Data Strategist

Description

We are looking for a driven, talented open source data collection specialist with expertise in data harvesting and managing the data flow. We are a SaaS-based anti-money laundering solution provider dedicated to help organizations fight financial crime! We are building cutting edge solutions that help reveal the truth for a safer world and stop money ending up in the hands of terrorists. You will join the Data Team, being involved in collecting and reviewing the accuracy of specific data sets.

The position offered is project-based, for a fixed term of 6 months, with the possibility of extension. At the end of the period, you may be offered a permanent role. 

About us

Since launching in, we have been on a mission to fight financial crime on a global scale. In that time, we have raised over $35m in funding, opened offices in New York, Singapore and Romania, and have grown to over 260 employees, and we're not stopping there!

We aim to grow to over 350 employees in the next 12 months, as we continue to fight the good fight against financial crime and help make compliance less painful for our client base of over 450 customers across 45 different countries. We're leveraging game-changing tech to help us on our mission, building our platform around AI, Machine Learning and Big Data, meaning that our platform is unrivaled in its capabilities.

No fight against crime is complete without the right values, and we take ours very seriously!

Focus on the Team - We're Collaborative, Human, and Humble

Kaizen - We're Curious, Proactive and Agile

Deliver Results - We're Tenacious, Accountable and Focused

We can only defeat financial crime if we have the right people with the right values in place to do so, and we're committed to investing in passionate people who are experts in their field. Our culture and working environment is second to none - Don't believe us? See what our employees have to say on Glassdoor

The Role

We are looking for an expert Data Strategist to join our Data team. You’ll get involved in collecting and reviewing the accuracy of specific data sets.

• Dealing with a large database (with a fast pace of updating) you will be mainly focused on collecting and reviewing the accuracy of specific data sets, including manual collection when necessary. 
• The data collected will be relevant to the Anti Money Laundering, Counter Terrorist Financing and Anti-Bribery & Corruption fields ranging from sanctioned entities to politically exposed people. You will be a part of the product team and work closely with engineering to ensure we exceed client expectations in relation to our data coverage and quality. We value those who take initiative and pride in their work and thrive in an informal working environment.

What does success looks like after 3 months?

• Be able to independently create Mozenda agents for PEP sources
• Understand and execute on all the processes from building to releasing a new PEP source
• Understand the data points that are essential for our product to be extracted from PEP sources

The Requirements

We’re looking for a smart and motivated individual that takes pride in their work and contributes to an informal working environment. You will be confident in your ability to deliver on the points covered above, taking into account the following: 

• Have a love for data analysis and deeply believe in evidence-based decision making, thus you should be familiar with at least one of Microsoft Excel, Access, or another database or spreadsheet application
• Have an understanding of how HTML, RegEx work, . so you would be able to create Xpaths for selecting what you want to extract from a certain website
• Be commercially-aware and have the ability to plan work in order to meet deadlines
• Have an outstanding level of attention to details
• Be a great team player. In our company we support each other, thus we need someone that can easily integrate with the other members of the team
• Be eager to learn new things and be in a continuous process of improving yourself

Benefits

The benefits of working at ComplyAdvantage include the below;

• Medical Insurance - Regina Maria
• Meal tickets 
• Work From Home policy