the diligent pursuit of data as it relates to market demand and client inquiries. You will contribute to the development of new datasets and update existing ones, identifying new sources and developing subject matter expertise. This includes monitoring new sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity by regulatory agencies, as well as researching international affairs affecting business risks. Leveraging your analytical approach and research techniques, you will identify data typologies, perform quality assurance, validate and reconcile data, and support new product and partnership initiatives. You’ll also play a key role in curating, publishing, and maintaining datasets, and may write original code to collect primary data across various languages. Cross-functional collaboration is essential.

Why Join Kharon?

Our mission is compelling, our product is powerful, and we’re growing rapidly. If you’re looking to be surrounded by people who will inspire you to think and challenge you to grow, you’ve found the right place. Our team comprises visionary and uncompromising individuals. We don’t take ourselves too seriously but are serious about the work we do.

What We Offer:

• Fully sponsored medical, dental, and vision
• FSA program for both medical and dependent care
• 401k + Roth with matching and immediate vesting
• Paid time off + 11 paid holidays

Salary Range:

The base salary range is $68,000 - $78,000 annually. This does not include potential bonuses, commissions, benefits, or equity.

Application Instructions:

If interested, please visit www.kharon.com to apply.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Kharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or identity, neurodiversity, appearances, age, protected veteran status, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

Key skills/competency:

• Research Analyst
• Sanctions Monitoring
• Data Analysis
• SQL
• Neo4J
• International Affairs
• Export Controls
• Anti-Money Laundering
• Data Curation
• Open-Source Research