Compliance Senior Data Analyst

About the role

This role involves supporting global regulatory reporting, with a primary focus on CARF and Form 1099-DA requirements. The work includes extracting, transforming, validating, and reconciling data to ensure accurate reporting. This position requires developing and maintaining SQL queries and data workflows to identify reportable users, transactions, and digital assets, along with other necessary data elements.

A key aspect of this position is performing data analysis and validation to assess the accuracy and completeness of reporting populations. The analyst will also support the development and execution of data quality controls, investigate exceptions, and remediate issues. Collaboration with various internal teams, including Compliance, Tax, Finance, Product, and Engineering, is essential to translate regulatory requirements into data and system specifications.

Success in this role means ensuring that regulatory reporting processes are auditable and repeatable through thorough documentation of data lineage and reporting logic. The analyst will also identify opportunities to automate and scale data preparation and validation processes, support testing of new reporting functionalities, and assist with regulatory examinations and audits. The ability to manage implementation activities and track dependencies through tools like Jira is also important.

The salary for this position ranges from $82,000 to $138,000 USD annually.

Skills that matter here

• SQL: This role requires writing efficient SQL queries to process large datasets, ensuring data accuracy and performance for regulatory reporting.
• Python: Python, or similar languages, will be used for data processing and automation tasks to streamline reporting workflows.
• data analysis: The analyst will perform data analysis to validate the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of reporting populations and outputs.
• data validation: This skill is crucial for assessing the quality of data used in CARF and 1099-DA reporting and ensuring compliance.
• data reconciliation: The role involves supporting data quality controls and reconciling data to identify and resolve discrepancies.
• APIs: While not explicitly detailed, API knowledge may be relevant for integrating data sources or automating data workflows.

Who this role suits

• Someone highly organized with strong attention to detail, capable of managing complex data for regulatory compliance.
• An individual who can apply a strategic and structured approach to problem-solving in a data-intensive environment.
• A candidate comfortable collaborating across time zones and departments, translating regulatory needs into technical requirements.
• A professional with a background in financial services, particularly regulatory or tax reporting, or a strong interest in learning about cryptocurrency.

From the employer

Key Responsibilities:

• Support implementation and ongoing execution of CARF and Form 1099-DA reporting requirements, including data extraction, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain SQL queries and data workflows required to identify reportable users, transactions, digital assets, proceeds, cost basis, and other required reporting data elements.
• Perform data analysis and validation to assess the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of CARF and 1099-DA reporting populations and outputs.
• Support development and execution of data quality controls and reconciliations, including investigation and remediation of exceptions.
• Partner with Compliance, Tax, Finance, Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to translate CARF and 1099-DA requirements into data and system requirements.
• Support CARF jurisdictional implementation, including identification and tracking of reporting requirements, data specifications, deadlines, and implementation dependencies across applicable jurisdictions.
• Support 1099-DA reporting processes, including customer data, transaction reporting, cost-basis information, corrections, and downstream reporting requirements.
• Track implementation activities, dependencies, defects, and remediation through Jira, providing clear status reporting and escalation of risks or blockers.
• Document data lineage, reporting logic, controls, procedures, and workflows to establish repeatable and auditable reporting processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate and scale data preparation, validation, reconciliation, and reporting processes.
• Support testing of new reporting functionality and system changes, including requirements validation, UAT, and production output validation.
• Support regulatory examinations, audits, and internal inquiries.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Strong ability to write efficient SQL queries across large datasets, with attention to performance and data accuracy;
• Experience using Python or similar languages for data processing or automation;
• Ability to apply a strategic and structured approach to problem solving;
• Highly organized, with strong attention to detail;
• Exposure to cross-functional projects and intercompany initiatives, with occasional need to collaborate outside regular hours to accommodate colleagues in different time zones;
• Exposure to financial services, with a focus in regulatory and/or tax reporting within the banking or fintech industry a plus;
• Understanding of cryptocurrencies or a strong interest in learning.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Attractive annual leave entitlement including: birthday, work anniversary
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Eligible for company-sponsored group health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance
• Work Flexibility Adoption. Flexi-work hour and hybrid set-up
• Aspire career alternatives through us. Our internal mobility program can offer employees a diverse scope.