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Kharon · 4 months ago

Research Analyst, Data Ops (Chinese Proficient)

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$68K/yr - $78K/yr

2+ years exp

Kharon is a highly innovative organization focused on navigating risk at the intersection of global security threats and international commerce. They are seeking a full-time Research Analyst in Data Operations with proficiency in Chinese to conduct open-source research on foreign affairs and national security issues, analyze data related to sanctions and export controls, and support the development and maintenance of datasets.

AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceComplianceRisk Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Monitoring new sanctions, enforcement actions, and policy activity by regulatory agencies for developments relevant to Kharon’s products

Conducting research on issues in international affairs that impact business risks and identifying relevant data sources

Driving the curation, publication, maintenance, and quality assurance of datasets

Performing data validation and reconciliation to support new products and partnership initiatives

Accurately perform detailed quality assurance of data and developing additional tooling to support these tasks as necessary

Write original code needed to collect primary data in any number of different languages

Collaborating cross-functionally to build out new research and develop insights based on Kharon’s existing content

Reporting key metrics on projects and share regular updates with stakeholders

Qualification

Data analysisPythonChinese proficiencyData visualizationSQLData parsingResearch skillsQuality assuranceSecurities marketsCollaboration

Required

Must have a Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business Administration, International Relations, Political Science, Security Studies, Regional Studies, History, Sociology, or a related field

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

Understanding of securities markets, financial instruments, and investment risk

Must have reading proficiency in Chinese (Traditional/Simplified)

2+ years experience in coding languages (Python strongly preferred)

1+ year experience in using scraping and data parsing packages (e.g., Selenium, Scrapy, proxies, Captcha BeautifulSoup, pandas, etc.)

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)

Benefits

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

Company

Kharon

Network intelligence at the nexus of global security + international commerce

Founded in 2016

Santa Monica, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.kharon.com/

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