Research Analyst, Data Ops; Chinese Proficiency

Research Analyst, Data Ops (Chinese Proficiency)

TL;

DR Kharon is seeking a full-time, Research Analyst, Data Operations who MUST HAVE reading/speaking proficiency in Chinese (traditional/simplified) to join our team based in Washington D.C. This positions requires you to be in-office at least 4 days a week.

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

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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 Beautiful Soup, pandas, etc.)
• Experience with or willingness to learn SQL
• Experience with data analysis, data visualization, and graph databases (Neo4J)

Kharon is a highly disruptive and incredibly innovative organization that navigates risk at the intersection of global security threats + international commerce.

What does that mean? Great question.

Operating at the nexus of global security, Kharon is on a mission to revolutionize the current landscape. We take really complex data as it relates to global security and empower our clients to not only understand the risk associated with their potential business relationships but to operationalize that data so that they can make the best and most informed decisions possible.

From financial crimes and sanctions to export controls and threat identifications, our tools optimize protection against the types of risks that could otherwise be incredibly dangerous and excessively costly to any business. Serving many of today’s leading global financial and multinational institutions, Kharon products are the most powerful in the space with a precision and depth that is absolutely unparalleled.

A 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.

If interested in pursuing this position, please visit  to apply.

Kharon is committed to cultivating and maintaining a workplace that is 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.

The base salary range at Kharon is set between $68,000-$78,000. Please note that this figure does not necessarily include potential bonuses, commissions, benefits, or equity that may be part of the overall compensation package.