Director, Market Strategy & Research
FINRA · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
HybridBusiness Development$163k–$245k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Keep substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
First paragraph: "The Director, Market Strategy & Research provides leadership in proactive regulatory risk assessment and the development of regulatory strategy. This role is essential to enabling Surveillance to effectively develop regulatory strategy informed by market conditions and developments, as well as achieving the goals and priorities of the department." That's about the role.
Then "Essential Job Functions:" followed by a list of duties. Those are responsibilities.
Then "Education/Experience Requirements:" then a list of requirements.
Then "Work Conditions:" includes hybrid work environment, location salary ranges, etc. That includes Pay (salary ranges) and maybe Schedule? Not explicit schedule but hybrid work environment maybe schedule? The instruction: include Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections only if posting actually states them. Pay is present: salary ranges per location. Benefits: later there is a paragraph about benefits: "Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Non-exempt employees are also eligible for overtime pay... As part of its dedication to employee wellness, FINRA provides comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance..." etc. That's benefits. Also "Time Off and Paid Leave*" etc. That's benefits too. So we have Benefits content.
Schedule: Not explicitly stated besides hybrid work environment with defined in-person presence requirements. Could be considered schedule? The instruction says include Schedule only if posting actually states them. Hybrid work environment maybe not a schedule but could be considered work arrangement. Might be considered Schedule? Safer to not include Schedule unless explicit like "full-time", "part-time", "Monday-Friday". Not present. So omit Schedule.
Now we need sections: About the role (h3), Responsibilities (h3), Requirements (h3), Qualifications (h3), Skills (h3), Benefits (h3), Pay (h3). Possibly also "Work Conditions" but we can incorporate location salary ranges under Pay, and hybrid work under maybe Benefits? But we have Benefits already. Could also include a section "Work Conditions" but not in list of allowed headings; only those specified. So we must fit content into allowed headings.
We have Education/Experience Requirements: that could go under Requirements and Qualifications. The distinction: Requirements maybe mandatory, Qualifications preferred. We can split.
We have skills: many skill statements (collaboration, communication, leadership, etc.) could go under Skills.
We have benefits: detailed.
We have Pay: salary ranges.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit any substantive info. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can group them under headings.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, legal, application instructions, cookie/navigation, etc. Also remove duplicated lines.
We must not include headings with filler text.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's extract substantive content:
About the role: first two sentences.
Responsibilities: list after "Essential Job Functions:" each line starts with a verb. We'll capture each as .
Education/Experience Requirements: after that heading.
We need to split into Requirements (mandatory) and Qualifications (preferred) and Skills.
Let's parse the Education/Experience Requirements paragraph:
"Education/Experience Requirements: Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of ten (10) years of experience in securities, compliance or financial regulation required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.MBA, JD, other graduate degree and/or relevant industry certification(s) preferred.Functional knowledge of FINRA's risk hierarchy and how it relates to Regulatory Ops strategic goals and operations.Advanced knowledge of rule changes and interpretations and how they relate to regulatory operations.FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) certification or acceptable industry equivalent is required within 16 months of start date of the assigned SIE cohort. This requirement ensures employees have foundational knowledge of the securities industry and regulatory matters essential to FINRA's mission.Advanced knowledge of industry wide events and trends.Proven record of creating and providing executive level reporting using metrics, analysis, and data analytics.Experience making internal and external presentations as a subject matter expert.Substantial knowledge of, and experience with, the regulation and operation of U.S. broker-dealers, as well as familiarity with the broader landscape of financial regulation. Experience with securities market structure issues, associated data, regulations and/or market surveillance business processes is strongly preferred.Proven record of acting independently in an unstructured environment to identify and address challenges, make risk-based decisions, develop new initiatives, and strengthen existing programs.Strong collaborator and team builder, with excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.Exceptional organizational skills, with attention to detail and an ability to administer multiple complex assignments concurrently and execute against tight deadlines.Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to interact effectively and in a positive manner with people from a variety of backgrounds in order to reach timely, informed decisions.Proven record of project management, process improvement and goal attainment skills, as well as producing high quality written work products.FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) certification or acceptable industry equivalent certification is required upon hire or within 16 months of the start date of the assigned SIE training cohort."
We see some duplication: SIE certification mentioned twice.
We need to separate mandatory vs preferred.
Mandatory (required): Bachelor's Degree and minimum 10 years experience in securities, compliance or financial regulation, or equivalent combination. SIE certification required within 16 months of start date (or upon hire). Also maybe "FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) certification or acceptable industry equivalent is required within 16 months of start date of the assigned SIE cohort." and later "FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) certification or acceptable industry equivalent certification is required upon hire or within 16 months of the start date of the assigned SIE training cohort." Both same.
Preferred: MBA, JD, other graduate degree and/or relevant industry certification(s) preferred. Functional knowledge of FINRA's risk hierarchy... Advanced knowledge of rule changes... Advanced knowledge of industry wide events and trends. Proven record of creating and providing executive level reporting using metrics, analysis, and data analytics. Experience making internal and external presentations as a subject matter expert. Substantial knowledge of, and experience with, the regulation and operation of U.S. broker-dealers, as well as familiarity with the broader landscape of financial regulation. Experience with securities market structure issues, associated data, regulations and/or market surveillance business processes is strongly preferred. Proven record of acting independently in an unstructured environment to identify and address challenges, make risk-based decisions, develop new initiatives, and strengthen existing programs. Strong collaborator and team builder, with excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills. Exceptional organizational skills, with attention to detail and an ability to administer multiple complex assignments concurrently and execute against tight deadlines. Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to interact effectively and in a positive manner with people from a variety of backgrounds in order to reach timely, informed decisions. Proven record of project management, process improvement and goal attainment skills, as well as producing high quality written work products.
Many of those are skills/experience.
We can put mandatory under Requirements, preferred under Qualifications, and skills under Skills (maybe overlapping). But we need to avoid duplication. Could put all mandatory under Requirements, all preferred under Qualifications, and then under Skills list the skill-based items (communication, leadership, organizational, project management, etc.) but that may duplicate some preferred items. However instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we duplicate content, that's okay as long as we don't lose info. Duplication is allowed? It says remove duplicated lines. So we should avoid duplicating the same line. But we can categorize differently without repeating same sentence. We need to ensure each piece of info appears at least once.
Thus we can create sections:
- About the role: short paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of duties.
- Requirements: mandatory items (Bachelor's + 10 years experience, SIE certification within 16 months).
- Qualifications: preferred items (MBA/JD/graduate degree, functional knowledge of FINRA's risk hierarchy, advanced knowledge of rule changes, advanced knowledge of industry wide events and trends, proven record of executive level reporting, experience making presentations, substantial knowledge of regulation and operation of US broker-dealers, experience with securities market structure issues, proven record of acting independently, strong collaborator/team builder with communication skills, exceptional organizational skills, excellent leadership skills, proven record of project management/process improvement/goal attainment, producing high quality written work products). Also maybe "Functional knowledge of FINRA's risk hierarchy and how it relates to Regulatory Ops strategic goals and operations." etc.
- Skills: maybe we can list specific skill items like "Strong collaborator and team builder, excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, presentation skills", "Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to administer multiple complex assignments concurrently, execute against tight deadlines", "Excellent leadership skills, ability to interact effectively with diverse backgrounds", "Proven record of project management, process improvement and goal attainment skills", "Proven record of creating and providing executive level reporting using metrics, analysis, and data analytics", "Experience making internal and external presentations as a subject matter expert". But many of these already in Qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could decide not to have a separate Skills section if it would duplicate. However the instruction says we should include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. It does not forbid overlapping content as long as we don't repeat same lines. But we risk repeating similar content. Safer to omit Skills section and put skill-related content under Qualifications. But the instruction list includes Skills as a possible heading; we can include if we have distinct skill content not covered elsewhere. However we already covered many skill items under Qualifications. Could we split Qualifications into education/experience and skills? But we have Requirements for mandatory education/experience, Qualifications for preferred education/experience, and Skills for skill-based competencies. That seems logical and avoids duplication: we can put skill-based statements under Skills, and keep Qualifications for preferred education/degrees/certifications only. Let's try.
Thus:
Requirements: mandatory education/experience + SIE certification.
Qualifications: preferred education (MBA, JD, other graduate degree, relevant industry certification(s)).
Skills: all the skill/competency statements: functional knowledge of FINRA's risk hierarchy, advanced knowledge of rule changes, advanced knowledge of industry wide events and trends, proven record of creating and providing executive level reporting using metrics, analysis, data analytics, experience making internal/external presentations as SME, substantial knowledge of regulation and operation of US broker-dealers, familiarity with broader landscape of financial regulation, experience with securities market structure issues, associated data, regulations and/or market surveillance business processes (strongly preferred), proven record of acting independently in unstructured environment to identify and address challenges, make risk-based decisions, develop new initiatives, strengthen existing programs, strong collaborator and team builder, excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, presentation skills, exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to administer multiple complex assignments concurrently, execute against tight deadlines, excellent leadership skills, ability to interact effectively and positively with diverse backgrounds to reach timely informed decisions, proven record of project management, process improvement and goal attainment skills, producing high quality written work products.
We need to ensure we don't miss any.
Also note "Functional knowledge of FINRA's risk hierarchy and how it relates to Regulatory Ops strategic goals and operations." is a skill.
"Advanced knowledge of rule changes and interpretations and how they relate to regulatory operations." skill.
"Advanced knowledge of industry wide events and trends." skill.
"Proven record of creating and providing executive level reporting using metrics, analysis, and data analytics." skill.
"Experience making internal and external presentations as a subject matter expert." skill.
"Substantial knowledge of, and experience with, the regulation and operation of U.S. broker-dealers, as well